A history in 26 parts in the words of those who have made the history. 2: Canvas, Hemp and Wood
The three-masted wooden sailing ship is ' the space capsule of the Renaissance '. How she was made, how she worked, where she could go and what she could do shaped the sailor's life for him from the 15th century to the 19th. And she was She: not It. Readers MICHAEL GOLDIE, ANTHONY HALL ,
TIMOTHY BATESON , RONALD HERDMAN , LEONARD MAGUIRE , ROBERT LANG , DAVID MARCH, DAVID ASHFORD,
ANTHONY NEWLANDS , HENRY KNOWLES , MALCOLM TERRIS , RONALD BADDILEY , GARARD GREEN, CAROLE BOYD and DOUGLAS BLACKWELL
Programme consultant and presenter:
Basil Greenhill, Director, National Maritime
Museum. Greenwich Special sound by DICK MILLS of the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop Series composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON , in collaboration with the National
Maritime Museum.