Seeschlachten und Abenteuer berühmter Seehelden : der deutschen Jugend erzählt ; mit einem Anhang: Bilder aus dem Chinesischen-Japanischen und dem Amerikanisch-Spanischen Kriege
A German youth book of 1900 by Heinrich Smidt, with illustrations by Peter Geh, published by Richard Gahl, retelling naval battles and adventures of famous sea heroes for young German readers. Its pictures show sailing ships, rigging and deck scenes in a chromolithograph style with bold colour and a warm, dramatic tone, offering a designer ready material on period maritime costume and a dramatic composition of ropes and rigging framing figures.
