Author:
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801869327
Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Traces the building of boats, from the first dugout to the latest submarines and steamships, describing new principles incorporated into the vessels to improve navigation and safety.
Oars, Sails and Steam
Author:
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801869327
Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Traces the building of boats, from the first dugout to the latest submarines and steamships, describing new principles incorporated into the vessels to improve navigation and safety.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801869327
Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Traces the building of boats, from the first dugout to the latest submarines and steamships, describing new principles incorporated into the vessels to improve navigation and safety.
Indians
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Superlative text and illustrations enliven this revision of a classic originally published in 1959.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Superlative text and illustrations enliven this revision of a classic originally published in 1959.
From Sail to Steam
Author: Richard V. Francaviglia
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292725034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"The maritime history of Texas is a critical but overlooked topic. This book is a significant contribution, a very nice new synthesis. It will be very useful for a general audience." —J. Barto Arnold III, State Marine Archeologist, Texas Historical Commission The Gulf Coast has been a principal place of entry into Texas ever since Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explored these shores in 1519. Yet, nearly five hundred years later, the maritime history of Texas remains largely untold. In this book, Richard V. Francaviglia offers a comprehensive overview of Texas' merchant and military marine history, drawn from his own extensive collection of maritime history materials, as well as from research in libraries and museums around the country. Based on recent discoveries in nautical archaeology, Francaviglia tells the stories of the Spanish flotilla that wrecked off Padre Island in 1554 and of La Salle's flagship Belle, which sank in 1687. He explores the role of the Texas Navy in the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836 and during the years of the Texas Republic and also describes the Civil War battles at Galveston and Sabine Pass. Finally, he recounts major developments of the nineteenth century, concluding with the disastrous Galveston Hurricane in 1900. More than one hundred illustrations, many never before published, complement the text.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292725034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"The maritime history of Texas is a critical but overlooked topic. This book is a significant contribution, a very nice new synthesis. It will be very useful for a general audience." —J. Barto Arnold III, State Marine Archeologist, Texas Historical Commission The Gulf Coast has been a principal place of entry into Texas ever since Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explored these shores in 1519. Yet, nearly five hundred years later, the maritime history of Texas remains largely untold. In this book, Richard V. Francaviglia offers a comprehensive overview of Texas' merchant and military marine history, drawn from his own extensive collection of maritime history materials, as well as from research in libraries and museums around the country. Based on recent discoveries in nautical archaeology, Francaviglia tells the stories of the Spanish flotilla that wrecked off Padre Island in 1554 and of La Salle's flagship Belle, which sank in 1687. He explores the role of the Texas Navy in the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836 and during the years of the Texas Republic and also describes the Civil War battles at Galveston and Sabine Pass. Finally, he recounts major developments of the nineteenth century, concluding with the disastrous Galveston Hurricane in 1900. More than one hundred illustrations, many never before published, complement the text.
Colonial Craftsmen
Author:
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801862281
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Describes the shops, working methods, and products of the different types of tradesmen and craftsmen who shaped the early American economy.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801862281
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Describes the shops, working methods, and products of the different types of tradesmen and craftsmen who shaped the early American economy.
Oars, Sails and Steam
Author: Edwin Tunis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781437971392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated and skillfully written history of water transport from the dugout to the aircraft carrier. Presents the most important types of boats and ships in chronol. order, revealing each advance that made navigation easier, faster, and more efficient. The Egyptian sailboats that plied the waters of the Nile in 4700 B.C. give way to Phoenician warboats, Greek war galleys, and Roman triremes, which in turn are surpassed by Norse long ships, Medit. carracks, Eliz. galleons, and Brit. East Indiamen. The Steam Age includes Fitch¿s 1787 steamboat; the 1807 ¿Clermont¿; and the ¿Curacao¿. Clipper ships, whaling barks, tramp steamers, steam liners, and warships, from destroyers to submarines, are also included. Reprint of 1952 ed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781437971392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated and skillfully written history of water transport from the dugout to the aircraft carrier. Presents the most important types of boats and ships in chronol. order, revealing each advance that made navigation easier, faster, and more efficient. The Egyptian sailboats that plied the waters of the Nile in 4700 B.C. give way to Phoenician warboats, Greek war galleys, and Roman triremes, which in turn are surpassed by Norse long ships, Medit. carracks, Eliz. galleons, and Brit. East Indiamen. The Steam Age includes Fitch¿s 1787 steamboat; the 1807 ¿Clermont¿; and the ¿Curacao¿. Clipper ships, whaling barks, tramp steamers, steam liners, and warships, from destroyers to submarines, are also included. Reprint of 1952 ed.
Weapons
Author:
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801862298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Describes in text and pictures weapons used through the ages, from the stones of prehistoric man to the bombs of modern times.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801862298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Describes in text and pictures weapons used through the ages, from the stones of prehistoric man to the bombs of modern times.
United States Courts of Appeals Reports
Author: United States. Courts of Appeals
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Reports Containing the Cases Determined in All the Circuits from the Organization of the Courts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea
Author: Reginald Godfrey Marsden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collisions at sea
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collisions at sea
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description