E-book “Schepen van Papier” available now

Starting today, the digital version of “Schepen van Papier” (Ships of Paper) is available on this website. This is the Dutch translation of the book “Dutch 17th Century Ship Models”, previously published in English, written by Ab Hoving — an expert in the field of 17th-century shipbuilding and ship model building — with beautiful illustrations by his son Emiel Hoving.

You can find the book in the new Books section.

It is an honor for me to be able to offer this book here. Ab Hoving’s work is a crucial source for the development of models of 17th-century ships. For example, the Wijdschip/Smalschip that you will find under Construction kits is based on this book about paper ship model building.