Editorial Direction: Elisabeth Pegeon
Editing: Julie Quillien
Artistic Direction: Isabelle Mayer
Page Layout: Catherine Enault
Illustrations: Michel Diament
Production Management: Thierry Dubus
Manufacturing Monitoring: Marie Guibert
Proofreading (French edition): Alain Tardif
Translation: Andrea Jones Berasaluce
English Translation © 2020 by Skyhorse Publishing
Copyright © 2018 Michel Diament, Illustration
First Published in French as L’Essentiel des noeuds marins by Vagnon, an imprint of Fleurus Éditions, Paris, France, 2018 (ISBN: 979-1027102013).
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Cover design by Kai Texel
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Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-5927-5
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-5928-2
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