FIGHTING SHIPS 1750 TO 1850 SAM WILLIS COFFEE TABLE BOOKS

Fighting Ships 1750 to 1850 Sam Willis, Quercus, Great Britain, 2007-11-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. this large book has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages, the dust cover has wear to its edges, small tears and rubs, the interior is clean of marks. Over 170 large-format color illustrations includes paintings of ships at sea, in action, in convoy, and in siege; architectural drawings; battle diagrams; sea charts and signals; portraits of leading figures in naval history; and details of guns, sails, and life below deck. Taken from contemporary sources, they range from the Seven Years' War to the American Civil War. The book focuses on the navies of all the major Atlantic sea powers of the time. Arranged in chronological order-a visual feast of the history of naval warfare in the last great age of sail.
Lot includes Columbus: For Gold, God and Glory: In Search of the Real Christopher Columbus by John Dyson.

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Image Text

Image 1:



COLUMBUS GLORY
FIGHTING SHIPS
I750
SAM WILLIS
IN SEARCH OF THE REAL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
With a foreword by N.A.M. RODGER
Text by John Dyson Photographs by Peter Christopher
COLUMBUS
GLORY
FOR
FIGHTING
SHIPS
I750
SAM
WILLIS
IN
SEARCH
OF
THE
REAL
CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS
With a
foreword
by
N.A.M.
RODGER
Text
Dyson
Photographs
by
Peter
Christopher

Image 2:



FIGHTING
1750
1850
figures
FIGHTING SHIPS
action
and
exploration
The Fighting
1850
the eye myriad fresh details
gathered aboard Encompas
FIGHTING
1750
1850
and
ranks
and
of
figures
FIGHTING
SHIPS
the
Through
the
ships
the
being
action
and
drawings
exploration
portraits
image
such
celebrated
The
Fighting
and
by
Daniel
works
1850
of an
ordinary
of
And
of the
ever
myriad
fresh
details
gathered
Fighting

Image 3:



142
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
BATTLE BETWEEN THE FRIGATE
POMONE AND THE ENGLISH
By Pierre Julien Gilbest, 1837
Operations at sea were now split primarily
between the Indian Ocean where the French had a
base Mauritius trom which they waged was with great
success against British trade crossing the Indian Ocean
and the Mediterranean where they
sought control of the
Adrianc to support their armies fighting in Italy and
FIGHTING
SHIPS
142
THE
NAPOLEONIC
WARS
BATTLE
BETWEEN
THE
FRIGATE
POMONE
AND
THE
ENGLISH
FRIGATES
ALCESTE
AND
By
Pierre
Julien
1837
Operations
at
sea
were
now
split
primarily
between
the
Indian
Ocean
where
the
French
had a
base
Mauritius
which
they
waged
was
with
great
success
against
British
trade crossing
the
Indian
Ocean
and the
Mediterranean
where
they
sought
control
of the
to
support
their
armies
fighting
in
Italy
and
The
Royal
Navy
French
dominance
of the
March
1811
from
Rear
the
Admiral
small
of Lissa
and
Captain
William

Image 4:



EXPLORATION
king had reflect other ideas the glory He of Spain. wanted his expedition identical to stand
and Two
Maltese
MODEL OF THE CORVETTE, THE
15
being quickly promoted, and
skilled
DESCUBIERTA (1789-1828)
sufficiently experienced
able to every return corvettes out need Named be were converted of specially vessel of the Descubierta back designed exploration TO fighting and and th and ships on built Atrevida, discovery, answer their bu
lead King Carlos's voyage of discovery around and the
FIGHTING
EXPLORATION
king
had
reflect
other
ideas
the
glory
wanted
his
expedition
identical
to stand
and
Two
Maltese
When
Malaspina
joined
Spanish
navy
MODEL
OF
THE
THE
the
15
being
quickly
and
skilled
him
DESCUBIERTA
(1789-1828)
experienced
later
deemed
able to
every
corvettes
out
need
Named
be
were
converted
of
specially
Descubierta
back
designed
exploration
fighting
and
and
and
ships on
built
answer
their
bu
Pedro
Sanso
lead
of discovery
around
and
the

Image 5:



FOR GOLD GOD
FOR
on October
in the Americas
the scale of his
discovery was
than even he
ordinary
could imagine-two great
continents with land mass
world he
larger than the
knew
Few events have altered
as drastically as that fateful
TEXT BY
subject of intense controversy
make
JOHN DYSON
And what drove him to
dark
across "the
COLUM
FOR
GOLD
GOD
COLUMBUS
GOD AND
GLORY
Columbus
Christopher
ashore
FOR
on
October
in
the
Americas
the
scale
of his
12
more
discovery
was
than
even
ordinary
could
imagine-two
great
continents
with
land
mass
world
he
larger
than
the
knew
Few
events
have
altered
as
drastically
as
that
fateful
ally
the
moment
Columbus
monarchs
island,
both
of
Spain
and
in
his
the
TEXT
BY
subject
of
intense
controversy
Who
was
this
man
who
make
JOHN
DYSON
And
what
drove
him
to
dark
across
"the

Image 6:



SAM WILLIS
FIGHTING SHIPS
SAM WILLIS
FIGHTING
SHIPS
SAM
WILLIS
FIGHTING
SHIPS
SAM
WILLIS
With a
foreword
by

Image 7:



A CELEBRATION OF THE GOLDEN AGE
OF SAIL IN 150 GLORIOUS PAINTINGS
'Heart of oak are our ships,
Heart of oak are our men:
We always are ready;
Steady, boys, steady;
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again'
DAVID GARRICK Heart of Oak
History
FIGHTING SHIPS
1850
SAM WILLIS
2 foreword by N.A.M. RODGER
A
CELEBRATION
OF
THE
GOLDEN
AGE
OF
SAIL
IN
150
GLORIOUS
PAINTINGS
'Heart
of
oak
are
our
ships,
Heart
of
oak
are
our
men:
We
always
are
ready;
Steady,
boys,
steady;
We'll
fight
and
we'll
conquer
again
and
DAVID
GARRICK
Heart
of Oak
History
FIGHTING
SHIPS
1850
SAM
WILLIS
foreword
by
N.A.M.
RODGER

Image 8:



A CELEBRATION OF THE GOLDEN AGE
OF SAIL IN 150 GLORIOUS PAINTINGS
'Heart of oak are our ships,
Heart of oak are our men:
We always are ready;
Steady, boys, steady;
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again'
DAVID GARRICK Heart of Oak
A
CELEBRATION
OF
THE
GOLDEN
AGE
OF
SAIL
IN
150
GLORIOUS
PAINTINGS
'Heart
of
oak
are
our
ships,
Heart
of
oak
are
our
men:
We
always
are
ready;
Steady,
boys,
steady;
We'll
fight
and
we'll
conquer
again
and
History
DAVID
Heart
of
Oak

Image 9:



VILLIS
John Dyson / Peter Christopher
COLUMBUS GOD AND GLORY
FOR GOLD
COLUMBUS
For Gold, God and Glory
IN SEARCH OF THE REAL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
SIMON &
SCHUSTER
VILLIS
RODGER
John
Dyson /
Peter
Christopher
COLUMBUS
GLORY
FOR
GOLD
COLUMBUS
For
Gold,
God
and
Glory
IN
SEARCH
OF
THE
REAL
CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS
Text
by
John
by
Peter
Christopher
SIMON
&
SCHUSTER

Image 10:



Text copyright © 1991, John Dyson
Photographs copyright © 1991, Peter Christopher
Design and compilation ©1991, The Madison Press Limited
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying and recording, or by any information retrieval
system, without written permission from the copyright holders, except
for brief passages quoted by a reviewer in a newspaper or magazine.
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
Simon & Schuster Building, Rockefeller Center,
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
First published in the United States of America by
Text
copyright
©
1991,
John
Dyson
Photographs
copyright
©
1991,
Peter
Christopher
Design
and
compilation
The
Madison
Press
Limited
All
rights
reserved.
No
part
of
this
book
may
be
reproduced
or
transmitted
in
any
form
or
by
any
means,
electronic
or
mechanical,
including
photocopying
and
recording,
or
by
any
information
retrieval
system,
without
written
permission
from
the
copyright
holders,
except
for
brief
passages
quoted
by
a
reviewer
in
a
newspaper
or
magazine.
SIMON
AND
SCHUSTER
Simon
&
Schuster
Building,
Rockefeller
Center,
1230
Avenue
of
the
Americas,
New
York,
NY
10020
First
published
in
the
United
States
of
America
by

Image 11:



FIGHTING SHIPS
SAM WILLIS
With a foreword by N.A.M. RODGER
FIGHTING
SHIPS
SAM
WILLIS
foreword
by
N.A.M.
RODGER

Image 12:



Price in the UK only
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Price
in
the
UK
only
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