Seafarers of the Emirates – An Arabian Album – Ronald Codrai

Stanje proizvoda: lijepo očuvano.

Codrai was privileged to have been able to see, record and photograph much of the marine activity at a time when the Gulf was home to the largest surviving merchant sailing fleet in the world.

This book is a record of the last years of an old way of life, and a time when the sheikhdoms were on the threshold of radical change – one that led to the demise of the distinctive lateen sails, and to a new form of trade that would have far-reaching consequences: the oil trade.