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Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The 19th century was the age of shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces: all along the coast men were turning trees into ships that would sail on the world's oceans. Farmers and fishermen became master craftsmen building huge, deep-water vessels. In this beautifully illustrated volume, marine historian Stanley Spicer recaptures the age of sail and its many colourful characters. From hundreds of shipbuilders, Spicer has selected the Troops of Saint John, the Killams of Yarmouth, Joseph Cunard in Bathurst, the Peake family of Prince Edward Island, John Young of Lunenburg and the Moshers in Avondale. Through these often larger-than-life figures we explore the triumphs and tragedies of the Maritimes' great age of shipbuilding and ship owning. The Age of Sail draws on a range of rich visual resources including ship portraits, archival photographs, engravings, and artifacts displayed in the collections of leading…
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The Age of Sail: Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes Paperback - 2005
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During the Tall Ships' visit to Halifax in 2000, thousands of people lined the city's waterfront to view the parade of sailing vessels that circuited the harbour and then headed out to the Atlantic.
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- Title The Age of Sail: Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes
- Author Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Formac Publishing Company Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Date June 30, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780887806681 / 0887806686
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.476
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