The Seafarers

Author : Stephen Rutt
Publisher : Elliott & Thompson
ISBN 13 : 9781783965045
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seafarers written by Stephen Rutt and published by Elliott & Thompson. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Isles are remarkable for the extraordinary diversity of seabird life that they support: spectacular colonies of charismatic Arctic terns, elegant fulmars and stoic eiders, to name just a few.

Author : Douglas Botting
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pirates written by Douglas Botting and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates.

Author : Melvin Maddocks
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780809426645
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Liners written by Melvin Maddocks and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs describe the great passenger liners that traveled between the United States and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.

Author : Nevil Shute
Publisher : Paper Tiger (NJ)
ISBN 13 : 9781889439327
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seafarers written by Nevil Shute and published by Paper Tiger (NJ). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SEAFARERS, a novella written by Nevil Shute in the years 1946-47 and published now for the first time, dramatizes one of his most important themes: the life-giving joy of productive work. The story line is elegantly simple. As World War II winds down, Donald Wolfe (a senior naval lieutenant) and Jean Porter (a boat's crew Wren) meet when he brings his motor gunboat to Portland harbor to be dismantled and disarmed. They admire each other's dedication and cheerful competence; their first date is promising, and both hope for a romance. But when they meet again in peacetime, away from the sea, they seem to have much less in common. Without the work they love, their differences are magnified. Puzzled and disappointed, they part, regretfully--but not permanently.

Author : Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755641728
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sultan's Fleet written by Christine Isom-Verhaaren and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Ottoman Empire is most often recognized today as a land power, for four centuries the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean were dominated by the Ottoman Navy. Yet to date, little is known about the seafarers who made up the sultans' fleet, the men whose naval mastery ensured that an empire from North Africa to Black Sea expanded and was protected, allowing global trading networks to flourish in the face of piracy and the Sublime Porte's wars with the Italian city states and continental European powers. In this book, Christine Isom-Verhaaren provides a history of the major events and engagements of the navy, from its origins as the fleets of Anatolian Turkish beyliks to major turning points such as the Battle of Lepanto. But the book also puts together a picture of the structure of the Ottoman navy as an institution, revealing the personal stories of the North African corsairs and Greek sailors recruited as admirals. Rich in detail drawn from a variety of sources, the book provides a comprehensive account of the Ottoman Navy, the forgotten contingent in the empire's period of supremacy from the 14th century to the 18th century.

Author : Marian Anderson Clover
Publisher : Upswing Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1942628013
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seafarers written by Marian Anderson Clover and published by Upswing Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sacred mysteries essential to Viking survival will be lost if Inge Andersdottir cannot find a daughter to inherit the ancient wisdom. Inge and her husband Karl-Eirik adopt Thora, a young thrall with skaldic (poetic) powers and more. Thora kills a glasscaster and the king condemns her to Lesser Outlawry: a long season of exile to the rivers of Russia and then Istanbul - on Karl's boat, The Seafarer. Reluctantly, Inge agrees to go along and finds a stormy voyage – a grueling portage, an encounter with the Overlord of Kiev, her former lover, with a suspected Greek spy and an attack by the savage Pechenegs. The crew must deal with an unexpected change in captains. Thora is captured and put into an Arab harem. It is up to Inge and her wondrous skills to save the boat, the crew and her daughter.

Author : Arthur Corbett-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seafarers written by Arthur Corbett-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Bloundelle-Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seafarers written by John Bloundelle-Burton and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne Spencer Parry
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0987060740
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zaddik and the Seafarers written by Anne Spencer Parry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dirk Meier
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843832379
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages written by Dirk Meier and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade, to conquer and plunder. Without maps or compasses, they steered by the sun or by landmarks on the coast. Nevertheless they discovered Iceland and North America and explored the rivers that flowed through Europe and Russia into the Black Sea. With the Frisians and the Vikings, extensive trade routes, better ships, larger harbours and wealthy coastal towns developed. The pinnacle of these advances was the Hansa, a commercial network that ran from Bruges to Riga. In recent years archaeologists have discovered much about the development of their ships: the elegant Viking longboat, the ubiquitous cog, the carrack and the caravel. Much, too, has been revealed about life in Viking settlements and the bustling Hanseatic cities. In this engaging and highly-illustrated volume, Dirk Meier brings to life the world of the medieval seaman, based on evidence from ship excavations and contemporary accounts of voyages. Dr Dirk Meier teaches ancient and medieval history and is Head of Coastal Archaeology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.