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Book Synopsis Donald McKay and His Famous Sailing Ships by : Richard C. McKay
Download or read book Donald McKay and His Famous Sailing Ships written by Richard C. McKay and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVRare and valuable study reveals accomplishments of great 19th-century shipbuilder in era of sailing packet and clipper ship. 58 superb illustrations, including plans, models, maps, etc. /div
Book Synopsis Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay by : Richard Cornelius McKay
Download or read book Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay written by Richard Cornelius McKay and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay by : Richard Cornelius McKay
Download or read book Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay written by Richard Cornelius McKay and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay : a Study of the American Sailing Packet and Clipper Eras, with Biographical Sketches of America's Foremost Designer and Masterbuilder of Ships, and a Comprehensive History of His Many Famous Ships by : McKay, Richard Cornelius
Download or read book Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay : a Study of the American Sailing Packet and Clipper Eras, with Biographical Sketches of America's Foremost Designer and Masterbuilder of Ships, and a Comprehensive History of His Many Famous Ships written by McKay, Richard Cornelius and published by New York : G.P. Putnam's sons. This book was released on 1928 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay by : Richard Cornelius McKay
Download or read book Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay written by Richard Cornelius McKay and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Era of the Clipper Ships by : Donald Gunn Ross, III
Download or read book The Era of the Clipper Ships written by Donald Gunn Ross, III and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story begins with the arrival aboard a lumber schooner of young Donald McKay at South Street Seaport in the spring of 1826. A short history of the New York shipyards sets the stage for the beginnings of the golden age of sail and the indentureship of Donald McKay at the shipyard of Issac Webb, the "Father of shipbuilders." These were exciting times for the ever increasing demand for fast sailing ships spurred on by the demand for tea from China and the lust for California gold. The struggle for the world's carrying trade was picking up in intensity, and the search for answers that the American merchant marine so desperately sought came down to this: How to reshape the most convenient and capacious cargo box into a solid of least resistance-and how, at the same time, to translate the unpredictable energies of wind into the swiftest forward motion. - Alexander Laing The book follows the career of Donald McKay, along with fellow shipbuilders of the era, such as John Willis Griffiths, Samuel Harte Pook, William Webb and others. I have drawn from a wide number of sources [see Bibliography] as I try and catch a glimpse, here and there, of the lively cast of characters, seaports, merchants, captains, and shipbuilders, and of various sailing ships, many of them packets, leading to the clippers throughout the era. All the while trying to follow a general timeline keeping track of several score, the very crest of the clipper wave, and the fastest of the fleet as they raced around Cape Horn and the world with their precious cargoes. Every ship had a tale to tell, such as Houqua, Rainbow, and Sea Witch. Then there were the merchants, the Lows, Aspinwalls, Enoch Train, George Francis Train, James Baines, and others. Shipbuilding in New England is covered, too. Donald McKay built the fastest clipper ships that ever sailed the seas. Clippers built by Samuel Harte Pook and others captured fame as well. Courageous captains also had many tales to tell, such as Robert Waterman, Nathaniel Brown Palmer, Lauchlan McKay, Charles Porter Low, and others. The early days of the China tea trade after the American Revolution is captured here brought on by Chinese demand for sea otter pelts. The pages also tell the story of early San Francisco and the California gold rush. The peak of the clipper frenzy was reached in 1852 with the Deep Sea Derby around Cape Horn with such notable clippers as Wild Pigeon, Tinqua, Flying Dutchman, Flying Fish, and Game Cock. Donald McKay sold many clipper ships to ship owner James Baines of the Black Ball Line in Liverpool, England. Lightning, Champion of the Seas, James Baines, Donald McKay, and others. They all come to life on these pages. As does the sad demise of the clipper fleet hastened on by falling freight prices, steam power, and the Civil War. Donald McKay continued to build clipper ships long after all the other shipbuilders. The story of the Glory of the Seas is here and the later years of Donald McKay. There is an appendix chapter about Sergeant Donald McKay and the 76th Regiment of Macdonald Highlanders, and Shelburne, Nova Scotia. It is now time to join Donald McKay aboard the lumber schooner and begin your voyage through the era of the clipper ships. Welcome aboard.
Book Synopsis Donald McKay and the Ships He Built by : Richard Cornelius McKay
Download or read book Donald McKay and the Ships He Built written by Richard Cornelius McKay and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay by : Richard C. McKay
Download or read book Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay written by Richard C. McKay and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Donald McKay by : Clara Ingram Judson
Download or read book Donald McKay written by Clara Ingram Judson and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Donald McKay, who designed and build over ninety clipper ships. Some of his ships were used by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
Book Synopsis The Sailing Ships of New England, 1607-1907 by : John Robinson
Download or read book The Sailing Ships of New England, 1607-1907 written by John Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Sailing Ships of New England by : John Robinson
Download or read book The Sailing Ships of New England written by John Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Sailing Ships of New England by : George Francis Dow
Download or read book The Sailing Ships of New England written by George Francis Dow and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay by : Richard Cornelius McKay
Download or read book Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder, Donald McKay written by Richard Cornelius McKay and published by Riverside, Conn. : 7 C's Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The sailing Ships of New England 1607-1907 by : John Robinson
Download or read book The sailing Ships of New England 1607-1907 written by John Robinson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was originally published in 1922 by the Marine Research Society and provides a detailed and interesting overview about almost all sailing ships in New England of the time.
Book Synopsis Sailing Ships of New England 1606-1907 by : George Francis Dow
Download or read book Sailing Ships of New England 1606-1907 written by George Francis Dow and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2007-03-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathered from museums and private collections, the hundreds of images here are a reminder of a time when sailing was central to the life and growth of New England. Including paintings and photographs of vessels built, owned, or commanded by New England men, these illustrations will fascinate anyone who imagines harbors filled with tall ships. Some of the pieces reproduced were completed in the ports of Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Trieste, Smyrna, and Hong Kong; also included is the oldest known painting of a New England vessel, the ship Bethe, of Boston, painted in 1748. An extensive introduction discusses a wide range of vessels, and there are sailors’ histories, adventure stories, and tales of maritime disaster. With more than 300 illustrations, this book will appeal to both historians and casual lovers of nautical life. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Book Synopsis Barons of the Sea by : Steven Ujifusa
Download or read book Barons of the Sea written by Steven Ujifusa and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea). There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business—one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea to New York from Canton could take six agonizing months, and so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring one’s goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price. “With the verse of a natural dramatist” (The Christian Science Monitor), Steven Ujifusa tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano—men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China’s expatriate communities to the sin city decadence of Gold Rush-era San Francisco, and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston’s shipyards and to the lavish sitting rooms of New York’s Hudson Valley estates. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that “takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time” (Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire), drawing back the curtain on the making of some of the nation’s greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel.
Book Synopsis The American-built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856 by : William L. Crothers
Download or read book The American-built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856 written by William L. Crothers and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American-Built Clipper Ship presents in detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Detailed drawings illustrate this work.
