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Ships have always played an important role in shaping human destiny, and this comprehensive and very readable encyclopedia covers more than one thousand of the world's best-known and most significant vessels of every size and type. Each ship is described in a vivid short essay that captures its personality as well as its physical characteristics, construction, and history, from the drawing board to the scrap yard or museum. Even fictional ships and boats, such as the African Queen, are included. Two hundred illustrations show the grandeur and grace of oceangoing vessels, maps help the reader follow the tracks of the great seafarers and naval campaigns, and time lines offer a chronological perspective on archaeological sites, naval warfare, technology, exploration, and disasters at sea. Ships of the World is not only an invaluable reference but fascinating reading for anyone who has the slightest interest in history or who simply likes messing about in boats, whether on the water or from a comfortable chair at home.
Anonymous
Posted July 13, 2002
What promised to be a handsome addition to my library is flawed by many errors of fact and frequent typos. Photo captions do not always agree with the text; sometimes the caption is the correct version and others the text; for example on p266 the text says INVINCIBLE had eight 10-inch guns while caption, says, correctly, 12 inch. Confusion exists in naming certain ships. On p221 the OLYMPIC is cited as the longest ship since the GREAT EASTERN whereas author surely means OCEANIC. Similarly on p113 CITY OF ROME is cited as being largest ship built to date save GREAT BRITAIN. The latter should read GREAT EASTERN. German 280mm (11.02in) guns are listed as 11.3 inches on p152 and 11.2 inches on p560. On p93 the text says CAP TRAFALGAR was faster and better armed than her adversary CARMANIA while a glance at the heading specifications shows the opposite to be true. CARMANIA is also listed as having 4.7cm guns when they were 4.7 inch. There are many others. p324 MARBLEHEAD is described as an eight-inch cruiser when she had 6 inch guns. p268 gives IRON DUKE only six large guns when she had ten. p506 on SZENT ISTVÁN Austria-Humgary is described as an 'Axis' power. The Axis was a WW2 alliance. In WW1 Austria-Hungary was one of the Central Powers. Unfortunately I could go on.
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Ships have always played an important role in shaping human destiny, and this comprehensive and very readable encyclopedia covers more than one thousand of the world's best-known and most significant vessels of every size and type. Each ship is described in a vivid short essay that captures its personality as well as its physical characteristics, construction, and history, from the drawing board to the scrap yard or museum. Even fictional ships and boats, such as the African Queen, are included. Two hundred ...