OldSaltf Posted January 13 Share #1 Posted January 13 (edited) The site gallica.bnf.fr offers various files related to ships and boats, french and other. There is e.g. a collection of etchings depicting french warships around 1800. Marine Française It takes a while to load (seems to be quite a big file). You see the first page and on the right hand side there is a small menu with a download icon (an arrow pointing downwards into a sort of file drawer). On the left hand side some more books appear, some by the famous naval historian Edmond Pâris. One of the works by Pâris is a treatise on south east Asian boats. Boats of south east asian people There is probably a lot more there. To search stuff you can use a search term with the site: qualifier (note colon behind the word site). if you enter: bateaux site:gallica.bnf.fr you get a plethora of results. If you use the site qualifier in the above manner you restrict results to just the specified site. Edited January 13 by OldSaltf mtaylor, bruce d and Harvey Golden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Golden Posted January 13 Share #2 Posted January 13 Thank you-- some very hard-to-find material there! The link to South East Asian boats is to his study of 'extra-European' boats-- covering the rest of the world. It doesn't seem to have the engravings (issued separately), but here they are for any interested: https://archive.org/details/essaisurlaconstr02pris/page/n11/mode/2up This is probably one of the finest world-survey of watercraft; I don't think anything since has come close to it, even despite its areas of weakness. bruce d and mtaylor 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted January 20 Share #3 Posted January 20 There are thousands of books, photographs, prints etc. on that site - after all, it is not just a 'site', but the digital portal of the French National Library! Don't look for ship's drawings, these are either with the Service historique de la Defence (SHD) in Vincennes (late 19th century to present) or with the Musée de la Marine in Paris (everything older than late 19th century). Harvey Golden and mtaylor 2 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollex Posted January 23 Share #4 Posted January 23 Don't forget to peruse the site that published the late Jean Boudriot's drawings and books. there are (were?) a few publications like the Xebec and other Mediterranean vessels listed. 23 Jan'24 Pollex Calgary mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted January 24 Share #5 Posted January 24 ANCRE.fr mtaylor 1 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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