Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas, ed. George F Bass

Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas
Editor: George F Bass

Hardback with dust jacket in cellophane wrapper. Small mark on front endpaper but otherwise in very good condition.

Contents:
The earliest watercraft from rafts to Viking ships
The voyages of Columbus – the search for his ships
Shipwrecks of Explorers
Basque whalers in the New World – The Red Bay wrecks
Treasure shops of the Spanish Main – the Iberian-American maritime empires
The 13 colonies – English settlers and seafarers
Struggle for a continent – naval battles of the French and Indian wars
Gunboats and warships of the American Revolution
The war of 1812 – battle for the Great Lakes
Steamboats on inland waterways – prime movers of manifest destiny
The Civil War at sea – dawn of an age of iron and engineering
The end of the age of sail – merchant shipping in the 19th century

272 pages
B&W and colour photographs and illustrations
226 mm x 278 mm (approx. 9 in x 11 in)
1988, Thames and Hudson