First rate : the greatest warships of the age of the sail / Rif Winfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winfield, Rif, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History.

Great Britain.

Ships of the line--Great Britain--History.

Ships of the line.

Ships of the line--Great Britain--Pictorial works.

Warships--Great Britain--History.

Warships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, 2010.

Summary:

In the sailing era First Rates were the largest, most powerful and most costly ships to construct, maintain and operate. Built to the highest standards, they were lavishly decorated and given carefully considered names that reflected the pride and prestige of their country. They were the very embodiment of national power, and as such drew the attention of artists, engravers and printmakers. This means that virtually every British First Rate from the Prince Royal of 1610 to the end of sail is represented by an array of paintings, drawings, models or plans.This book is a celebration of these magnificent ships, combining an authoritative history of their development with reproductions of many of the best (and least familiar) images of the ships, chosen for their accuracy, detail and sheer visual power in an extra-large format that does full justice to the images themselves. It also includes comparative data on similar vessels in other navies, so it is a book that everyone with an interest in wooden warships will find both enlightening and a pleasure to peruse.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Seaforth Publishing.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 29, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473814257

1473814251

9781783834938

1783834935