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Book Synopsis The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920 by : Glenn A. Knoblock
Download or read book The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920 written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.
Book Synopsis The Last Voyage of the Scotian by : Bill Freeman
Download or read book The Last Voyage of the Scotian written by Bill Freeman and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1873, Meg and John Bains are ready to return home from a winter working in a lumber camp when they are lured into a trap and shanghaied as crew on a leaky old square-rigged sailing ship in Quebec City. The windjammer is under-manned and the captain is a tyrant, making the voyage a difficult one. But danger is balanced by the excitement of travelling first to Jamaica to take on sugar cane and then to Liverpool. The crossing is dramatic and the trip back to Halifax is even more adventurous as the captain makes a deal to carry 350 immigrants to the new world. It takes five weeks before the crew of the Scotian find themselves safe upon the shores of Nova Scotia.
Book Synopsis The Colonial Clippers by : Basil Lubbock
Download or read book The Colonial Clippers written by Basil Lubbock and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Colonial Clippers by : Basil Lubbock
Download or read book The Colonial Clippers written by Basil Lubbock and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Colonial Clippers by Basil Lubbock
Book Synopsis Merchant Sail by : William Armstrong Fairburn
Download or read book Merchant Sail written by William Armstrong Fairburn and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MotorBoating written by and published by . This book was released on 1941-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shipper and Carrier written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Port of Aberdeen by : Victoria Elizabeth Clark
Download or read book The Port of Aberdeen written by Victoria Elizabeth Clark and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nautical Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New England Shipbuilding: Vessels That Made History by : Glenn A. Knoblock
Download or read book New England Shipbuilding: Vessels That Made History written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than four hundred years, New England shipyards have contributed significantly to America's maritime and naval supremacy. This compelling story is presented through the histories of seventy ships built from the colonial era down to modern times. Well-known vessels like the Constitution, the Nautilus, the Flying Cloud and the infamous whaleship Essex are included, but so, too, are lesser-known ships, including the ill-fated Wyoming and the far-ranging voyager Union. Every type of vessel is covered--their building or voyages making nautical news, often in exciting fashion, and their exploits filled with adventure, danger, tragedy and survival. Historian and author Glenn A. Knoblock explores the construction, life and demise of these ships and details their contribution to our nation's maritime heritage.
Download or read book Mariners Weather Log written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November issue includes abridged index to yearly volume.
Book Synopsis On the Waters of the USA by : Martin W. Sandler
Download or read book On the Waters of the USA written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the evolving role of boats and ships in American history, from the dugout and birch-bark canoes of Native Americans to twenty-first century container ships and supertankers.
Book Synopsis The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by : Nicholas Tomalin
Download or read book The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst written by Nicholas Tomalin and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1968, desperate entrepreneur Donald Crowhurst was trying to sell a nautical navigation device he had developed when he saw that the Sunday Times would be sponsoring the Golden Globe Race, the first ever solo, round-the-world sailing competition. An avid amateur sailor, Crowhurst sensed a marketing opportunity and shocked the world by entering the competition using an untested trimaran of his own design. Shock soon turned to amazement when he quickly took the lead, checking in by radio message from locations far ahead of his seasoned competitors. But on July 10, 1969, roughly eight months after he had sailed from England--and less than two weeks from his expected triumphant return--his wife was informed that his boat, the Teignmouth Electron, had been discovered drifting quietly, abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Crowhurst was missing, assumed drowned. How did he come to such an end when his race had begun with such incredible promise? In this masterpiece of investigative journalism, Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall reconstruct one of the greatest modern stories of one man's descent into self-delusion, public deception, and madness. Based on in-depth interviews with Crowhurst's family and friends, combined with gripping excerpts from his logbooks that revealed (among other things) he had been falsifying his locations all along, Tomalin and Hall paint an unforgettable, haunting portrait of a complex, deeply troubled man and his final fateful journey.
Book Synopsis Stories from the Wreckage by : John Odin Jensen
Download or read book Stories from the Wreckage written by John Odin Jensen and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2019-04-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling when viewed as junction points in history—connecting to stories about the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, technology, and industry. In Stories from the Wreckage, John Odin Jensen examines a selection of Great Lakes shipwrecks of the wooden age for a deeper dive into this transformative chapter of maritime history. He mines the archeological evidence and historic record to show how their tragic ends fit in with the larger narrative of Midwestern history. Featuring the underwater photography of maritime archeologist Tamara Thomsen, this vibrant volume is a must-have for shipping enthusiasts as well as anyone interested in the power of water to shape history.
Download or read book Motorboating - ND written by and published by . This book was released on 1937-01 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts by : Matthew Fontaine Maury
Download or read book Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts written by Matthew Fontaine Maury and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Clippers by : Jane D. Lyon
Download or read book The Great Clippers written by Jane D. Lyon and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against great odds, a small group of patriots built a fleet that proved one of the decisive factors in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. These wealthy men had founded the first banks in the United States and built its first railroads, factories, and steamships. Now, they were to cap their achievements by making their young country equally superior in size, and in the process, producing the greatest, swiftest, and most beautiful craft the world had ever seen - the clipper ship. This book not only traces the origins and achievements of the clipper but enlivens the dry bones of historic fact with the flesh and blood of clipper captains and crews. A great era comes to life with their courageous, tenacious stories.
