What are some well-researched books about ships during the Age of Sail?
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On ships:
Bjorn Landstrom, The ship. An illustrated history. From the primitive raft to the nuclear powered submarine. Doubleday, NY, 1961.
There is a shorter version by the same author: Sailing ships. In words and pictures from papyrus boats to full-riggers, Doubleday NY 1969.
On seamanship:
John Harland, Seamanship in the age of sail, Conway Maritime press, 1984.
Brian Tunstall, Naval warfare in the age of sail. Evolution of fighting tactics, 1650-1815.
Some good old books have been reprinted, for example,
Darcy Lever, The young sea officer's sheet anchor, original published in 1819, reprint by Dover 1998. (This is a textbook for young officers, mostly oriented on the East India company).
These are good and well researched books which address seamanship in general (Western European square rigged ships). But there are many on more specialized aspects, like navigation, knots, small boats, naval architecture, history of ship building, ship replicas, marine archaeology etc.
"Age of sail" was really very long, almost as long as the history of humankind itself. Usually the books titled "age of sail" address Western Europe in 17-19 centuries, but there is specialized literature on some other periods as well, especially on Middle age, classical Greece and Rome, Pacific Ocean islanders seamanship etc. You should narrow the focus of your question.
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