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Author : Carlo M. Cipolla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Guns, Sails and Empires written by Carlo M. Cipolla and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jill Eggleton
Publisher : Rigby
ISBN 13 : 9780763570026
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Sails Literacy Teacher's Resource Book, Early (2) Level Yellow written by Jill Eggleton and published by Rigby. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beginning reading program provides opportunities for children to practice the oral, written, and visual forms of language, think critically about messages from visual sources, and learn and practice high-frequency words so that they will automatically recognize and differentiate them from other words in order to begin their independent reading.
Author : Carlo M. Cipolla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897450713
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Guns, Sails and Empires written by Carlo M. Cipolla and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guns, Sails and Empires is that rarity among works of history: a short book with a simple, powerful thesis that the entire book is devoted to proving. Carlo Cipolla begins with the question, "Why, after the end of the fifteenth century were the Europeans able not only to force their way through to the distant Spice Islands but also to gain control of all the major sea-routes and to establish overseas empires?" (19) He quickly dismisses motive as a causal factor: motive to circumvent the "Moslem blockade" had existed in earlier centuries as well, but motive without means is empty. Cipolla identifies two developments that provided the means for Europeans to finally succeed beyond their wildest dreams: ships seaworthy enough to reach distant seas; and powerful cannon that could be carried by these ships.
Author : Leo Block
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781557502094
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book To Harness the Wind written by Leo Block and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man was a sailor long before he invented the wheel or straddled a horse, and his adventures at sea changed the course of history. Initially he was able to sail only downwind, but the Cretans and Phoenicians made design improvements to sails that permitted sailing across and eventually against the wind. The Vikings optimized the performance of the square sail, and the Dutch modified the Arab lateen to create the sail commonly used today. Leo Block tells the story of the evolution of sails and relates it to historic events and other factors that affected the performance of sailing vessels. Numerous illustrations help explain the technical factors involved. Focusing mainly on European improvements, Block details the progress of sail design from the lateen to the square, fore and aft, and classic rigs right up to the swift clipper ships of the nineteenth century just before the advent of steam power. Written in laymen's terms, the book is an excellent learning tool for readers who know little about the history of sailing vessels and a quick reference guide for sailors who want a reminder of how their craft evolved.
Download or read book Sails Literacy Series Early (1). written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Giovanni Vulpetti
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 149390941X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)
Download or read book Solar Sails written by Giovanni Vulpetti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reality of sunlight-based sailing in space began in May 2010, and solar sail technology and science have continued to evolve rapidly through new space missions. Using the power of the Sun's light for regular travel propulsion will be the next major leap forward in our journey to other worlds. This book is the second edition of the fascinating explanation of solar sails, how they work and how they will be used in the exploration of space. Updated with 35% new material, this second edition includes three new chapters on missions operated by Japan and the US, as well as projects that are in progress. The remainder of the book describes the heritage of exploration in water-borne sailing ships and the evolution to space-vehicle propulsion; as well as nuclear, solar-electric, nuclear-electric and antimatter rocket devices. It also discusses various sail systems that may use either sunlight or solar wind, and the design, fabrication and steering challenges associated with solar sails. The first edition was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, and deemed “a title that needs to be on your shelf if you’re seriously interested in the next step as we move beyond rocketry" (Centauri Dreams, September 2008). Written with a mixed approach, this book appeals to both the general public as well as those with a more scientifically technical background.
Author : George Drower
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752468057
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Sails, Skippers and Sextants written by George Drower and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment – something for every seafarer and many others too.' - Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence. People have been sailing for thousands of years, but we've come some distance from longboats and clippers. How did we arrive here? In fifty tales of inventors and innovations, Sails, Skippers and Sextants looks at the history of one of our most enjoyable pastimes, from the monarch who pioneered English yachting to the engineer who invented sailboards. The stories are sometimes inspiring, usually amusing and often intriguing – so grab your lifejacket, it's going to be quite an adventure.
Author : Giovanni Vulpetti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387685006
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)
Download or read book Solar Sails written by Giovanni Vulpetti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solar sail technology is very close to becoming an engineering reality and it will soon be used in the exploration of the solar system and beyond. This fascinating book provides an accessible introduction to solar sails and details how they work and what they will be used for in the exploration of space. It also examines current plans for solar sails and how advanced technology, such as nanotechnology, might enhance their performance. Coverage shows how solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and demonstrates how access to destinations within (and beyond) the solar system will become within reach.
Author : Verla Kay
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780399233456
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Tattered Sails written by Verla Kay and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the journey of a family from London to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635. Illustrations.
Author : Maria Edgeworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Early Lessons written by Maria Edgeworth and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Russell Paul Bellico
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781930098176
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Sails and Steam in the Mountains written by Russell Paul Bellico and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nithi ʻĪeosīwong
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Pen and Sail written by Nithi ʻĪeosīwong and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nidhi Eoseewong is the most innovative, famed, and controversial Thai historian of his generation. This book founded his reputation and is the first of his major works to appear in English. On its publication in Thai, he was immediately hailed as "a major historian, the most capable of the present era." Pen and Sail combines intellectual history and economic history. Nidhi argues that the emergence of a market economy in the early Bangkok era (1782-1855) was the driving force behind a major change in mentality and worldview seen in poetry, early prose works, biographies of the Buddha, scripts for chanting the Jataka tales, language primers, manuals of behavior, and revisions of the royal chronicles. Nidhi Eoseewong's outstanding career as a historian and leading public intellectual was recognized by award of the prestigious Fukuoka Asia Prize in 2000.
Author : Jay Worrall
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 158836514X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Sails on the Horizon written by Jay Worrall and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Inspired by the salty tales of seasoned maritime novelists C. S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian, [Worrall] delicately balances action and adventure with introspection. . . . Fans of seafaring military sagas will welcome [Sails on the Horizon].”—Booklist The year is 1797. Napoleon Buonaparte is racking up impressive wins in the field against the enemies of revolutionary France, while on the seas England is putting up a staunch resistance. Twenty-five-year-old Charles Edgemont is second lieutenant aboard the British ship Argonaut. When orders come for the Argonaut to engage in an all-but-suicidal maneuver to prevent the escape of Spanish ships off the coast of Portugal, he leads his gun crews bravely—until the deaths of the captain and first lieutenant elevate him to commander. For refusing to yield to enemy fire, Charles is permanently promoted and generously rewarded by the Admiralty, becoming wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. Yet upon his return home, his newfound riches prove no help when it comes to winning the heart of Penelope Brown, who regards war as sinful and soldiers as little better than murderers. Changing Penelope’s mind may just be the hardest battle Charles has ever fought—at least until fresh orders send him back to sea, where he faces a formidable adversary in a series of stirring battles of will and might. “Well executed . . . demonstrating Worrall’s expertise in ship and sea warfare history . . . Readers will root for [Charles Edgemont]. . . . He handily defeats veteran seamen, takes enormous chances and is always rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly
Author : Jill Eggleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781869446154
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)
Download or read book Going Fast written by Jill Eggleton and published by . This book was released on 2003-02-18 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Level: 9; Colour Wheel: Blue. Sails Literacy Series - developed by leading New Zealand educationalists and authors Jill Eggleton and Jo Windsor. The Sails Literacy Series is the perfect resource for Guided Reading and Writing, Reciprocal Reading and Independent Reading. The engaging visuals and subjects will motivate your students to read for pleasure and for information. Early Series: Throughout Levels Early 1-4, high frequency words from emergent are consolidated. New words are gradually introduced at each sub-level within the colour bands. Children continue to develop skills in the structure and use of language, while developing skills in accessing, interpreting and processing information from written texts and visual information. The Sails Literacy Series provides students with varied examples of visual language. Each text has a visual focus, which include: advertisements, panels, flow diagrams, recipes, labels, menus, signs, maps, postcards, trails, pictographs, reports, lists, plans, speech bubbles, symbols, catalogues, and many more! The Sails Literacy Series also provides students with a range of written genre so that they are exposed to a variety of writing styles in order to develop competency in their own writing.
Author : Jill Eggleton
Publisher : Rigby
ISBN 13 : 9780763559212
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (592 download)
Download or read book Sailor Sam written by Jill Eggleton and published by Rigby. This book was released on 1999-09-15 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Rouleau
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801455081
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book With Sails Whitening Every Sea written by Brian Rouleau and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans in the Early Republic era saw the seas as another field for national aggrandizement. With a merchant marine that competed against Britain for commercial supremacy and a whaling fleet that circled the globe, the United States sought a maritime empire to complement its territorial ambitions in North America. In With Sails Whitening Every Sea, Brian Rouleau argues that because of their ubiquity in foreign ports, American sailors were the principal agents of overseas foreign relations in the early republic. Their everyday encounters and more problematic interactions—barroom brawling, sexual escapades in port-city bordellos, and the performance of blackface minstrel shows—shaped how the United States was perceived overseas. Rouleau details both the mariners’ "working-class diplomacy" and the anxieties such interactions inspired among federal authorities and missionary communities, who saw the behavior of American sailors as mere debauchery. Indiscriminate violence and licentious conduct, they feared, threatened both mercantile profit margins and the nation’s reputation overseas. As Rouleau chronicles, the world’s oceans and seaport spaces soon became a battleground over the terms by which American citizens would introduce themselves to the world. But by the end of the Civil War, seamen were no longer the nation’s principal ambassadors. Hordes of wealthy tourists had replaced seafarers, and those privileged travelers moved through a world characterized by consolidated state and corporate authority. Expanding nineteenth-century America’s master narrative beyond the water’s edge, With Sails Whitening Every Sea reveals the maritime networks that bound the Early Republic to the wider world.
Author : Jill Eggleton
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9781869448769
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (487 download)
Download or read book Flying Spider written by Jill Eggleton and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2004 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
