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Author: Joseph Wheatley
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781853673993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLavishly illustrated with large-scale color artwork, this detailed narrative covers more than 500 years of the rise and fall of sailing ships. 91 color plates.
Author: Franco Giorgetti
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788854403123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten from the unique perspective of an architect and sailboat designer who is also an ardent sailor, this volume traces the origins and development of great sailing ships. Enthusiasts will be fascinated by the meticulous research and multimedia presentation of the milestones in the history of the sailing ship. A spectacular photographic catalog of the most famous and impressive ships, this handsome volume documents the milestones in sailing, presenting magnificent photographs and a detailed analysis of all the great sailing ships, some of which still ply the seas to this day. From antiquity to present-day, this book is organized chronologically, delving into the origins of the great sailing ships, from the earliest galleons dating to the early 1500s, to the clippers of the nineteenth century, to the windjammers of the twentieth century, and the future of sailing. Franco Giorgetti provides in-depth information on ship-building techniques, including the secrets of the world's foremost ship builders.
Author: James Beresford
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-11-21
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9004241949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent archaeological discoveries. Taking a fresh look at the various ways in which seasonality affected maritime transport across the sea-lanes of the ancient world, this book offers new perspectives on the nature of seaborne trade, naval warfare and piratical operations. The result is a volume that questions many long-held scholarly assumptions concerning the strength and seaworthiness of ancient vessels, as well as the abilities of Greek and Roman mariners, to regularly undertake voyages across hazardous stretches of sea.
Author: Joshua M. Smith
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2009-02-22
Total Pages: 731
ISBN-13: 0813040779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended as a text for college and advanced high school students, Voyages covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers. The texts have been chosen to provide students with interesting, usable, and historically significant documents that will prompt class discussion and critical thinking. In each case, the material is linked to the larger context of American history, including issues of gender, race, power, labor, and the environment.
Author: David Hays
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1996-04-26
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0060976969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25 foot boat they built together.
Author: Michael A. Gomez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521806626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the global unfolding of the African Diaspora, the migrations and dispersals of people of African, from antiquity to the modern period. Their exploits, challenges, and struggles are discussed over a wide expanse of time in ways that link as well as differentiate past and present circumstances. The experiences of Africans in the Old World, in the Mediterranean and Islamic worlds, is followed by their movement into the New, where their plight in lands claimed by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonial powers is analyzed from enslavement through the Cold War. While appropriate mention is made of persons of renown, particular attention is paid to the everyday lives of working class people and their cultural efflorescence. The book also attempts to explain contemporary plights and struggles through the lens of history.
Author: Henry Beard
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780761123873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrinted in an irresistible new gift format, this pocket dictionary brings new meaning to the things said at sea. The cleverly essential volume defines and illustrates the terms of sailing, from "ahoy" to "zephyr". Drawings throughout.
Author: Suzanne J. Stark
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2017-09-01
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1682472698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe wives and female guests of commissioned officers often went to sea in the sailing ships of Britain’s Royal Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries, but there were other women on board as well, rarely mentioned in print. Suzanne Stark thoroughly investigates the custom of allowing prostitutes to live with the crews of warships in port. She provides some judicious answers to questions about what led so many women to such an appalling fate and why the Royal Navy unofficially condoned the practice. She also offers some revealing firsthand accounts of the wives of warrant officers and seamen who spent years at sea living—and fighting—beside their men without pay or even food rations, and of the women in male disguise who served as seamen or marines. This lively history draws on primary sources and so gives an authentic view of life on board the ships of Britain’s old sailing navy and the social context of the period that served to limit roles open to lower-class women.
Author: Andrew Lambert
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 2005-08-23
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780060838553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur fascination with the drama of war at sea is as strong today as it was in the heyday of the sailing ship.This book, written by one of the world's foremost authors on naval warfare, describes the dramatic battles of an age when sail was supreme. Andrew Lambert's comprehensive history examines key naval conflicts from the highest strategic level right down to the experience of the ordinary sailor. Fully illustrated throughout, this book incorporates computer-generated cartography that brings the sea battles to life. An in-depth look at ship design and the "floating culture" onboard The Anglo-Dutch Wars of 1650–74, when English commanders challenged Dutch sea power with superior speed, close quarters fighting, and fireships The rise and fall of the French Navy under the Sun King, Louis XIV The Napoleonic Wars, the defeat of the French fleet, and the rise of British Royal Navy hero Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Author: Nicholas Tracy
Publisher: Conway
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780851779492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKÅrbog med blandede artikler om bl.a. søkrigshistoriske emner fra sejlskibenes tidsalder, hovedsageligt med relation til Storbritannien.
