Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Author: Ian W. Toll

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-03-17

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 0393066649

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"A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."—New York Times Book Review Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders—particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams—debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships. From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian.

Portrait of a Port
Portrait of a Port

Author: W. H. Bunting

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780674690769

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Portrait Of A Port is a classic portrayal of Boston's glorious maritime past opens a window onto the history of American port cities.

Shipbuilding in North Carolina, 1688-1918
Shipbuilding in North Carolina, 1688-1918

Author: William N. Still Jr.

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 790

ISBN-13: 0865264953

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In their comprehensive and authoritative history of boat and shipbuilding in North Carolina through the early twentieth century, William Still and Richard Stephenson document for the first time a bygone era when maritime industries dotted the Tar Heel coast. The work of shipbuilding craftsmen and entrepreneurs contributed to the colony's and the state's economy from the era of exploration through the age of naval stores to World War I. The study includes an inventory of 3,300 ships and 270 shipwrights.

Working techniques for model shipbuilding
Working techniques for model shipbuilding

Author: Robert Volk

Publisher: Verlag für Technik und Handwerk

Published:

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13:

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Robert Volk has already built several museum models and here he shares his wealth of experience with all ship model builders. Using the example of a pilot schooner in 1:50 scale, the construction, divided into individual sections, is described in detail: From the hull to the rigging, from the steering wheel to the fresh water barrel, nothing is missing that makes a perfect ship model. The reader is introduced to a wealth of different working techniques, receives useful practical tips and even finds a German-English dictionary of technical terms. Together with the many extraordinarily detailed drawings by Peter Davies-Garner, a compendium has been created which is also valid for other similar ships and which one therefore likes to consult again and again. A self-built model in museum quality? – With this book it becomes possible!

At the Point of a Cutlass
At the Point of a Cutlass

Author: Gregory N. Flemming

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1611687802

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The astonishing true story of a young sailor's ordeal during the golden age of piracy

Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
Archaeology and the Social History of Ships

Author: Richard A. Gould

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-04-29

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1139498169

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Maritime archaeology deals with shipwrecks and is carried out by divers rather than diggers. It embraces maritime history and analyses changes in shipbuilding, navigation and seamanship and offers fresh perspectives on the cultures and societies that produced the ships and sailors. Drawing on detailed past and recent case studies, Richard A. Gould provides an up-to-date review of the field that includes dramatic new findings arising from improved undersea technologies. This second edition of Archaeology and the Social History of Ships has been updated throughout to reflect new findings and new interpretations of old sites. The new edition explores advances in undersea technology in archaeology, especially remotely operated vehicles. The book reviews many of the major recent shipwreck findings, including the Vasa in Stockholm, the Viking wrecks at Roskilde Fjord and the Titanic.

Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World
Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World

Author: John McCusker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-15

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 1134703392

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Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy, especially British America and the Caribbean. Topics treated range from early attempts in medieval England to measure the carrying capacity of ships, through the advent in Renaissance Italy and England of business newspapers that reported on the traffic of ships, cargoes and market prices, to the state of the economy of France over the two hundred years before the French Revolution and of the British West Indies between 1760 and 1790. Included is the story of Thomas Irving who challenged and thwarted the likes of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.