Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700-1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates Hardcover – Import, 28 February 2023

I was expecting more pictures, drawings, etc. The book is poor regarding the graphic aspect. The few pictures are small and all black and white (the better picture of this book is the cover pic)... I am studying ships from that period and I was expecting more from the cover subtitle: "design, construction...."And by the way... As usual, this book arrived damaged (due the "as always" poor Amazon packing service... Too big box, and a single book inside without protection, loose inside the box).

Just received my copy of this book. I have only just started plowing through it, but it is very arguably the best book of the "Winfield series".This book is not a Winfield "solo effort". The following co-authors were major contributors:> John Tredrea - (well known AoS researcher and co-author of "Russian Warships of the Age of Sail";> Enrique Garcia-Torralba Perez - probably the premier living authority on the Real Armada and period Spanish warship design, author of "Navios de la Real Armada [this volume is entirely in Spanish, but I nevertheless bought it because it was the best available source in any language on the subject.> Manuel Blasco Felip - the man behind the "3decks" website and I imagine the bilingual intermediary between Winfield/Tredrea and Torralba-Perez.Layout and ship data presentation follows the well-known Winfield model. But there is better peripheral coverage. For example, there is a section of this book devoted exclusively to the topic of copper hull sheathing in the Real Armada. If only we had similarly good data on coppering for the other navies of this era!Highest recommendation.

Like the companion volumes on the French, Russian and British ships of the same period this is an excellent study for any student of the naval might of this turbulent period of nationalist expansion.

as described, arrived safely and on time.. excellent service.

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