Author: Carl W. Mitman

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780267829958

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Watercraft Collection in the United States National Museum Few problems with which man has had to deal are of greater consequence to his well being and material development than aquatic transportation. Primitive man had forced upon him the necessity of obtaining food and covering from the animals which inhabit the waters; consequently, one of his earliest efforts was to secure the means of floatation whereby the possibilities of supplying his needs were immeasurably increased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.