SuitabookShips
Brian Lavery
- Reading
- Explore the flaps and cross-sections together, pausing to connect a ship's design with its role in the history being presented. Let the reader choose which vessel or figure to investigate first.
- Themes
- Interactive exploration of ships: Readers are invited to look inside iconic ships through flaps and pull-out cross-sections, alongside material on nautical engineering. The interactive structure is presented as a way to explore ship interiors and engineering.
- Voyages and historical figures: The book spans Viking voyages, global travel and modern vessels, and names explorers and sailors including Christopher Columbus, Roald Amundsen and Blackbeard. The book places named sailors and explorers within a broad journey through maritime history.
- Worth knowing
- The historical range includes marauding pirate galleons and the ill-fated Titanic. These subjects may prompt questions about danger at sea and what made the Titanic’s voyage ill-fated.