The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction 1695-1845

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Автор: Karl Heinz Marquardt

Название: The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction 1695-1845

Издательство: Conway Maritime Press

Год: 2003

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 241

Размер: 253 Mb

Язык: English

Often celebrated as one of the most handsome, fast and versatile rigs to grace sailing vessels, the origins of the term 'schooner' have remained uncertain. The majority of studies have placed the main emphasis on the rig as it was applied to merchant vessels since around 1850. The book puts forward a new explanation, based on primary source material, of the origins of the schooner tracing the term and its practical application back to England in 1697. The evolution of the rig is then traced through Europe and the US in the course of the 18th and early 19th centuries.