Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War

Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War

About the Book

Look inside an 18th-century warship as it sails into battle on the high seas.

Packed with extraordinary illustrations, this history book for children covers everything from warship design to navigation.

Biesty's incredible drawings slice through a man-of-war to explore every corner, from the crow's nest to the stinking hold. Packed with fascinating facts and gory details, the pages teem with sailors going about their duties. Find out how gun crews fired a cannon, examine a surgeon's toolkit, and learn the best way to wriggle the maggots out of the ship's biscuits. Look out, too, for the stowaway on every page. He's the one with spiky hair, and there's a reward for his capture!

This absorbing book will have children--and adults--poring over every page. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War remains as entertaining as ever.
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DK Stephen Biesty Cross-Sections Series

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Cross-Sections
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross Sections of Everything
Stephen Biesty's More Incredible Cross-sections
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections

About the Author

Richard Platt
Richard Platt began writing in 1983, and has since published more than 100 books specializing in children's nonfiction. His books have won the silver Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. He is the author of Eyewitness: FilmCastle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, and Eyewitness: Pirate, among others, and is the coauthor, with Stephen Biesty, of Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections. More by Richard Platt
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About the Author

Stephen Biesty
Stephen Biesty is an award-winning illustrator best known for his works Cross Section Castle, Cross Section Man-of-War, Giant Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, and Castles. He is the recipient of the 1993 New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year and the 2004 UK Literacy Association Book Award. More by Stephen Biesty
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