The Lost Ships of Charles II's Navy Format:Hardback Skippers & Sextants: A History

Skippers & Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations by George Drower is an engaging exploration of maritime history

specialising in maritime topics

and a considered evaluation of their relative success or failure provided

and analyzing your performance

with diagrams illustrating key boat parts

The Lost Ships of Charles II's Navy Format:Hardback Skippers & Sextants: A HistoryA comprehensively researched and beautifully illustrated history of the design of the ships of Charles II's Navy, using reconstructed architectural plans based on contemporary records. The Royal Navy of the late seventeenth century was the greatest enterprise in the country, and in 1677, with Samuel Pepys as Secretary of the Navy, the House of Commons voted to fund the building of 30 new ships, the largest single shipbuilding project up to this point.