michaelpsutton2 Posted December 30, 2014 #1 Posted December 30, 2014 Just rec'd my copy of this book by James Bender. This volume is very similar to the four volume series British Warships in the" Age of Sail". There are listings for all of the major Dutch warships of the period. There are pleny of Van de Velde drawings and paintings. Unfortunately there are only a couple of plans because the Dutch did not use plans in the way that the English did. The book will make a fine addition to my bookshelf and the introductory price on Amazon is more than fair. I had hoped for a little more information on Dutch rigging and fitting practices though. I don't have nearly the same quality of sources as I do for English ships. Farbror Fartyg, trippwj and flying_dutchman2 3 Drown you may, but go you must and your reward shall be a man's pay or a hero's grave
flying_dutchman2 Posted December 30, 2014 #2 Posted December 30, 2014 Michael; I'll check out this book. Furthermore, depending on what period of Dutch ships you build, I may be able to steer you in the right direction. I have a book and plans from A. Tasman, There is the new Dutch freighter of the 17th century book with 24 sets of plans for 14 ships, There are some other books in Dutch, I can translate for you. Let me know. Marc trippwj and Richard Griffith 2 Current Built: Zeehaen 1639, Dutch Fluit from Dutch explorer Abel J. Tasman Unofficial motto of the VOC: "God is good, but trade is better" Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia).
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