The construction of Al Hashemi II. A voyage through the history of wooden ships, a concise history of Kuwait, the art of making traditional vessels

by Abdul Husain Mohammed Rafie Marafie

$50 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Kuwait: published by the author, 2002 . First edition, 4to, pp. 8 , 415, 1 ; color illustrations throughout; original full red cloth; some rippling to the laminate of dust jacket, else fine. Al Hashemi II was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest wooden Arabic dhow. The book tracks the ship's construction closely, step by step, in an attempt to preserve the knowledge of traditional Kuwaiti ship-building. Item #72781 ISBN:

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