Vasa / Fred Hocker ; photographs by Anneli Karlsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hocker, Frederick M., 1961-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vasa (Warship).

Warships--Sweden--History--17th century.

Warships.

Shipwrecks--Sweden--History--17th century.

Shipwrecks.

History.

Stockholm (Sweden)--Antiquities.

Stockholm (Sweden).

Sweden.

Physical Description:

212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Subtitle on jacket: Swedish warship

Place of Publication:

Stockholm : Medstroms Bokforlag ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co. [distributor], [2011]

Summary:

The Vasa, a state-of-the-art Swedish warship, which sank in 1628 on its maiden voyage, was brought up from the sea in the 1950s and is now preserved in the Vasa Museum. Hocker, the museum's director presents a complete account of the ship's history, construction, use, crew, and the excavation, in a chronological account written for the non-specialist reader. Heavily illustrated, with many photos, dioramas, and reconstructions of the original ship and its crew, the history is as detailed in its description of daily life for the 17th-century mariner as it is for the process of the recovery and conservation of the ship. Co-published by the Medströms Bokförlag, the volume is distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9173291013

9789173291019

OCLC:

768167991

Publisher Number:

99947909369