Collection: Reference

Begins with the primitive boats of the 18th and 19th centuries and goes on to nuclear submarines. Sidebars on submarine accidents, weapons technology, sensors, oceanography, rescue missions and many other other aspects of war...

The earliest examples of pictorial art in Japan are designs engraved on prehistoric pottery and wall paintings in protohistoric tombs. The author throws new light on an art which has had so marked an influence on the evolution of modern painting. [Jacket]