American Sailing Ships Coloring Book (Dover American History Coloring Books)

American Sailing Ships Coloring Book (Dover American History Coloring Books)

<div>The magnificent age of sail lives again in this distinctive collection of ready-to-color American sailing ships. In a pictorial display spanning over 200 years of maritime history, artist and avid sailor Peter Copeland meticulously depicts vessels ranging from small, shallow-draft topsail schooners of Colonial times and early sail-and-steam powered ships to modern reconstructions of classic 17th-century vessels.<br>Forty-five exciting, ready-to-color illustrations include the privateer frigate <I>Bethel</I> (1748), a colonial sloop (1760), the <I>Andrew Doria </I>(1776), the U.S.S. <I>Constitution</I> (1812), the paddle steamer <I>Savannah</I> (1819), the clipper ship <I>Helena</I> (1849), a Nantucket whaler (1850), and more.<BR>Complementing well-researched and accurately rendered drawings are informative captions which describe each ship — dates, types of vessel, construction, historical background, distinguishing characteristics, brief anecdotes, and more.<br>Educational and entertaining, this impressive, fact-filled volume will delight colorists of all ages, students, teachers, as well as anyone captivated by the romance and adventure of the high seas.</div>