Download or read book The Book of Old Ships written by Henry B. Culver and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations. Galley, bark, caravel, longship, whaler, many more. Detailed, informative text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction.