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Subtitled The History and Development of the Greenlandic Hunting Kayak, 1600-2000 this is an enormous book, packed with lines drawings, drawings, paddles, plus history, and amazing historical photos. You'll soon realize this is a very intense book, with the author researching these hunting kayaks from museum holdings. Included are 400+figures and drawings, 79 scale drawings of paddles, 106 scale drawings of kayak.The author has built 18 replicas which are shown in the book. This is a guy who knows his stuff.
Chapters include:
Maps
History of Greenland Kayaks
Terminology
Greenland Kayak Construction
Polar Greenland Kayak Construction
Repairs and Modifications on Greenland Kayaks
Types of Greenland Kayaks
580 pp., softcover
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