Author: Allan C. Fisher
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"Sky, water, wave-lashed rock, that lovely shore ... for a time they are all yours, and they set you free," writes Allan C. Fisher, Jr., in praise of boating, at the start of his voyage down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
America's Inland Waterway
Author: Allan C. Fisher
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"Sky, water, wave-lashed rock, that lovely shore ... for a time they are all yours, and they set you free," writes Allan C. Fisher, Jr., in praise of boating, at the start of his voyage down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"Sky, water, wave-lashed rock, that lovely shore ... for a time they are all yours, and they set you free," writes Allan C. Fisher, Jr., in praise of boating, at the start of his voyage down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Waterlog
Author: Roger Deakin
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9781784700065
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Inspired by John Cheever's classic short story, 'The Swimmer', Roger Deakin set out from his home in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles. The result of his journey is this personal view of an island race.
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9781784700065
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Inspired by John Cheever's classic short story, 'The Swimmer', Roger Deakin set out from his home in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles. The result of his journey is this personal view of an island race.
Take Me to the River
Author: Michael Kolster
Publisher: George F Thompson Publishing
ISBN: 9781938086427
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the spirit of nineteenth-century photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, Michael Kolster uses the old collodion process to reveal anew four Atlantic rivers, from source to sea.
Publisher: George F Thompson Publishing
ISBN: 9781938086427
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the spirit of nineteenth-century photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, Michael Kolster uses the old collodion process to reveal anew four Atlantic rivers, from source to sea.
Florida's Big Dig
Author: William G. Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This book is the story of people of vision and courage, of a small group of prominent Saint Augustine investors who conceived of the Florida waterway and began the first dredging work; of an obscure group of New England capitalists who provided significant financing and obtained a million acres of undeveloped Florida public land in pursuing what was, at best, a speculative enterprise; of innumerable citizen groups like the Florida east coast chamber associations and the larger Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association that demanded at the turn of the last century what they believed was the peoples right-a public waterway, free of the burden of tolls; and finally, of the U>S> Army Corps of Engineers, who conducted all of the Florida waterway's early surveys and assumed the project's control in 1929 to convert what was once a private toll way into Florida's modern-day, toll-free Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This book is the story of people of vision and courage, of a small group of prominent Saint Augustine investors who conceived of the Florida waterway and began the first dredging work; of an obscure group of New England capitalists who provided significant financing and obtained a million acres of undeveloped Florida public land in pursuing what was, at best, a speculative enterprise; of innumerable citizen groups like the Florida east coast chamber associations and the larger Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association that demanded at the turn of the last century what they believed was the peoples right-a public waterway, free of the burden of tolls; and finally, of the U>S> Army Corps of Engineers, who conducted all of the Florida waterway's early surveys and assumed the project's control in 1929 to convert what was once a private toll way into Florida's modern-day, toll-free Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
History of the Waterways of the Atlantic Coast of the United States
Author: Aubrey Parkman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410220080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Contents:The Age of Discovery and SettlementThe Canal EraRiver and Harbor ImprovementThe Intracoastal Waterway: Atlantic SectionChronologyNotesBibliography
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410220080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Contents:The Age of Discovery and SettlementThe Canal EraRiver and Harbor ImprovementThe Intracoastal Waterway: Atlantic SectionChronologyNotesBibliography
The Intracoastal Waterway
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intracoastal waterways
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intracoastal waterways
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Sea and Civilization
Author: Lincoln Paine
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307962253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Lincoln Paine takes us back to the origins of long-distance migration by sea with our ancestors’ first forays from Africa and Eurasia to Australia and the Americas. He demonstrates the critical role of maritime trade to the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley. He reacquaints us with the great seafaring cultures of antiquity like those of the Phoenicians and Greeks, as well as those of India and Southeast and East Asia, who parlayed their navigational skills, shipbuilding techniques, and commercial acumen to establish thriving overseas colonies and trade routes in the centuries leading up to the age of European expansion. And finally, his narrative traces how commercial shipping and naval warfare brought about the enormous demographic, cultural, and political changes that have globalized the world throughout the post–Cold War era. This tremendously readable intellectual adventure shows us the world in a new light, in which the sea reigns supreme. We find out how a once-enslaved East African king brought Islam to his people, what the American “sail-around territories” were, and what the Song Dynasty did with twenty-wheel, human-powered paddleboats with twenty paddle wheels and up to three hundred crew. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307962253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Lincoln Paine takes us back to the origins of long-distance migration by sea with our ancestors’ first forays from Africa and Eurasia to Australia and the Americas. He demonstrates the critical role of maritime trade to the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley. He reacquaints us with the great seafaring cultures of antiquity like those of the Phoenicians and Greeks, as well as those of India and Southeast and East Asia, who parlayed their navigational skills, shipbuilding techniques, and commercial acumen to establish thriving overseas colonies and trade routes in the centuries leading up to the age of European expansion. And finally, his narrative traces how commercial shipping and naval warfare brought about the enormous demographic, cultural, and political changes that have globalized the world throughout the post–Cold War era. This tremendously readable intellectual adventure shows us the world in a new light, in which the sea reigns supreme. We find out how a once-enslaved East African king brought Islam to his people, what the American “sail-around territories” were, and what the Song Dynasty did with twenty-wheel, human-powered paddleboats with twenty paddle wheels and up to three hundred crew. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history.
Atlantic Waterways
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
National Waterways
Author: Samuel Albert Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description