The Oxford companion to ships and the sea / Ships and the sea edited by Peter Kemp. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. - vii, 971 p. : ill. (some col ; 24 cm. - Oxford reference . - Oxford reference. .

Contains over 3,700 alphabetically arranged entries that provide a wide variety of information about ships and the sea, including profiles of famous seamen, designers, and inventors, reviews of naval battles, tales of great ships, accounts of races, definitions of terms, and references to sea-related art and literature.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

0192820842 (pbk.) : £14.95 (UK)

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