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Vanishing Age of Sail

Simon Francis Brown
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Georgian & Regency Britain History
Georgian Era
Georgians
History & Criticism
Maritime
Sailing
Shipbuilding
Ships & Shipping
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781398124912
  • Weight: 404g
  • Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Jul 2025
  • Publisher: Amberley Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Kelsick Wood was a nineteenth-century Georgian shipbuilder in Maryport, Cumberland, with a private passion for painting. He combined his two loves in his journals, where shipyard contracts and inventories share their pages with beautiful and curious watercolour pictures. The Vanishing Age of Sail revels in the rich, textured story behind these little books. It shows how each small shipyard on Britain’s coast played its part in Britain’s economic expansion in the nineteenth century. It is also a personal tale, and the faces which look out from Kelsick’s journals remind us that these wooden ships and brigs carried the dreams and livelihoods of all those who owned, commanded and crewed them.

Simon Francis Brown’s highly visual title speaks immediately to lovers of maritime history, illustration and the Georgian era, drawing in daydreamers and doodlers alike.
About Simon Francis Brown
Simon Francis Brown is an English Literature graduate from Oxford, with a passion for maritime history and illustrated manuscripts. He began his career in academic publishing and has worked for many years in management and communications. He lives in South London, and is a keen mudlark, hunting for history on the banks of the Thames.

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