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Inside Story: 16th Century Galleon
Author: Richard Humble
Illustrator: Mark Bergin
Illustrator: Mark Bergin
Retail Price: | $32.95 |
Betabooks Price | $26.36 |
ISBN: 9780750013390
Format: Hardback
Published: July 2015
Published By: Simon and Schuster
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Published: July 2015
Published By: Simon and Schuster
Stock Availability
Titles that are READY TO SHIP will be sent from our warehouse within 2 business days while stocks last. Click here for more details.
Product Description
Step inside a sixteenth-century galleon and discover for yourself what life was like on board one of these great ships. Superb cutaway illustrations provide a vivid and intimate insight into all aspects of maritime navigation, exploration and warfare.watch the ships being built from massive tree trunks, and the carpenter at work, laying the keel;
learn about the many skills involved in ship-building;
cheer as the ship is launched, with a new crew on board;
visit the lower decks, and experience life on board, the food, the drink, the rats and the fleas;
find out how the ship is steered, and how the many sails work.