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Sea Faring America
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Author : Joseph J. Thorndike
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Sea Faring America written by Joseph J. Thorndike and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Seafaring America
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Author : Alexander Laing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Seafaring America written by Alexander Laing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Navigation categories.
Seafaring America
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Author : Alexander Laing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903
Seafaring America written by Alexander Laing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Navigation categories.
The Seafarers
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Author : Robert Carse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
The Seafarers written by Robert Carse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Recounts how a few thousand settlers who came to North America in the 1600s established a record as sailors and seagoing traders.
The History Of Seafaring
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Author : Donald Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Anova Books
Release Date : 2007
The History Of Seafaring written by Donald Johnson and has been published by Anova Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
A large format, meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated and fully international history of mankind's seaborne voyages from the Phoenicians and Chinese to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts. Royal prestige, intellectual curiosity, commerce and territorial expansion all propelled mankind to make perilous voyages across unpredictable oceans to find out what lay beyond the horizon, and the art of navigation allowed them to do so. From initial conjecture and philosophical reason, man ventured forth to glean first-hand information of the seas by exploration and scientific investigation. The author pieces together the advances in astronomy, navigation, shipbuilding and surveying through the ages to tell the fascinating and absorbing history of navigation and exploration in an elegant volume that is beautifully illustrated with manuscripts and rutters, portolans and sea charts, ship's instruments and artefacts. The meticulous research, based on original sources, has brought to light a lot of new information, which in some cases contradicts popular held beliefs. The book opens with the basic questions and challenges of navigation. Part 2 unravels the development of science and seafaring from the ancient times to the Mediterranean era. This created a basis for longer sailings, which are at the heart of Part 3 and in Part 4 the book ends with the advanced technology that made it possible to determine a ship's exact position at sea.
The American Merchant Seaman And His Industry
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Author : Craig J. Forsyth
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-04-21
The American Merchant Seaman And His Industry written by Craig J. Forsyth and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-21 with Business & Economics categories.
The descriptive data in this book, first published in 1989, were obtained from participant observation and interviews with merchant seaman current and retired. In addition there is reprinted a complete set of the laws relating to American seaman between 1918-1970. Together they provide a comprehensive understanding of the historical events surrounding the American merchant seaman, the creation of maritime policy, and the policy itself.
Twain At Sea
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Author : Mark Twain
language : en
Publisher: University Press of New England
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Twain At Sea written by Mark Twain and has been published by University Press of New England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Samuel Clemens (1835–1910) repeatedly traversed the ocean during his globetrotting life. A keen observer, the man who recast himself as Mark Twain was fascinated by seafaring. This book compiles selections ranging from his first voyage in 1866—San Francisco to Hawaii—to his circumnavigation of the world by steamship 1897. Despite his background as a “brown water” mariner, Twain was out of his element on the ocean. His writings about being at sea (as well as feeling at sea) reflect both a growing familiarity with voyaging and an enduring sense of amazement. Twain’s shipboard observations capture his interest and amusement in the “blue water” mariners he encountered, with their salty subculture and individual quirks. Twain at Sea collects the author’s essays and travelogues on the maritime world in one volume, including excerpts from Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, and other sources.
Rites And Passages
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Author : Margaret S. Creighton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-08-25
Rites And Passages written by Margaret S. Creighton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-25 with History categories.
This book contributes to what has recently been called a 'new social history of seafaring'. This new maritime history places sailors themselves at the center, not the periphery, of the maritime past, and explores ways that the history of the sea and the history of the shore have intersected. It differs from traditional accounts which celebrate exotic trades, powerful merchants, maritime technologies, and military exploits. Drawn on the evidence of nearly two hundred ship logs and sailors' diaries, Rites and Passages examines American whalemen at the height of the whaling industry in the 1800s and argues that whaling life and culture was shaped by both the American mainland and by the exigencies of ocean life. Unlike other published accounts of seafaring, this work brings gender into the maritime equation, not only with a discussion of the ways that women figured in this male world, but also with an examination of the ways that seafaring served as a rite of passage into manhood.
America S Maritime History
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Author : Archibald Campbell Denison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
America S Maritime History written by Archibald Campbell Denison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Merchant marine categories.
A Short History Of Seafaring
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Author : Brian Lavery
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2022-12-01
A Short History Of Seafaring written by Brian Lavery and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with History categories.
A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers, and maritime environments. For more than 5,000 years, the seas have challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it. This history of the seas and sailing tells the remarkable story of those individuals - whether they lived to tell the tale themselves or not. From the early Polynesian seafarers and the first full circumnavigations of the globe, to explorers picking their way through the coral reefs of the West Indies, this book tells the compelling story of life at sea that lies behind man's search for new lands, new trade, conquest, and uncharted waters. Charting the great milestones of nautical history from the discovery of America to the establishment of the Royal Navy, the naval history of the American Civil War, the Battle of Midway and modern piracy the book sets all of them in their cultural and historical context. The Conquest of the Ocean is a unique compendium of awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages and great feats of seamanship, navigation, endurance, and ingenuity.