SHIPS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NUOVA RACCOLTA COLOMBIANA

Pull open the first gatefold page to see fine cut-away line drawings of the 'Pinta', the caravel of Columbus's first fleet, 1492. Next is the 'Santa Maria', a theoretical reconstruction, followed by detailed line drawings of tackle, blocks, a sketch of a 15th century sail, and superb detailed drawings from as early as 1892, reconstructions, woodcut illustrations and even reproductions of coloured 16th century nautical charts. These luxury editions were certainly not the type used by ship's pilots. Charted are the place names or coastal toponyms, densely drawn and with the rhumblines networked marking the intercepting courses. Printed on special watermarked paper (as in all this series) in Rome, first edition 1997. 310pp.