Building The Trireme-Athenian Warship Boat Construction Book - $10 in Nanaimo, British Columbia for sale

"Building The Trireme" by Frank Welsh.
"The Athenian trireme, the light, speedy and efficient warship of ancient Greece, has been the subject of continuous speculation for centuries. [... ] Three men -- Frank Welsh, John Morrison and John Coates -- decided to cut the Gordian knot by building a trireme that accorded with the archaeological evidence, and inviting 170 British oarsmen and women to try it out at sea. Morrison, a classical scholar, and Coates, a naval architect, were to design it. This book is an account of that venture..." -from the dust jacket.

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Constable; First Edition edition (January 18, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0094668809
ISBN-13: 05
Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
Out of print.
Hardcover with dust jacket and Mylar protective dust jacket cover, as new condition.
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