MONOGRAPHIE DU BOULLONGNE – V. Cie des Indes – 1759

PRESENTATION

Volume I

Chapter I:
The Fleet of the Compagnie des Indes
600-, 900-, and 1200-ton ships
Single decked vessels: Frigates, corvettes, scows
Conditions of Company ships built in Lorient 1730–1770
The BOULLONGNE A ship of the Compagnie des Indes 1759

Chapter II:

Officers and crew of the Compagnie des Indes

Chapter III:
Voyages and routes to the Indies
Voyages and routes to China

Chapter IV:
Commercial activity of the Compagnie des Indes
Gauging, preparation of merchandise, sample cargoes, trade with the France and the Bourbon islands, trade with Mocha, India, and China
Introduction and traffic of goods in France.

Volume II

Monograph of the "Boullongne"
600-ton ship built in Lorient in 1759 by G. Cambry

The second volume presents an important dossier that explains how to build a model of the Boullongne with all her timbers at 1:48 scale.
It contains:

- A detailed technical commentary on the fifty plates

- A set of photographs of a model of the Boullongne built by Arthur Molle based on the plans in the monograph

- A complete catalogue of the rigging

- A set of fifty plates at 1:48 scale including all details of timbers, fitting and rigging

- Drawings done to scale of all the frames and riders