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Leather - World Warships in Review 1860-1906.

Niet in pdf-formaat, maar als aparte jpg's.

126 jpg, 147 MB.

Fascinating photographs of this period of greatest naval change were caught by the camera of Beken ofCowcs, the internationally renowned family of marine photographers, and from their treasury of warship negatives I have selected one hundred and thirty-three of the best, illus­trating ships of typical or special interest. Each ship portrait is hitherto unpublished and most have great clarity of detail. Ships of contempor­ary types in different navies are contrasted: battleships, armoured cruis­ers, protected cruisers, unarmoured ships, shallow-draught coast defence ships, sloops, torpedo boats, destroyers, torpedo gunboats, training ships and other craft. In a work of this size the general text serves only as an outline of a very complex period but the characteristics and careers of the selected ships are examined in detail.