Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The illustrations are almost magical, transporting the reader to a specific time and place . . . Together with the text, the imagination is balanced with enough historical information to make the reading and viewing of this book a delight on many levels."
-- Jeffrey Smith * Oregon Historical Quarterly *
"Miller's painstaking style has produced plates that are, in effect, rendered, three-dimensional working drawings; one can literally count the number of planks in a vessel's hull. . . . precisely what the historian and research wants to see. . . . the paintings are marvelous simply to look at."
-- John McKay * International Journal of Maritime History *
"Visually spectacular."
-- Tracey Sherlock * Vancouver Sun *
"This 200-page coffee-table style art book is a very special pleasure to browse through from beginning to end, and a highly recommended addition to personal, community, and academic Art History and Marine History collections."
* Midwest Book Review *
"Miller has the talent to carry off both painting and text. . . . Miller's well-paced narratives reopen a lost world of navigation . . . Miller's paintings are beautifully rendered as they reimagine the ships according to the historical record. . ."
-- Mike Dillon * City Living *
"A handsome coffee-table book that tells the story of world exploration . . . Miller, a maritime artist and illustrator living in Vancouver, B.C., wrote the text and illustrated the book with almost 100 of his own beautifully detailed paintings."
-- Mary Ann Gwinn * The Seattle Times *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Ancient Ships and Early Navigation
2. The Age of Exploration
3. Settling the New World: The Northern Voyages
4. Charting the Great Southern Ocean
5. Exploring the North Pacific Ocean
Epilogue: Sailing into History
Appendix: Plans of Historical Vessels
Acknowledgements
