Download or read book Ancient Ships Classic Reprint written by Cecil Torr and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancient Ships For some while I have been at work upon a history of ancient shipping; and the following pages are meant to form a portion of that history. Assuming that ancient shipping means shipping in the Mediterranean between 1000 B.C. and 1000 A.D., and that a history of shipping should deal with everything connected with ships, I find that I have upon my hands a task of no small magnitude; and I do not quite know when this task will be accomplished. That being so, I am bringing out this portion of the work before the rest; this portion being tolerably complete already, and dealing with a question that may conveniently be discussed apart from any other, namely, the character of the ships themselves. Ancient ships have already formed the subject of dozens of books and pamphlets; and I necessarily have made myself acquainted with the bulk of this literature, from Dr Assmann's latest article in the Archaologisches Jahrbuch back to the treatise De Re Navali published by L. de Baif in 1536. I do not wish to underrate my obligations to previous writers on the subject, for they have informed me of many things that I was not at all likely to discover for myself. But, taking them altogether, I have found their works more voluminous than valuable. As a rule, they have relied too much upon their predecessors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Ancient and Modern Ships Vol 1 written by George Charles Vincent Holmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancient and Modern Ships, Vol. 1: Wooden Sailing-Ships A museum relating to Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding is of the utmost interest to the people of Great Britain, on account of the importance to them of everything that bears on the carrying of their commerce. Every Englishman knows, in a general way, that the commerce of the British Empire is more extensive than that of any other state in the world, and that the British sea-going mercantile marine compares favour ably in point of size even with that of all the other countries of the world put together; but few are probably aware of the immense importance to us of these fleets of trading ships, and of the great part which they play in the maintenance of the prosperity of these isles. The shipping industry ranks, after agriculture, as the largest of our national commercial pursuits. There is more capital locked up in it, and more hands are employed in the navigation and construction of Ships, their engines and fittings, than in any other trade of the country excepting the tillage of the soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Old Ships Classic Reprint written by James Elroy Flecker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Ships That talkative, bald-headed seaman came (twelve patient comrades sweating at the oar) From Troy's doom-crimson shore, And with great lies about his wooden horse Set the crew laughing, and forgot his course. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Time Ships of Salem Classic Reprint written by Robert Samuel Rantoul and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Time Ships of Salem The history of Salem's maritime commerce has not yet been written and it is hoped that this contribution may aid in keeping alive an admiration and respect for the enter prise of her far - sighted old-time merchants and also help to arouse a faith and a deter mination that American vessels again shall sail the four seas and again be well known in the farthest port of the rich East. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Ships and Shipping written by William F. Edgerton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancient Egyptian Ships and Shipping: A Dissertation Structurally speaking, all boats known to have been employed by the ancient Egyptians may be divided into two classes: reed boats, and boats built of wooden planks. There is no evidence that boats of hide or bark ever existed in Egypt. There is a positive reason for believing that the Egyptians never learned to make them, in the fact that their wooden ships never had ribs; if the Egyptians had once learned to build the necessary wooden frame for a hide or bark boat, it would be remarkable that they never used a similar wooden frame in the construction of a wooden boat. Dugouts may occasionally have been imported into Egypt - for instance, from inner Africa. This is a possible explanation of the first dynasty model, Abydos, II, Plate III. But even that model may not represent a dugout: the shortness of the Open space may be due to the fact that the model is of dugout construction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ancient Mariners written by C. Daryll Forde and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancient Mariners: The Story of Ships, and Sea Routes The first steps in the history Of navigation are still largely conjectural. The earliest and most primitive form Of sea transport may have been the solid log which eventually became transformed into the dug out canoe. The simple log survived until recent times as a means Of navigation in several outlying parts Of the earth. Pointed logs have been reported among certain Of the aboriginal peoples Of North Australia, and they were used by many North Amer ican peoples in crossing rivers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ancient and Modern Ships Vol 2 written by George C. V. Holmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancient and Modern Ships, Vol. 2: The Era of Steam, Iron Steel The production of the first volume of this handbook was rendered difficult by the scantiness of trustworthy records. A similar remark applies to the first chapter of the present volume, Which deals with the history of the earliest days of steam navigation. On the other hand, in writing the remainder of the book, the difficulty has rather been to select from the superabundance of available material. Limits of space have rendered it necessary to reject a great deal, and that which has been selected is only what appeared to be essential for the purpose of putting before the reader a history, in outline, of the development of modern ships. This volume is, in the main, devoted to mercantile ships. The man-oi - war, considered as a fighting machine, has not been touched; in fact war vessels have only been alluded to when the introduction of peculiarities in their construction seriously influenced the development of shipbuilding. The evolution of the war ship as a fighting machine, from the time of the introduction of steam down to the present day, affords abundant material for a separate work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Old Merchant Marine written by Ralph D. Paine and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors A vessel was a community venture, and the custom still survives in the ancient ports of the Maine coast where the shapely wooden schooners are fashioned. The blacksmith, the rigger, the calker, took their pay in shares. They became part owners, as did likewise the merchant who supplied stores and material; and when the ship was a oat, the master, the mates, and even the seamen, were allowed cargo space for commodities which they might buy and sell to their own ad vantage. Thus early they learned to trade as shrewdly as they navigated, and every voyage directly concerned a whole neighborhood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book An Account of the Discovery of an Ancient Ship on the Eastern Shore of Cape Cod Classic Reprint written by Amos Otis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Account of the Discovery of an Ancient Ship on the Eastern Shore of Cape Cod Our earliest historians record that in 1626 a ship entered a harbor on the eastern coast of Cape Cod, and that while therein, a violent storm arose, closed its entrance, and prevented her departure. This harbor was known to the first settlers as The Old Ship Harbor; but the memory of its location has faded from the minds of the men of the present generation, and exists only in the form of an uncertain tradition. I have made many inquiries of the aged respecting its location, but could obtain no certain information. There is another tradition, more uncertain and unreliable, that the name of the Old Ship was Sparrow Hawk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Famous Cruise of the Kearsarge written by Henry S. Hobson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ancient Mariner Classic Reprint written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ancient Mariner A study of the genesis of Coleridge's Ancient Mar iner suggests a consideration of those literary friend ships which from time to time have reddened the blood and quickened the pulse of English poesy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Book of Old Ships written by Henry B. Culver and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVSuperb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations. Galley, bark, caravel, longship, whaler, many more. Detailed, informative text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction. /div
Download or read book History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce Vol 1 of 4 Classic Reprint written by W. S. Lindsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce, Vol. 1 of 4 Introductory-the first attempt to oat, by means of a hollowed log and raft - The Ark - Boats of skin - Earliest boats or ships - Their form Mode of construction Names of ships Decorations Launching, &c. - Master - Mate - Boatswain - St. Paul's ship - Rig and Sails - Undergirders - A nchors and cables Decks - Nautical instruments - Mariner's com pass Speed of ancient ships. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Old Marblehead Sea Captains and the Ships in Which They Sailed Classic Reprint written by Marblehead Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Marblehead Sea Captains and the Ships in Which They Sailed It W111 be noticed that quite a number of these men were in the Continental service as soldiers or sailors before entering the merchant service. Nearly all of the following pictures (excepting thirteen, kindly loaned by the Essex Institute), were taken from the originals now in possession of their descendants, and are freely loaned for this work, and have never before been published. To each and everyone who has contributed in any way to the success of this volume, the compiler extends his most sincere thanks and earnestly hopes it may prove. To be instructive and satisfactory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Ships and Sailors of Old Salem written by Ralph D. Paine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ships and Sailors of Old Salem: The Record of a Brilliant Era of American Achievement Notwithstanding all these grievous handicaps, American ships and sailors prospered and multiplied, nor did they stay at home and whine that they could not compete with the more favored merchant navies of England and the Continent. They took and held their commanding share of the world's trade because they had to have it. They wanted it earnestly enough to go out and get it. Whenever the United States shall really desire to regain her proud place among the maritime nations, the minds of her captains of industry will find a way to achieve it and her legislators will solve their share of the problem. And our people will cease paying over to English and German ship owners enough money in freight and passage bills every year to defray the cost of building a Panama Canal. From log books, sea journals and other manuscripts hitherto unpublished (most of them Written during the years between the Revolution and the War of are herein gathered such narratives as those of the first American voyages to Japan, India, the Philippines, Guam, the Cape of Good Hope, Sumatra, Arabia and the South Seas. These and other records, as written by the seamen who made Salem the most famous port of the New World a century ago, are much more than local annals. They comprise a unique and brilliant chapter of American history and they speak for themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Reminiscences of an Ancient Mariner Classic Reprint written by John James Mahlmann and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of an Ancient Mariner It has been very often suggested to me by friends that I should write down some of my experiences on voyages made about the Pacific during my younger days; but not considering them of sufficient interest to the public in general, I always abstained from doing so until quite recently, when, after being again strongly urged, I in an unguarded moment promised to overhaul my memory regarding a few of the many more or less striking incidents that I met with not only in the far distant past, but also during later years of my somewhat checkered career in Japan. There are two principal reasons for falling in with the wishes of my friends, the first and foremost one being that I intend to devote the proceeds accruing from the sale of these "Reminiscences" towards improving the helpless and pitiful condition of some poor unfortunate sailor who has been deprived of his eyesight during the present cruel war. The second reason for writing is that by so doing I may clear away any misunderstanding among my acquaintances respecting the extent of my connection with the notorious Captain Pease and the still more notorious Captain "Bully Hayes," both of South Sea fame. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Emigrant Ship Classic Reprint written by W. Clark Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Emigrant Ship The old horse, clanking in its harness like a chain topsail sheet in a squall, halted and I mounted upon my sea chest in the cart to take a view Of the scene. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
