The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America

Author : Edwin Tappan Adney
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602390711
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America written by Edwin Tappan Adney and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users. Even today, canoes are based on these ancient designs, and this fascinating guide combines historical background with instructions for constructing one. Author Edwin Tappan Adney, born in 1868, devoted his life to studying canoes and was practically the sole scholar in his field. His papers and research have been assembled by a curator at the Smithsonian Institution.

Author : Howard Irving Chapelle
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America written by Howard Irving Chapelle and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the definitive guide to bark canoes and skin boats in this book by Edwin Tappan Adney and Howard Chapelle. The rich history of these traditional American vessels is brought to the forefront here, meticulously documented and brought to life through scale models and measured plans. Adney's passion for bark canoes, cultivated in a time when they were still in everyday use, preserved a valuable piece of cultural heritage. Chapelle's expertise as a curator at the Smithsonian Museum ensures a comprehensive exploration of Euro-American and Native American boat development. Whether you're fascinated by history, craftsmanship, or the lifestyles of indigenous peoples, this remarkable volume is an essential addition to your collection.

Author : Adney E
Publisher : Smithsonian
ISBN 13 : 9781560982968
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BARK CANOES & SKIN BOATS PB written by Adney E and published by Smithsonian. This book was released on 1983-03-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard Irving Chapelle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America written by Howard Irving Chapelle and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin Tappan Adney Howard Irving Chapelle
Publisher : anboco
ISBN 13 : 3736405723
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America written by Edwin Tappan Adney Howard Irving Chapelle and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-08-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birch bark, were among the most highly developed of manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from materials available in the areas of their use, their design, size, and appearance were varied so as to create boats suitable to the many and different requirements of their users. The great skill exhibited in their design and construction shows that a long period of development must have taken place before they became known to white men. The Indian bark canoes were most efficient watercraft for use in forest travel; they were capable of being propelled easily with a single-bladed paddle. This allowed the paddler, unlike the oarsman, to face the direction of travel, a necessity in obstructed or shoal waters and in fast-moving streams. The canoes, being light, could be carried overland for long distances, even where trails were rough or nonexistent. Yet they could carry heavy loads in shallow water and could be repaired in the forest without special tools. Bark canoes were designed for various conditions: some for use in rapid streams, some for quiet waters, some for the open waters of lakes, some for use along the coast. Most were intended for portage in overland transportation as well. They were built in a variety of sizes, from small one-man hunting and fishing canoes to canoes large enough to carry a ton of cargo and a crew, or a war-party, or one or more families moving to new habitations. Some canoes were designed so that they could be used, turned bottom up, for shelter ashore...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard Irving Chapelle. . . Tappan Adney
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789354549830
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America written by Howard Irving Chapelle. . . Tappan Adney and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374708592
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Survival of the Bark Canoe written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1982-05-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. It is a book squarely in the tradition of one written by the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, whose The Maine Woods recounts similar journeys in similar vessel. As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness. He discusses as well the differing types of bark canoes, whose construction varied from tribe to tribe, according to custom and available materials. In a style as pure and as effortless as the waters of Maine and the glide of a canoe, John McPhee has written one of his most fascinating books, one in which his talents as a journalist are on brilliant display.

Author : John Jennings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770851580
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bark Canoes written by John Jennings and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in association with the Mariners' Museum"

Author : Howard I. Chapelle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533376022
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America written by Howard I. Chapelle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.