Schooners

Greenhill, Basil: 1980 Batsford London, hardcover with dust jacket 160 blz., with photos and illustrations. About the Schooner, their development, their varieties, with beautiful photos. Greenhill's book 'Schooners' offers a detailed portrait of the merchant schooner, focusing on the evolution, operations, and decline of these distinctive fore-and-aft rigged sailing ships in Britain from 1870 to 1940. The book combines historical research with anecdotes to illustrate how these schooners shaped maritime trade and coastal communities before vanishing as steamships rose to dominance.. ISBN 9780713433807 In very good condition. Nautiek.nl