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64 pp.
| Kingfisher |
September, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-7534-5280-4$$16.95
(4)
4-6
Busy double-page spreads introduce various historical ships and explain how they were used in trade, in warfare, and for travel. Because the color artwork varies greatly in style and quality, from dramatic paintings of vessels toiling at sea to clinical cutaways of battleships, the volume has an unfocused feel that is also shared by a text that presents supplemental information in lengthy captions. Glos., ind.