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Download or read book Set Fair for Roanoke written by David B. Quinn and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognized as the outstanding authority on early English exploration and settlement in America, David Beers Quinn brings together in this book the results of his nearly forty years of research on the subject.

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Download or read book The Master Shipwright s Secrets written by Richard Endsor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2020 Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Master Shipwright's Secrets is an illustrated history of Restoration shipbuilding focused on the Tyger, one of the smaller but powerful two-deck warships of the period. It examines the proceedings of King Charles II in deciding the types of ship he wanted and his relationship with his master shipwrights. This fascinating book reveals the many secrets of Charles II's shipwrights through an analysis of John Shish's plans for the Tyger, revealing innovative practical calculations which differ significantly from the few contemporary treatises on the subject and the complicated process of constructing the moulds necessary to make the ship's frame. All the other duties performed by the master shipwrights, such as repairing ships, controlling their men and keeping up with the latest inventions are also discussed in detail. The Master Shipwright's Secrets is replete with beautiful and detailed illustrations of the construction of the Tyger and explores both its complicated history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, and large-scale external shaded drawings. The title also explores associated ships, including another fourth-rate ship, the Mordaunt, which was purchased into the Navy at the time and underwent a dimensional survey by John Shish. A rare contemporary section drawing of another fourth-rate English ship and constructional drawings of Shish's later fourth-rate ship, St Albans, are also included.

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Download or read book The Tyger Voyage written by Richard Adams and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of two young inexperienced Tygers who set out from Victorian England into the timeless unknown.

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Download or read book A Collection of Voyages and Travels Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts Others Translated Out of Foreign Languages and Now First Publish d in English In Four Volumes With a General Preface The Whole Illustrated with a Great Number of Useful Maps and Cuts All Engraved on Copper written by and published by . This book was released on 1704 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Roanoke Voyages 1584 1590 written by David Beers Quinn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I: Texts from Hakluyt's Principall Navigations (1589), together with the items added by him in 1600 and much additional material, a few documents in summary form. This volume takes the narrative to January 1586/7 and includes a descriptive list of John White's drawings of the first colony; the narrative is continued to 1590 and later in the following volume, with which the main pagination is continuous. Volume II: Texts from Hakluyt's Principall Navigations (1589), together with the items added by him in 1600 and much additional material, a few documents in summary form. This volume takes the narrative from January 1586/7 to 1590 and later. Appended is an article on the language of the Carolina Algonkian tribes by James A. Geary, with a word-list; a chapter on the archaeology of the Roanoke settlements; a detailed account of the MS and printed sources; and a map of Ralegh's Virginia This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volumes first published in 1955.

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Download or read book Tigers Forever written by Ruskin Bond and published by Ratna Sagar. This book was released on 1996 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of poems and stories by Ruskin Bond. It is a refreshing blend of nature and adventure, mystery and suspense, humour and fantasy.