The Way of a Ship: Being Some Account of the Ultimate Development of the Ocean-Going Square-Rigged Sailing Vessel, and the Manner of Her Handling, Her Voyage-Making, Her Personnel, Her Economics, Her Performance, and Her End [The Last Great Cape Horners]

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1953

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THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE LAST GREAT WINDJAMMERS BEFORE THEY VANISHED FOREVER Written by one of the twentieth century's foremost seafaring authors and sailing-ship historians, The Way of a Ship stands among the definitive accounts of the square-rigged commercial sailing vessel. Drawing upon decades of firsthand experience under sail and extensive historical research, Alan Villiers captures the final flowering of the great ocean-going windjammers before their disappearance from world commerce. Part technical study, part maritime history, and part tribute to the men who sailed them, the book examines every aspect of the great sailing ships: rigging, sail handling, navigation, economics, recruitment, discipline, and life at sea. Villiers devotes substantial attention to the famous Cape Horn grain ships, the Flying P-Liners, the Cutty Sark, and legendary captains such as Robert Hilgendorf. Richly illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and maps, the volume remains a cornerstone of maritime literature and one of the most respected studies of the final age of commercial sail. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Publisher's cloth hardcover in the original dust jacket. 9 inches tall. 429 pages with appendices, bibliography, and index. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Numerous technical diagrams and drawings by Harold A. Underhill. Map endpapers depicting principal sailing-ship routes of the world. First Edition, First Printing with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. CONDITION: Bindings are tight and secure. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Small ownership marking on the map endpapers. The price-clipped dust jacket has a faded spine, small losses at the spine ends, and minor edge chipping; now protected in a Mylar sleeve. A solid, attractive copy of an important maritime classic. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - Alan Villiers was uniquely qualified to write this work. Having sailed aboard and documented many of the last commercial sailing vessels, he occupied a rare position between participant and historian. Published during the final years when living memory of the great windjammer era remained accessible, the book preserves technical knowledge, traditions, and firsthand observations that otherwise would have been lost. It remains one of the standard references for collectors of maritime history and sailing literature. SUBJECTS: Square-Rigged Ships; Windjammers; Cape Horn; Cutty Sark; Alan Villiers; Sailing Ships; Maritime History; Merchant Marine; Flying P-Liners; Nautical History,Maritime History; Nautical Literature; Transportation History; Maritime Technology; Seafaring.

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The Way of a Ship: Being Some Account of the Ultimate Development of the Ocean-Going Square-Rigged Sailing Vessel, and the Manner of Her Handling, Her Voyage-Making, Her Personnel, Her Economics, Her Performance, and Her End [The Last Great Cape Horners]
Autor
Villiers, Alan (1903-1982)
Verlag
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1953
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Very Good
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Good
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First Edition.
Artikelgewicht
4 Pfund
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