Artist Derek Gardner charts Nelson's career, step by step and ship by ship, in words and pictures.

Product Description: A unique tribute published to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, in which Admiral Horatio Nelson secured British supremacy of the seas at the cost of his own life. No man of action in British history has seized and held public affection more firmly than Nelson...read more

Product Description: No man of action in British history has seized and held public affection more firmly than Horatio Nelson. His name remains a by-word for heroism – for awesome courage and devotion to duty in the face of awful physical frailty. In this unique tribute for the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, in which Nelson secured British supremacy of the seas at the cost of his own life, one naval veteran salutes another...read more

Product Description: This collection of breathtaking paintings by five world-class marine artists -- in oversize, full-color gallery-quality reproductions -- features such immortals as the Bounty, the Pinta, and the Nina. Enjoy the views the clipper Southern Cross saw on leaving Colonial Boston Harbor; an 1870 New York Yacht Club race; and many more scenes unforgettable to lovers of art and sailing alike...read more

Product Description: Five world-class marine artists exhibit some of the most breathtaking paintings of ships ever published, in huge, oversize, full-color gallery-quality reproductions. Along with the gorgeous art comes the artists' own descriptions of their subjects and explanations of how they executed their work...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)