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How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves Updated To 1900
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Author : Kingston William Henry Giles
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-23
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves Updated To 1900 written by Kingston William Henry Giles and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with categories.
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How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves Updated To 1900
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Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-07-09
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves Updated To 1900 written by William Henry Giles Kingston and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-09 with categories.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 By William Henry Giles Kingston Introductory Remarks. Rome was not built in a day, nor has the glorious British Navy attained its present condition except by slow degrees, by numerous trials and experiments, by improvements gradually and cautiously introduced, and by the employment of a vast amount of thought, energy, and toil. We are apt to forget when we see an elaborate machine, the immense quantity of mental and physical exertion it represents, the efforts of the united minds perhaps of many successive generations, and the labour of thousands of workmen. I propose briefly to trace the progress which the British Navy has made from age to age, as well as its customs, and the habits of its seamen, with their more notable exploits since the days when this tight little island of ours first became known to the rest of the world. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves
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Author : W.H.G Kingston
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-07-17
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves written by W.H.G Kingston and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-17 with Fiction categories.
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Author : William H. G. Kingston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
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Author : W. H. G. Kingston
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-07-07
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How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Volume 1 By W.H.G. Kingston The story of the British Navy from the earliest times. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Author : William Kingston
language : de
Publisher: Europaischer Hochschulverlag Gmbh & Company Kg
Release Date : 2013-01
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves written by William Kingston and has been published by Europaischer Hochschulverlag Gmbh & Company Kg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01 with categories.
In his lifetime William H. G. Kingston (1814-1880) was very popular for his adventure and voyage novels. In addition to his fictional writing he dealt a lot with British foreign affairs and colonial history. His book "How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves" gives a detailed overview of British naval history from the ancient times until late 19th century.Reprint of the original edition from the 19. century.
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Author : Richard Henry Bonnycastle
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-03-10
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves written by Richard Henry Bonnycastle and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Fiction categories.
"[...]had to give place to Neptune, the long-honoured monarch of the main, and Amphitrite was introduced to keep him company. We recognise in the duckings, the sacrificial ablutions, and in the shaving and fining, the oaths and the penalty. When the hardy seamen of Great Britain first began to steer their ships across the line, they were undoubtedly accompanied by pilots and mariners of the Mediterranean. These, of course, taught them the ceremonies they had been in the habit of performing. The English, as may be supposed, made various additions and alterations suited to their rougher habits and ideas, and what at one time probably retained somewhat of the elegance of its classical origin, became the strange burlesque it now appears.[...]".
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves Updated To 1900
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Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves Updated To 1900 written by William Henry Giles Kingston and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
Rome was not built in a day, nor has the glorious British Navy attained its present condition except by slow degrees, by numerous trials and experiments, by improvements gradually and cautiously introduced, and by the employment of a vast amount of thought, energy, and toil. We are apt to forget when we see an elaborate machine, the immense quantity of mental and physical exertion it represents, the efforts of the united minds perhaps of many successive generations, and the labour of thousands of workmen. I propose briefly to trace the progress which the British Navy has made from age to age, as well as its customs, and the habits of its seamen, with their more notable exploits since the days when this tight little island of ours first became known to the rest of the world. Some writers, indulging in the Darwinian theory of development, would make us believe that the ironclad of the present day is the legitimate offspring of the ancient coracle or wicker-work boat which is still to be found afloat on the waters of the Wye, and on some of the rivers of the east coast; but if such is the case, the descent must be one of many ages, for it is probable that the Britons had stout ships long before the legions of Cassar set their feet upon our shores. I am inclined to agree with an ancient writer who gives it as his opinion that the British were always a naval people. ÒFor,Ó says he, in somewhat quaint phraseology, Òas Britain was an island, the inhabitants could only have come to it across the ocean in ships, and they could scarcely have had ships unless they were nautically inclined.Ó The same writer asserts that the Britons had vessels of large size long before the invasion of the Romans, but that they either burnt them to prevent their falling into the hands of the invaders, or that they were destroyed by the Romans themselves, who then, adding insult to injury, stigmatised the people as mere painted barbarians, whose sole mode of moving over the waters of their coasts and rivers was in wicker baskets covered with hidesÑthe truth being, that these wicker-ribbed boats were simply the craft used by the British fishermen on their coasts or streams.
How Brittania Came To Rule The Waves
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Author : W. H. G. Kingston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-09-25
How Brittania Came To Rule The Waves written by W. H. G. Kingston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with categories.
This history analyzes how England and the Royal Navy became the greatest navy on the planet at the height of the British Empire. From the intro:"Rome was not built in a day, nor has the glorious British Navy attained its present condition except by slow degrees, by numerous trials and experiments, by improvements gradually and cautiously introduced, and by the employment of a vast amount of thought, energy, and toil. We are apt to forget when we see an elaborate machine, the immense quantity of mental and physical exertion it represents, the efforts of the united minds perhaps of many successive generations, and the labour of thousands of workmen. I propose briefly to trace the progress which the British Navy has made from age to age, as well as its customs, and the habits of its seamen, with their more notable exploits since the days when this tight little island of ours first became known to the rest of the world.Some writers, indulging in the Darwinian theory of development, would make us believe that the ironclad of the present day is the legitimate offspring of the ancient coracle or wicker-work boat which is still to be found afloat on the waters of the Wye, and on some of the rivers of the east coast; but if such is the case, the descent must be one of many ages, for it is probable that the Britons had stout ships long before the legions of Cassar set their feet upon our shores. I am inclined to agree with an ancient writer who gives it as his opinion that the British were always a naval people. "For," says he, in somewhat quaint phraseology, "as Britain was an island, the inhabitants could only have come to it across the ocean in ships, and they could scarcely have had ships unless they were nautically inclined." The same writer asserts that the Britons had vessels of large size long before the invasion of the Romans, but that they either burnt them to prevent their falling into the hands of the invaders, or that they were destroyed by the Romans themselves, who then, adding insult to injury, stigmatised the people as mere painted barbarians, whose sole mode of moving over the waters of their coasts and rivers was in wicker baskets covered with hides-the truth being, that these wicker-ribbed boats were simply the craft used by the British fishermen on their coasts or streams. How could the hordes that in successive ages crossed the German Ocean have performed the voyage unless they had possessed more efficient means of conveyance than these afforded? I must, therefore, agree with the aforesaid ancient writer that they had stout ships, impelled by sails and oars, which were afterwards employed either in commercial or piratical enterprises. The Britons of the southern shores of the island possessed, he says, wooden-built ships of a size considerably greater than any hide-covered barks could have been. It is very certain that many hundred years before the Christian era the Phoenicians visited the coasts of Cornwall and Devonshire, and planted colonies there, which retain to the present day their ancient peculiarities and customs, and even many names of common things. It is probable that these colonists, well acquainted as they were with nautical affairs, kept up their practical knowledge of shipbuilding, and formed a mercantile navy to carry on their commerce with other countries, as well as ships fitted for warfare to protect their ports from foreign invasion, or from the attacks of pirates.Many English nautical terms at present in use are clearly of Phoenician origin. Davit, for instance, is evidently derived from the Arabic word Davit, a crooked piece of wood, similar in shape to that by which the boats of a vessel are hoisted out of the water and hung up at her sides."
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Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
How Britannia Came To Rule The Waves written by William Henry Giles Kingston and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with History categories.
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