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viii, 374 p. ; ill. ports, plans (some fold.), diags. The author was Master Shipwright at Brest, and in 1737 was ordered by the French Minister of the Navy to go to England and Holland to study the construction of their ships of war. His highly detailed report, never before published, and here translated and edited by David Roberts provides a highly important comparative study of the French, English and Dutch navies of the early 18th century. The work is adorned by the author's own drawings plus photographs of models, and other contemporary illustrations. This book may incur additional shipping costs.
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18th Century Shipbuilding : Remarks on the Navies of the English and the Dutch Hardcover - 1992
by Ollivier, Blaise (1737) Edited and Translated By David H. Roberts
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- Title 18th Century Shipbuilding : Remarks on the Navies of the English and the Dutch
- Author Ollivier, Blaise (1737) Edited and Translated By David H. Roberts
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First UK Edition
- Publisher Jean Boudriot, Rotherfield
- Date 1992
- ISBN 9780948864117
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18th Century shipbuilding: remarks on the navies of the English & the Dutch from observations made at their dockyards in 1737
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