 | The Story of Sail: Illustrated With 1000 Scale Drawings by Veres Laszlo
Buy used from: $23.91 incredible illustrations, my favorite on the list
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 | Ship (Smithsonian) by Brian Lavery
Buy used from: $1.43 History from dugout canoes to nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
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 | The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.50 Make your own drawer handles, chafe gear, coach whipping for stanchion rails, rope shackles, gear bags. mend sails, make nets
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 | Traditions of the Navy by Cedric W. Windas
Buy used from: $10.00 Learn the origins of traditions and terms
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 | Seafaring Lore and Legend : A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact by Peter D. Jeans
Buy used from: $13.75 the stories of the men that sailed
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 | American Merchant Seaman's Manual: For Seamen by Seamen
Buy new: $36.71 / Used from: $32.50 |
 | A Sea of Words, Third Edition: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian by Dean King
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $5.00 definitions for nautical terms
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 | The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor : Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship by Darcy Lever
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.98 Indespensible for new officers
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 | The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships by C. Nepean Longridge
Buy new: $48.94 / Used from: $30.18 Nelsons Navy
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 | Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815 by Brian Tunstall
Buy used from: $36.17 The science of the naval; battle
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| Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1904 by Lieutenant Cecil H. FOX
Buy used from: $7.18 Very comprehensive, the real thing actually used for training
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 | Patrick O'Brian's Navy by Richard O'Neill
Buy new: $21.60 / Used from: $10.45 See examples of what you read about
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 | Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815 by Brian Lavery
Buy new: $50.62 / Used from: $44.70 |
 | The Encyclopedia of Ships
Buy used from: $4.58 over 500 pages
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 | Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford Ashley
Buy new: $53.55 / Used from: $41.99 historical reference , handy knowledge on knots, 7,000 illustrations
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 | FIRST ATLANTIC LINERS: Seamanship in the Age of Paddlewheel, Sail and Screw by Peter Allington
Buy used from: $47.46 how the well-established traditions of the sailing ship were adapted to promote the development of the paddle ships and the early screw vessels
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| Sailing ships at a glance;: A pictorial record of the evolution of the sailing ship from the earliest times until today, by Edward W Hobbs
Buy used from: $20.00 I have this, it is a good historical reference in an affordable book
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 | The Yankee Whaler by Clifford Ashley
Buy used from: $4.00 A true first person perspective of the whaling ships
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| The Pirates by Douglas Botting
Buy used from: $2.95 Best reference book available on the subject
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 | A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.61 one of the greatest groups of seafarersin history
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 | Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea by Peter Jeans
Buy used from: $3.00 |
 | A Frigate of King George: Life and Duty on a British Man-of-War by Brian Vale
Buy used from: $3.61 |
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