Ships Through the Ages
Author | : Douglas Lobley |
Publisher | : Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780706404821 |
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Author | : Douglas Lobley |
Publisher | : Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780706404821 |
Author | : Robert Gardiner |
Publisher | : Conway |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Researching back into prehistory and into the earliest evidence provided by archaeology, this volume explores the varied lines of development from the most primitive watercraft to the first real seagoing ships, from Northern Europe, through the Mediterranean to the Near and Far Easts. It traces the most primitive forms of boats - rafts, skin boats and dugouts, for example - which developed ultimately into ships for trade, commerce and war. Apart from chapters on the craft themselves there are sections on related topics, including early pilotage and seamanship, and an evaluation of what modern reconstructions can tell us about the performance of ancient ship types. "The Earliest Ships" not only summarises existing information but has been produced by many of those whose pioneering work was responsible for the revolution in understanding in the first place.
Author | : Frank Charles Bowen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Ships |
ISBN | : 9788182900028 |
An Authentic Study Of The Ships Of The World-Cargo Steamers Tugs, Sailing Ships, Barges, Types Of Marine Transport-Interesting Tales Related To Marine Life. 17 Chapters-Glossary, Nearly One Hundred Illustrations.
Author | : Henry B. Culver |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2012-09-26 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 0486156893 |
DIVSuperb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations. Galley, bark, caravel, longship, whaler, many more. Detailed, informative text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction. /div
Author | : Rif Winfield |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 483 |
Release | : 2010-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473814251 |
In the sailing era First Rates were the largest, most powerful and most costly ships to construct, maintain and operate. Built to the highest standards, they were lavishly decorated and given carefully considered names that reflected the pride and prestige of their country. They were the very embodiment of national power, and as such drew the attention of artists, engravers and printmakers. This means that virtually every British First Rate from the Prince Royal of 1610 to the end of sail is represented by an array of paintings, drawings, models or plans.This book is a celebration of these magnificent ships, combining an authoritative history of their development with reproductions of many of the best (and least familiar) images of the ships, chosen for their accuracy, detail and sheer visual power in an extra-large format that does full justice to the images themselves. It also includes comparative data on similar vessels in other navies, so it is a book that everyone with an interest in wooden warships will find both enlightening and a pleasure to peruse.
Author | : Lionel Casson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Naval architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roger Craig Smith |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In this book, Smith has assembled a portrait of the small vessels invented and refined in the shipyards of Spain and Portugal half a millennium ago. He focuses on the advances in maritime technology that made the European conquest of the New World possible. Shipwrights worked by trial and error to make ships that would travel faster and farther, carrying larger and larger cargoes. Pilots developed new methods of celestial navigation and learned the patterns of wind and sea currents. Long voyages taxed the physical and emotional well-being of the crew, requiring new methods of supply and sustenance. In addition to covering these developments, Smith's book shows how ships were built, outfitted, and manned, illustrating what life at sea was like in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Focusing on the advances in maritime technology that made European expansion possible, this book will shed light on a neglected aspect of the European conquest of the New World.