Author: Douglas Egan
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Ship--Benjamin Sewall, Other Days of Ships & Men
Author: Douglas Egan
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Two Centuries of Maine Shipbuilding
Author: Nathan Lipfert
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608936821
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse. Celebrating the bicentennial of Maine, historian Nathan Lipfert, in cooperation with the Maine Maritime Museum explores the rich history of Maine shipbuilding. Though concentrating primarily on shipbuilding activity in the two centuries since statehood, the book begins with pre-1820 activity, including native canoe-making (the oldest known birchbark canoe is in a Maine museum) and colonial-period shipbuilding. Covering the entire coast, this rich visual history focuses on the industry and the vessels produced, highlighting Maine’s national and international importance in shipbuilding over the past two centuries, and its continuing relevance to national security, the fisheries, yachting and harbor craft.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608936821
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse. Celebrating the bicentennial of Maine, historian Nathan Lipfert, in cooperation with the Maine Maritime Museum explores the rich history of Maine shipbuilding. Though concentrating primarily on shipbuilding activity in the two centuries since statehood, the book begins with pre-1820 activity, including native canoe-making (the oldest known birchbark canoe is in a Maine museum) and colonial-period shipbuilding. Covering the entire coast, this rich visual history focuses on the industry and the vessels produced, highlighting Maine’s national and international importance in shipbuilding over the past two centuries, and its continuing relevance to national security, the fisheries, yachting and harbor craft.
Square Rigger Days
Author: Charles W Domvillefife
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1844156958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
There are few books that describe accurately life on board sailing ships in the last days of sail, from the 1860s to the First World War; the romantic image conjured up by many who wrote from a safe distance belies the harsh realities which were a sailorman's lot. Domville-Fife, in collecting together the personal stories of seamen while they were still alive, was able to present a truer picture of the tough last days of sail. Long voyages on board nineteenth-century sailing ships were marked by isolation, boredom, and miserable living conditions that taxed the endurance of men already hard pressed by the gruelling and dangerous nature of shipboard work. While some were attracted to a life of adventure most simply went to sea for a living, and a meagre one at that. They experienced neither the excitement of life on the crack clippers of the earlier decades nor the safety of the steamships; they were caught in the limbo of a dying profession where poor pay, discontinuous employment, prolonged isolation from family and physical hardship were the norm. No wonder that murder, mutiny, starvation and shipwreck appear in the memoirs gathered here. Domville-Fife surely did future generations a great service by piecing together this reality. First published in 1938, these memoirs are now available again in this superbly presented new edition with a new selection of stunning photographs and a fascinating introduction on life at sea in the dying world of sail. A wonderful read for all enthusiasts and historians of the merchant service in the days of sail.
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1844156958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
There are few books that describe accurately life on board sailing ships in the last days of sail, from the 1860s to the First World War; the romantic image conjured up by many who wrote from a safe distance belies the harsh realities which were a sailorman's lot. Domville-Fife, in collecting together the personal stories of seamen while they were still alive, was able to present a truer picture of the tough last days of sail. Long voyages on board nineteenth-century sailing ships were marked by isolation, boredom, and miserable living conditions that taxed the endurance of men already hard pressed by the gruelling and dangerous nature of shipboard work. While some were attracted to a life of adventure most simply went to sea for a living, and a meagre one at that. They experienced neither the excitement of life on the crack clippers of the earlier decades nor the safety of the steamships; they were caught in the limbo of a dying profession where poor pay, discontinuous employment, prolonged isolation from family and physical hardship were the norm. No wonder that murder, mutiny, starvation and shipwreck appear in the memoirs gathered here. Domville-Fife surely did future generations a great service by piecing together this reality. First published in 1938, these memoirs are now available again in this superbly presented new edition with a new selection of stunning photographs and a fascinating introduction on life at sea in the dying world of sail. A wonderful read for all enthusiasts and historians of the merchant service in the days of sail.
The Mariner's Mirror
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
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A Supplement (1971-1986) to Robert G. Albion's Naval & Maritime History, an Annotated Bibliography, Fourth Edition
Author: Benjamin Woods Labaree
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This comprehensive annotated bibliography works and Ph.D. theses in the English language was compiled by a pioneering maritime historian, the late Robert Albion. This volume covers titles through 1970. Later works are contained in Benjamin Labaree's Supplement.
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This comprehensive annotated bibliography works and Ph.D. theses in the English language was compiled by a pioneering maritime historian, the late Robert Albion. This volume covers titles through 1970. Later works are contained in Benjamin Labaree's Supplement.
Log of Logs
Author: Ian Hawkins Nicholson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958523202
Category : Logbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958523202
Category : Logbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900
Author: Frederick C. Matthews
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486255387
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Encyclopedic resource recounts sailing histories, vital statistics of 322 vessels: voyages, cargoes, tonnage, builders, shipboard life, and more. 195 black-and-white photos and illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486255387
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Encyclopedic resource recounts sailing histories, vital statistics of 322 vessels: voyages, cargoes, tonnage, builders, shipboard life, and more. 195 black-and-white photos and illustrations.
The Mariner's Mirror Bibliography for ....
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Nautical Research Journal
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Maine Historical Society Quarterly
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Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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