Building the Wooden Fighting Ship https://CourseWikia.com 2021 | ISBN: 1861762488 | English | 128 pages | EPUB | 14 MB
By the middle of the eighteenth century the wooden ship had reached the peak of its development in design and construction. In particular the fighting ship of the period was a graceful vessel as well as a highly functional one, and in an age before industrialisation it was undoubtedly the most complex man-made object yet built, symbolising national aspirations and, in its construction, employing the most advanced technology.