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First German edition in 1988
First English edition in 1990

With as subject the history, origin and end of the galleons in Spain England the Netherlands, Portugal France, Scandinavia ..
Construction Rules and armament
Strategy for attack and defense
Life and routine on board
The men on board (who did what)
Rigging

 

With beautiful photos, drawings and plans.

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Detailed description of the original "Stockholm Galleon model"

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Description of a built model of this galleon.

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Evening all:

 

By a coincidence, I recently bought a copy of this through 'Bookfinder', a site recommended by another contributor on this forum. 

 

The book is very detailed, and will teach almost any reader a lot they did not know previously. The reconstruction is based on the Stockholm model and on an anonymous treatise on shipbuilding dated around 1620, which is again very detailed, and gives a step-by-step guide to constructing a draught of a ship (although it contains some errors in the mathematics used, corrected in this book)

 

I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in ships of this period, or with a general interest in their history or construction.

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

Previously built models (long ago, aged 18-25ish) POB construction. 32 gun frigate, scratch-built sailing model, Underhill plans.

2 masted topsail schooner, Underhill plans.

 

Started at around that time, but unfinished: 74 gun ship 'Bellona' NMM plans. POB 

 

On the drawing board: POF model of Royal Caroline 1749, part-planked with interior details. My own plans, based on Admiralty draughts and archival research.

 

Always on the go: Research into Royal Navy sailing warship design, construction and use, from Tudor times to 1790. 

 

Member of NRG, SNR, NRS, SMS

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Many thanks for  information on this book. Have been searching for information on the Spanish Galleon in particular and your detailed  photos of the text gave me enough guidance to evaluate the focus and content of the book. Cheers and thanks again.--Geraldo

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