Classic Sailing-Ship Models in Photographs despite the indifferent quality of

despite the indifferent quality of most modern reproductions

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Classic Sailing-Ship Models in Photographs despite the indifferent quality ofLoving tribute to the often startlingly beautiful sailing vessels of a bygone age, charmingly depicted in over 120 handsome photographs and 28 drawings. Flemish Carrack, c. 1450; the Norske Lve, 1634; the 90 gun Albemarle, 1680; a Venetian trading Galeass, 1726; a Dutch East Indiaman, c. 1740; and the Great Republic, an American clipper, 1853.