The sailing frigate : a history in ship models /Robert Gardiner ; illustrated from the collections of the National Maritime Museum.

"Ship models offer more details than even the best plans and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types - in this case, the evolution of the cruising ships under sail."--Provided by the publisher.