Ships On Maps

Author : Richard W. Unger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230282164
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships on Maps written by Richard W. Unger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.)
Publisher : Boston : G.K. Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Maps, Ships' Papers and Logbooks written by Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.) and published by Boston : G.K. Hall. This book was released on 1964 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cathy Green
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205927
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Ships on the Great Lakes written by Cathy Green and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest. Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region’s rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the people and ships who navigated them. Read along as the first peoples paddle tributaries in birch bark canoes. Follow as European voyageurs pilot rivers and lakes to get beaver pelts back to the eastern market. Watch as settlers build towns and eventually cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. Listen to the stories of sailors, lighthouse keepers, and shipping agents whose livelihoods depended on the dangerous waters of Lake Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Give an ear to their stories of unexpected tragedy and miraculous rescue, and heed their tales of risk and reward on the low seas. Great Ships also tells the story of sea battles and gunships, of the first vessels to travel beyond the Niagara, and of the treacherous storms and cold weather that caused thousands of ships to sink in the Great Lakes. Watch as underwater archaeologists solve the mysteries of Great Lakes shipwrecks today. And learn how the shift from sail to steam forever changed the history of shipping, as schooners made way for steamships and bulk freighters, and sailing became a recreation, not a hazardous way of life. Designed for the upper elementary classroom with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin, Great Ships on the Great Lakes includes a timeline of events, on-page vocabulary, and a list of resources and places to visit. Over 20 maps highlight the region’s maritime history. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide includes 18 classroom activities, arranged by chapter, including lessons on exploring shipwrecks and learning how glaciers moved across the landscape.

Author : David Buisseret
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tools of Empire written by David Buisseret and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mariners' Museum
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 : 9780816106868
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Maps, Ships, Papers and Logbooks written by Mariners' Museum and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1970-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Guy Sclanders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781714516469
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Complete Guide to Nautical Campaigns written by Guy Sclanders and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever dreamed of running a great pirate campaign in 5th Edition? Wondered how to handle ship combat in a fun and new way? Want to give orders to hoist the mainsail? This guide is 150 pages of pure nautical gold. Featuring over 30 ships, nearly 90 orders for PCs to give to ship's crew, and a total revised and fun combat system this really is a complete guide!SEND US AN EMAIL ONCE YOU HAVE ORDERED THE HARD COPY HERE AND WE WILL SEND YOU THE PDF FREE.

Author : Sara Fanelli
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060264551
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Map Book written by Sara Fanelli and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1995-07-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In each spread of this bold and humorous picture book, available for the first time since 1995, children can examine their place in the world around them through detailed and engaging maps. Twelve beautifully illustrated maps such as Map of My Day and Map of My Tummy will fascinate children. When finished reading the book, children can unfold the jacket -- it turns into a poster-size map!

Author : Catherine Hofmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770852389
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Maritime Maps written by Catherine Hofmann and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portolan charts, so called from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning 'related to ports or harbours', were born during the 12th century in the maritime community. These charts, drawn on parchment and crisscrossed with lines referring to the compass directions, indicated the succession of ports and anchorages along the shores, and were used by European sailors exploring the world up until the 18th century. Not only used as navigational instruments on boats, they were also produced for wealthy sponsors in the form of illuminated images of the world, to illustrate the economic and political interests of the major European sea powers. This book takes stock of the state of knowledge on these maps, bringing together contributions from a dozen European specialists, who trace the history and diversity of styles and places of production of these charts. This type of mapping is approached from three angles. The first part, 'The Mediterranean', refers to the manufacture and use of the first charts, centred on the Mediterranean, and the persistence of this tradition in the Mediterranean basin until the 18th century. The second part, 'The Open Sea', shows how these regional charts have evolved from a technical and iconographical point of view at the time of the great European voyages, in order to include the oceans and new worlds. The third part, 'The Indian Ocean', shows how these charts, in a maritime area where ancient civilizations coexisted, were dependent on other cartographic traditions (ancient, Arab, Asian) before joining the information reported by Portuguese sailors and European trading companies in the modern era. AUTHORS: Catherine Hofmann, a palaeographic archivist, is chief curator in the Department of Maps and Plans of the National Library of France. She is a board member of the journal Imago Mundi, and has published fifteen articles on the history of cartography in the modern era. Helene Richard, a palaeographic archivist, is a former director of the Department of Maps and Plans at the National Library of France. In addition to her research on the history of books and libraries, she has published works on the history of maritime exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries and the associated nautical science. Emmanuelle Vagnon holds a PhD in history, specialising in maps of the Middle Ages. She is senior researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and the University of Paris. ILLUSTRATIONS: 300 colour illustrations

Author : John Curry
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1409249484
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Donald Featherstone's Naval War Games Wargaming with Model Ships written by John Curry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives potential admirals advice on how to fight their table-top naval battles. No space is too small, nor area too large to accomodate a naval wargame with two contestants or twenty. This book contains rules that allow every sea battle in history to be refought with some of the classic rules of naval wargaming. It includes rules by Fletcher Pratt, Fred Jane, Tony Bath, Jack Scruby etc... This edition includes a new set of rules about Coastal Warfare 1939-45 by David Manley of the Naval Wargames Society

Author : Dionisius A. Agius
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004158634
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Ships of Islam written by Dionisius A. Agius and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon Arabic literary sources, iconographic evidence and archaeological finds, this book examines trade, port towns, ship construction, seamanship, ship typology and their historical development in the Western Indian Ocean, focussing on the Medieval Islamic period but including earlier sources.