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Title: The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship Series) by John McKay ISBN: 1-55750-418-0 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The next best thing to blueprints. :-)
Comment: So, you're thinking about purchasing this book? Well let me tell you that it is incredible. The 100-Gun-Ship Victory is the most comprehensive book I have ever seen when it comes to the ships construction. It has just enough historical info about the Victory's career to make you salivate and then you get to the drawings, WOW! It is chalked full of drawings after drawings about details that you wouldn't expect and the ones you would. Most of the drawings are in 1/192 scale some in 1/48 scale. If you get the revised edition it has a full Victory rigging drawing cleverly printed on the inside of the book jacket. The actual cover of the book depicts the true colors of the Victory. Lots of effort went into creating this masterpiece of information, if you are not sure about this purchase; relax, you will thoroughly enjoy it.
Michael
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book on a great ship
Comment: John McKay's book is well up to the very high standard set by the "Anatomy of the Ship" series and covers HMS Victory in fantastic detail. Anyone interested in the ship (or other sailing warships of the period, which would be similar in detail) and especially anyone interested in building a model of the Victory should add this book to their collection. My one disappointment with McKay is that he didn't include any drawings and only one illustration showing HMS Victory in her pre-1801 condition with her original elaborate figurehead and open stern galleries; the book entirely focuses on her appearance at Trafalgar - admittedly her most famous battle but she was also Sir John Jervis's flagship at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and it would have been useful to have more data on her pre-reconstruction configuration. Another book well worth having on the Victory is C. Nepean Longridge's "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships," which I also highly recommend.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Reference
Comment: Historically, this has been an extremely difficult book to purchace, as once you own it, you will not give it away. From the false keel to the top-gallant trucks, there is nothing as comprehensive as this book.
This 119 page manual covers the history and every aspect of the victory, including deck, rigging, belaying, framing, 3D perspectives and cross sections.
Every cannon and carriage, mast and yard, block and tackle is drawn for you, including all tables for the rigging.
Rare archived Black and White photos are included. Any model maker, or anyone interested in owning a piece of histroy, this facinating book is almost as good as building your own.
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Title: 74-Gun Ship Bellona (Anatomy of the Ship) by Brian Lavery ISBN: 0851779166 Publisher: Conway Maritime Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora by John McKay, Ron Coleman ISBN: 0851778941 Publisher: Conway Maritime Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships by C. Nepean Longridge ISBN: 0870210777 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1980 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: HMS Victory : Her Construction, Career, and Restoration by A. P. McGowan, John McKay, Alan McGowan ISBN: 1557503877 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 14 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: The Frigate Diana (Anatomy of the Ship) by David White ISBN: 0851773567 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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