About the Cover Illustration
The figure on the cover of Sails.js in Action is captioned “Homme de la Dalecarlie,” or a man from Delarna county, located in central Sweden. It borders with Norway in the west and is known for its remoteness, beauty, and wide range of physical geography: deciduous and coniferous forests, plains, lakes, rivers, foothills, and alpine regions. The illustration is taken from a collection of dress costumes from various countries by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757–1810), titled Costumes de Différents Pays, published in France in 1797. Each illustration is finely drawn and colored by hand. The rich variety of Grasset de Saint-Sauveur’s collection reminds us vividly of how culturally apart the world’s towns and regions ...
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