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The Quick Reference Guide to Dutch Barges

A photographic guide to the main types of iron and steel Dutch barges built between 1875 and 1930. 

THIS IS A BOOK THAT NO DUTCH BARGE ENTHUSIAST SHOULD BE WITHOUT!

An A4 spiral bound book with over 180 full colour photographs of the different types of Dutch barges. Printed on water resistant, high quality gloss paper which can withstand every day use on board.

The book clearly and concisely describes how to identify each type, how to distinguish it from similar barges, where that barge was built and what it was used for.

Each type of barge has its own page,  which includes a description, a full colour photograph of the bow and stern, together with photographs taken from other angles.

The guide also includes a useful glossary of terms, a Netherlands map,  and a quick reference index of barge types.

The types of Dutch barges covered in the guide are: aken, klippers, tjalken, pramen, beurtmotor, bolpraam, boltjalk, dekschip, friesetjalk, groninger tjalk, hagenaar, hasselteraak, hektjalk, hevelaak, hollandse tjalk, hoogeveense praam, ijsselaak, ijsseltjalk, klipperaak, klipper, koftjalk, kraak, luxemotor, meppeler praam, overijsselse praam, paviljoenschip, poon, rietaak, roefschip, skutsje, snik, sontvaarder, spits, spitse praam, steilsteven, stevenaak, westlander, zeetjalk, zeeklipper, and zeilkast

Pippa & Michael Maclaran  wrote "This book really helps us quicky identify Dutch Barge types thanks to its logical layout, excellent colour photographs and clear text. It describes all the principal characteristics and features of each type without going into excessive detail and explains some of the reasons behind the regional variations. Fortunately it is robustly bound because it's going to get plenty of use in our wheelhouse!"

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