Author: VAN ROYEN, Paul C., FISCHER, Lewis R. & WILLIAMS, David M.
Title: Frutta di Mare: Evolution and Revolution in the Maritime World in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Maritime History, 5-8 June 1996, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Description: Batavian Lion International, 1998. Hardcover. Top corners lightly bumped, otherwise good condition in dustjacket. Includes papers on The Fading Tradition: the Declining Use of Magnetic Declination in Dutch Pelagic Navigation; Climatic Reconstructions in the North Sea area: the case study of the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797; Attempts at Reducing the Expenditure of the Port of Liverpool, 1864-1913; Embarking on a New Course: Personnel, Ships and Administrative Reforms in the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1814-1914 etc. 222pp. ISBN-10 9067074756.

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