Master shipwright to James I and Charles I, Pett set down his own life from his apprenticeship to his years in the royal dockyards, with voyages down the Thames, quarrels at court and the building of great warships. This 1918 Navy Records Society edition by W. G. Perrin adds essays on the shipwrights’ craft and the Pett family, and documents such as his 1604 grant.
A rare first-person view of Jacobean naval shipbuilding, valuable to maritime historians and anyone drawn to the age of sail. Download the free EPUB.