The Heyday of Sail: The Merchant Sailing Ship, 1650-1830
- ISBN-10
- 0851776442
- ISBN-13
- 9780851776446
- Category
- Merchant ships
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Brassey's
- Author
- Robert Gardiner
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- 2000-11-11
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- Paperback
- Chartwell Books
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