Excerpt from History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce, Vol. 1 of 4 Introductory-the first attempt to oat, by means of a hollowed log and raft - The Ark - Boats of skin - Earliest boats or ships - Their form Mode of construction Names of ships Decorations Launching, &c. - Master - Mate - Boatswain - St. Paul's ship - Rig and Sails - Undergirders - A nchors and cables Decks - Nautical instruments - Mariner's com pass Speed of ancient ships. 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."