| Description |
240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 235. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Primitive craft of the world -- The first known ship and shipbuilding illustrations -- The Phoenician traders -- Nile River craft -- Early warships -- Biremes and triremes -- Lex Rhodia -- The Battle of Salamis -- Syracusa -- Teh Battle of Actium -- Roman warships and merchantmen -- Scandinavian ships -- Merchant shipping in the Mediterranean -- Greek fire -- The Viking era -- Arab influence in the Mediterranean -- the lateen sail -- The Norman invasion of Britain -- The Crusades -- The Oleron Sea Laws -- The Cinque Ports -- The Hanseatic League -- The Danzig Ship -- The merchant shipping kingdom of Jacques Coeur -- Columbus and the discovery of America -- Vasco da Gama -- Magellan's voyage round the world -- Carpentier -- The Battle of Lepanto -- The voyage of the golden Hind -- The Spanish Armada -- The East India Company -- Wasa -- The buccaneers -- Bereing's voyages -- Press-gangs -- Lloyd's of London -- Cook's voyages -- The Boston Team Party -- The first operational submarine -- John Paul Jones -- Mutiny on the Bounty -- The first experiments in steam propulsion -- Trafalgar -- Clermont -- The use of steam spreads throughout Europe -- The Savannah -- The Curacao -- The first clipper ship -- The Transatlantic Race -- The growth of seaborn trade -- Paddle versus propeller -- The Great Eastern -- The first ironclad -- Trade and sail: wool, guano, and tea -- the Clipper Era -- Steam begins to take over -- Whaling -- The opening of the Suez Canal -- The ocean liner -- Turbinia -- The Russo-Japanese War -- Dreadnought -- The motor vessel Selandia -- Theh opening of the Panama Canal -- The First World war -- Theh submarine -- The rebuilding of the merchant fleets -- The last sailing ship is built -- The Depression -- Queen Mary -- The Second World War -- The beginning of specialization -- The fastest passenger liner -- The first atomic-powered ship -- The oil tanker boom -- The end of the passenger liner -- Roll-on roll-off ferries -- Oil rigs -- Lash ships -- Container ships -- The Globtik London, half-a-million-tons -- The experimental Dyna ship. |
| Subject |
Ships -- History.
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Navigation -- History.
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Shipping -- History.
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| ISBN |
0690009682: $19.95 |
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9780690009682 |
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