The Ships Atlas 1999

The Ships Atlas 1999
Author: Lloyd's Register Foundation
Publisher: Lloyd's Register
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Ships Atlas was first produced in 1984 and has since become a valuable tool for the shipping industry. The books provide the exact location of ports, as well as a system of map symbols which indicate basic information like cargoes handled, dry dock availability and size. The comprehensive port index lists data such as the maximum size of vessel handled, access to fuel and medical facilities and the nearest airport. The books also contain a selection of regional and global maps, including: World Political Time Zones MARPOL 7L3/78 Sensitivity Sea Areas Maritime Piracy Incidents Global Distributions of Major Diseases

The Schooner Bertha L. Downs

The Schooner Bertha L. Downs
Author: Basil Greenhill
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1995
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781557507907

This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and full descriptions of each ship's design, construction, operational history, and much more.

Ships on Maps

Ships on Maps
Author: Richard W. Unger
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2010-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230282164

Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world.

Atlas of the European Novel

Atlas of the European Novel
Author: Franco Moretti
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999-09-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781859842249

Mapping the often surprising relationship between literature and geography.