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| Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ships, Boats, Vessels, and Other Water-Borne Craft |  | Author: Graham Blackburn
Publisher: Overlook Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $37.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,123,483
Media: Hardcover
ISBN: 0670392804
Dewey Decimal Number: 387.209
EAN: 9780670392803
ASIN: 0670392804
Publication Date: October 1978
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 Most of the world's ships April 30, 2000
David Schure
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. It all most of the world's ships. But alittle short on warships. It is a good companion to my other Shipbooks I got such as Encyclopedia of Ships and Lore of the Ship. But this one has some more sail ships. The is one of the best ship books on sail ships. It has ships from the Roman Empire. About 5 Roman ships including Roman Traders, Roman Merchantman and Roman Trieme. So if you want one of the best ship books on merchant, civilian and sailing ships. Then this is the book for you. If you want more naval ships. Recommended is Jane's Ships of Fighting Ships of World War II, Conways All the World's Battleships 1906 to the Present and from Barnes and Nobles Encyclopedia of Ships.
Most of the world's ships April 30, 2000
David Schure
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. It all most of the world's ships. But a little short on warships. It is a good companion to my other Ship books I got from Barnes and Nobles such as Encyclopedia of Ships and Lore of the Ship. But this one has some more sail ships. The is one of the best ship books on sail ships. It has ships from the Roman Empire. About 5 Roman ships including Roman Traders, Roman Merchantman and Roman Trieme. So if you want one of the best ship books on merchant, civilian and sailing ships. Then this is the book for you. If you want more naval ships. Recommended is Jane's Ships of World War II and from Barnes and Nobles Encyclopedia of Ships.
 Superficial for an Encyclopedia December 14, 2009
Marco Antonio Abarca (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There will always be people who want to know how a Bagagna is different that a three-masted, lanteen rigged Felucca. This book will give the reader a superficial answer that will probably satisfy. Unfortunately, Graham Blackburn's simplistic line drawings and paragraph long descriptions will dissapoint serious boat enthusiasts. An illustrated encyclopedia of books and ships is a great idea and there have to be better books than this one.
 not deep July 4, 2008
Enrique Bozzo (Montevideo, Uruguay)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this book covers a great variety of ships in a very superficial way, not all of them accurately, as for example the Viking ships.
Most of it is a childish drawing and a description of one line.
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