written, environmental, and ecological . This is highly recommended reading for eastern North Carolinians and anyone interested in the region's sounds and islands. CRAIG MAcDoNALD W ilm ington, North Carolina
Tall Ships: The Fleet fo r the 2 1st Century by Thad Koza (Tide-Mark Press, Ltd., Windso r, CT, 2006, 4th edition, 231 pp, photos, illus, notes, index, biblio, maritime museums listings, gloss, ISBN-13 9781-59490-236-9; $24.95pb, $39.95hc) What is a tallship anyway? Is it one word or two? Can it be a modern-built replica or does it have to be an original historic vessel? Where did the term come from anyway? The designation "tallship" fi lls us with visions of gaff sails, square sails, and every possible configuration of rig and hull. The term itself is attributed, more ofren than not, to John Masefield's famous and overly quoted poem, Sea-Fever-"! must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and al l I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." H e wasn't the first to use it, however- William Shakespeare wrote in The Merchant of Venice, ''Antonio hath a ship of rich lading wrecked on the narrow sea; the Goodwins, I think they call the place; a very dangerous flat and fatal, where the carcasses of many a rail ship lie buried .. .." The use of the term rook a turn for the worse in the 1980s when PR folk in every port began to use "tallshi p" to describe any sailing vessel coming to town. The American Sail Training Association brought some clarity to the issue when they devised three classes, from A-to-C, to describe traditionally-rigged sailing vessels (Class A representing th e largest ships) . Thad Koza's newes t book, Tall Ships: The Fleet for the 2 1st Century, captures a wide representation of these glorious vessels under full sail with his superbly reproduced photographs. His definition of a tallship is explained, not through words that distinguish between ri g types, old-build and new, large and small, but through the visual representation on the page. The ships are all there and it's a grand accumulation. This fourth edition of his prized coffeetable treatise features many new additions to the fleet and contains more than 200 SEA H ISTORY 119, SUMMER 2007
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