To the Sea

Sagas of Survival and Tales of Epic Challenges on the Seven Seas

Tony Meisel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2000
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-57912-113-6 (ISBN)

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This huge book captures on the page the fascination and allure of the deep oceans, the incredible challenge they pose and the unrelenting demands they make of man's endurance and resolve, in exciting stories illustrated by more than 360 dramatic full colour photographs, paintings, charts and drawings.
DISCOVERING THE SEAS - Exploration, Adventure & Commerce - The Great Sailors - The Age of Discovery - Means of Passage - SAILORS AND BOATS - Evolution of Ship Design - Legendary Shipwrights - Anatomy of a Sailing Boat - Wooden Boat Construction - Ropes & Rigging - Deck Gear and Safety Equipment - NAVIGATING THE OCEAN - Early Instinct - Dead Reckoning - Celestial Navigation - Sextant, Compass & Chronometer - Feats of Navigation - Global Positioning Electronics - SEA AND LAND - Wind, Tide & Breakers - Breakwaters and Harbours - Cape Horn - Beacons and Lighthouses - Lightships - VOYAGES - The Origins of Voyaging - Singlehandling - Epic Challenges - Circumnavigation - Small Craft - Whalers - Rescue at Sea - RACING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS - Great Races - Extraordinary Tragedies - Crew and Equipment - Racing into the 21st Century - Raising a Spinnaker - STORMS AND DISASTERS - Hurricanes - Typhoons - Monsoons - Tsunami - Shipwrecks - Sirens & Serpents -

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.5.2002
Zusatzinfo	360 colour illustrations, photographs, maps
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	255 x 355 mm
Gewicht	2268 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-57912-113-6 / 1579121136
ISBN-13	978-1-57912-113-6 / 9781579121136
Zustand	Neuware