The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Ships Boats Vessels And Other Water Borne Craft

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Publisher : Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ships, Boats, Vessels, and Other Water-borne Craft written by and published by Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising an alphabetical directory of all types of craft past and present containing much discussion of the development of hulls and rigging together with mention of some of the most outstanding warships and commercial vessels supplemented by a nautical glossary, bibliography and index.

Author : Graham Blackburn
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 9780719536151
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ships, Boats, Vessels, and Other Water-borne Craft written by Graham Blackburn and published by John Murray. This book was released on 1978 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Graham Blackburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ships, Boats, Vessels, and Other Water-borne Craft written by Graham Blackburn and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Graham Blackburn
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780879519322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ship and Boats written by Graham Blackburn and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish reference book is the most comprehensive volume on all varieties of seafaring vessels, from rafts to racing yachts and sloops to skiffs. With over 750 alphabetically arranged entries, over 600 beautifully meticulous line drawings, a forty-six-page nautical Glossary, a Bibliography, and an Index -- this is the most impressive and most complete guide to everything that floats. Written in Graham Blackburn's wonderfully idiosyncratic style and full of fascinating cross-references, this is the perfect gift for the nautical enthusiast and will also delight any reader with an interest in ships, boats, and the sea.

Author : Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807119921
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Writer's Companion written by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Writer’s Companion, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., has drawn on his years of accumulated wisdom—as well as the advice of some fifty prominent writers from various fields—to put together in a single volume a vast array of information. Organized in such a way as to make it exceptionally easy to use, and enhanced by Rubin’s graceful and witty prose, A Writer’s Companion will merit a place on the desk of every serious wordsmith. It is also a book that will bring endless hours of pleasure to anyone who enjoys reading simply for the sake of gaining new knowledge. As Casey Stengel said, “You could look it up.”

Author : David Ross
Publisher : Park Lane Press
ISBN 13 : 9781907446269
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships written by David Ross and published by Park Lane Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dawn of civilization, man has held a fascination with the sea and over the centuries has built myriad ships and sailing craft for an equally diverse range of purposes. Ships: Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to more than 1200 of the most important ships from the earliest times to the present day. From the Viking longship through the 16th century galleon to the super carriers and nuclear submarines of the 21st century, Ships: Visual Encyclopedia includes every conceivable type of ship in which man has gone to sea. As well as warships from every century, this book also examines those vessels that have explored the globe, conducted trade, and afforded great adventure, luxury and entertainment. From the smallest coastal traders up to the vast oil tankers of today, from the graceful clippers of the 19th century to the modern passenger liners, Ships: Visual Encyclopedia is the comprehensive guide to all the world's ships, both military and civilian. Each ship is illustrated with a profile illustration, accompanied by brief details and specifications, and vessels are arranged chronologically and by use to allow easy comparison. Timelines of design and development are also provided on many pages where appropriate, giving a sense of the history of each type of ship. With 1200 outstanding color illustrations, Ships: Visual Encyclopedia is an essential reference book for maritime and ship enthusiasts.

Author : Kit Mayers
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752495739
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North-East Passage to Muscovy written by Kit Mayers and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2005-07-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North-East Passage to Muscovy explores important and overlooked sea voyages, the motivation behind them, the geographical knowledge acquired on them which put England in the forefront of cartography, and the extraordinary dealings of the Muscovy Company - which included passing on a proposal of marriage to Elizabeth I from Ivan the Terrible.

Author : Eugene Rasor
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473812399
Total Pages : 951 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seaforth Bibliography written by Eugene Rasor and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable work is a comprehensive historiographical and bibliographical survey of the most important scholarly and printed materials about the naval and maritime history of England and Great Britain from the earliest times to 1815. More than 4,000 popular, standard and official histories, important articles in journals and periodicals, anthologies, conference, symposium and seminar papers, guides, documents and doctoral theses are covered so that the emphasis is the broadest possible. But the work is far, far more than a listing. The works are all evaluated, assessed and analysed and then integrated into an historical narrative that makes the book a hugely useful reference work for student, scholar, and enthusiast alike. It is divided into twenty-one chapters which cover resource centres, significant naval writers, pre-eminent and general histories, the chronological periods from Julius Caesar through the Vikings, Tudors and Stuarts to Nelson and Bligh, major naval personalities, warships, piracy, strategy and tactics, exploration, discovery and navigation, archaeology and even naval fiction. Quite simply, no-one with an interest and enthusiasm for naval history can afford to be without this book at their side.

Author : United States. Department of Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selected Library Acquisitions written by United States. Department of Transportation and published by . This book was released on with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nathan Richards
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146147342X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment written by Nathan Richards and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical importance and archaeological potential of deliberately discarded watercraft has not been a major feature of maritime archaeological enquiry. While research on the topic has appeared since the 1970s as books, chapters, and articles, most examples have been limited in focus and distribution, and in most cases disseminated as unpublished archaeological reports (i.e. the “gray literature”.) So, too, has there been a lack of a single source representing the diversity of geographical, historic, thematic, and theoretical contexts that ships’ graveyard sites and deliberately abandoned vessels represent. In contrast with much of the theoretical or case-specific literature on the theme of watercraft discard, this volume communicates to the reader the common heritage and global themes that ships’ graveyard sites represent. It serves as a blueprint to illustrate how the remains of abandoned vessels in ships' graveyards are sites of considerable research value. Moreover, the case studies in this volume assist researchers in understanding the evolution of maritime technologies, economies, and societies. This volume is intended to expose research potential, create discussion, and reinforce the significance of a prevalent cultural resource that is often overlooked.