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Author: William L. Crothers
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780071358231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe American-Built Clipper Ship presents in detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Detailed drawings illustrate this work.
Author: William L. Crothers
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 568
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe American-Built Clipper Ship presents in detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Detailed drawings illustrate this work.
Author: William L. Crothers
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-06-07
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0786470062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUp and down the Eastern seaboard during the 1850s, American shipyards constructed numerous large wooden merchant sailing vessels that formed the backbone of the commercial shipping industry. This comprehensive volume appraises in minute detail the construction of these ships, outlining basic design criteria and enumerating and examining every plank and piece of timber involved in the process, including the keel, frames, hull and deck planking, stanchions, knees, deck houses, bulworks, railings, interior structures and arrangements. More than 150 illustrations illuminate the size, shape, location and pertinent specifics of each item. Complete with a glossary of contemporary industry terms, this work represents the definitive study of the mid-nineteenth century's great American-built square rigged ships.
Author: Glenn A. Knoblock
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-29
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0786471123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.
Author: William L. Crothers
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-08-13
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 0786493992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes the intricacies of the construction and fabrication more than 150 years ago of masts and yards installed in American merchant vessels, particularly those spars which were "built" or composed of multiple pieces bound together by iron bands. These were referred to as "made" spars as opposed to spars constructed from a single tree. It also contains instructions for developing the shape and proportions of various spars. Very little information is available on this subject. Generally, the external sizes of individual spars can be found but intimate details are sorely neglected. In addition, the book includes the spacing and location of masts in a ship, and the rake, and it discusses the types of wood that are most desirable in the construction of spars.
Author: Arthur Hamilton Clark
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 496
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George C. Kingston
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-01-30
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1476601267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaptain James Madison Hood was the real U.S. Consul in the novel Anna and the King of Siam, but before his arrival in Bangkok, he was also a merchant ship captain, builder of clipper ships, legislator in both Massachusetts and Illinois, industrialist, and land speculator. He was present at the birth of the Republican Party. As U.S. Consul, he presided over the trial of Dr. Dan Beach Bradley for libel of the French Consul, Gabriel Aubaret, a case which influenced the course of Southeast Asian history and got Anna Leonowens in trouble with King Mongkut. Captain Hood lived large and was not above a little extralegal maneuvering to support his lifestyle. His life is a tour through the politics, economics and deal making of the mid-19th century.
Author: Basil Lubbock
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 516
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter H. Spectre
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781574092011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jason M. Burns
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1461502098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorical archaeologists are in a unique position to analyze both historical documents and archaeological data in order to generate hypotheses and draw conclusions. In this work, the data not only provided the history of the ship "Catharine" but also the economic, social and political environments in which the ship was built and employed. This work focuses not only on the shipwreck and the wrecking event, but on the history and archaeology of a single ship. With this expanded view, the research also delves into: *International shipbuilding; *The struggle for dominance in the ship trade in the 19th century. This book will be of interest to underwater, historical and cultural archaeologists, social historians, cultural heritage managers and archaeologists working in the southeastern United States.
