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Beginning with Ramses III's dramatic defeat of the 'sea people' in 1176 BC - the world's earliest visual record of a naval battle - Fighting Ships tells the story of 3000 years of maritime history through 150 glorious images. From the Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans to the coming of the age of sail, here are breathtaking depictions of ancient triremes and Viking longships, the Santa Maria and the Spanish Armada, as well as Henry VIII's giant carracks and the majestic three-decked warships of Louis IV that patrolled the Mediterranean. Arranged chronologically, this sumptuous collection of grand-scale images brings together the earliest carvings on temple walls and the world-famous Bayeux tapestry, with exquisite depictions by the greatest artists, including Tintoretto's The Capture of Constantinople, Brueghel's The Fall of Icarus, Vasari's The Battle of Lepanto in 1571 and Samuel Scott's The Capture of Puerto Bello. Here too are striking portraits of key historical figures, such as Columbus, Raleigh and Drake, alongside ship plans, drawings, engravings and artefacts rescued from the wrecks themselves. Maritime historian Sam Willis recounts famous battles, voyages of conquest and tales of triumph and defeat at sea. He not only reveals the secrets of naval strategy and ship design, but also sheds fascinating light on the lives of the great men that commanded their fleets, as well as on the heroism and hardship of life on board for the ordinary sailor.
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The figure of the Pharaoh, bow drawn, takes aim across a sea of dad men and discarded weapons. Lion-headed Egyptian vessels repel the last enemy ships, their victory complete. Beginning with Ramses III's dramatic defeat of the 'sea people' in 1176BC - the world's earliest visual record of a naval battle - Fighting Ships tells the story of 3000 years of maritime history through 150 glorious images. From the Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans to the coming of the age of sail, here are breathtaking depictions of ancient triremes and Viking longships, the Santa Maria and the Spanish Armada, as well as Henry VIII's giant carracks, Turkish galleys and the majestic three-decked warships of Louis XIV. Arranged chronologically, this sumptuous collection of grand-scale images brings together the earliest carvings on temple walls and the world-famous Bayeux tapestry, with exquisite depictions by the greatest artists, including Tintoretto's The Capture of Constantinople, Brueghel's The Fall of Icarus, The Battle of Lepanto by Vasari and Samuel Scott's The Capture of Puerto Bello. Here too are striking portraits of key historical figures, such as Columbus, Drake and Barbarossa, alongside ship plans, drawings, engravings and artefacts rescued from wrecks. Maritime historian Sam Willis recounts famous battles, voyages of conquest and tales of triumph and defeat at sea. He not only reveals the secrets of naval strategy and ship design, but also sheds fascinating light on the lives of the great men that commanded their fleets, as well as on the heroism and hardship of life on board for the ordinary sailor. Dramatic, astonishing and always spectacular, Fighting Ships brings to life three millennia of naval history, from classical galley ships to magnificent men-of-war.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is one in a series of three large A3 sized books by the same author, which trace the history of fighting ships from ancient history to the present day. The most appealing aspect of these books is the illustrations, which cover the full length and width of many pages.
If you enjoy paintings of ships, I would recommend visiting the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich (which has free admission), but if you can't make it, many of the wonderful paintings are beautifully reproduced here, on a gigantic scale.
Lastly, it's bargain! Currently substantially discounted and post-free from Amazon. For a coffee table sized, beautifully illustrated hardback, it is difficult to criticise a book as attractive and engrossing as this, for a price that Royal Mail would charge merely to send it in the post!
If you enjoy paintings of ships, I would recommend visiting the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich (which has free admission), but if you can't make it, many of the wonderful paintings are beautifully reproduced here, on a gigantic scale.
Lastly, it's bargain! Currently substantially discounted and post-free from Amazon. For a coffee table sized, beautifully illustrated hardback, it is difficult to criticise a book as attractive and engrossing as this, for a price that Royal Mail would charge merely to send it in the post!
Format:Hardcover
The printing quality is low. The pictures are better reproduced, and in a smaller scale in other books. They are not typical for the periods. Maybe a good bok for someone who knows only little about ships history.
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