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The Science Of Seafaring
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Author : Anne Rooney
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Release Date : 2019
The Science Of Seafaring written by Anne Rooney and has been published by Franklin Watts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Seafaring life categories.
"Introduces the reader to seafaring"--
Science Of Seafaring
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Author : Alexandre Affonso
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Science Of Seafaring written by Alexandre Affonso and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
This fascinating guide to how humans mastered the ability to travel the oceans combines fact-packed, easy-to-read text with colourful and quirky illustrations. From the earliest wooden crafts to today's massive tankers and super-fast speed boats, it is an eye-opening introduction to the mechanics and marvels of seafaring.Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Fact, Can You Believe It?, and Try It Yourself, which provide additional information and handy advice.
Re Inventing The Ship
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Author : Don Leggett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-08
Re Inventing The Ship written by Don Leggett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with History categories.
Ships have histories that are interwoven with the human fabric of the maritime world. In the long nineteenth century these histories revolved around the re-invention of these once familiar objects in a period in which Britain became a major maritime power. This multi-disciplinary volume deploys different historical, geographical, cultural and literary perspectives to examine this transformation and to offer a series of interconnected considerations of maritime technology and culture in a period of significant and lasting change. Its ten authors reveal the processes involved through the eyes and hands of a range of actors, including naval architects, dockyard workers, commercial shipowners and Navy officers. By locating the ship's re-invention within the contexts of builders, owners and users, they illustrate the ways in which material elements, as well as scientific, artisan and seafaring ideas and practices, were bound together in the construction of ships' complex identities.
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.
Re Inventing The Ship
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Author : Don Leggett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Re Inventing The Ship written by Don Leggett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Shipbuilding categories.
Encyclopedia Of Ships And Seafaring
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Author : Peter Kemp
language : en
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Release Date : 1980
Encyclopedia Of Ships And Seafaring written by Peter Kemp and has been published by Crown Publishing Group (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Transportation categories.
In this book, the reader will find nautical terms of the great age of sail - together with more modern ones - defined in modern language and vividly illustrated to provide an immediate grasp of each topic. The text is systematically arranged under twenty main subject headings, each major section opening with an introductory essay written by an expert and setting the various terms in perspective. Terms relating to a particular topic (such as framing a ship or tacking and wearing) are grouped together, while cross-references lead the reader to other topics and a full index provides a key to the whole.
The Science Of Sailing
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
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Seafaring Lore And Legend
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Author : Peter D. Jeans
language : en
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Release Date : 2007-02-05
Seafaring Lore And Legend written by Peter D. Jeans and has been published by McGraw Hill Professional this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-05 with History categories.
"A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both."—Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society “A veritable sourcebook of nautical history, beliefs, and heritage. Every true mariner will get lost in this book.”—Boating Seafaring Lore and Legend is a storehouse of wonders for those who love the sea. From Noah’s Ark to Thor Heyerdahl’s raft, from Atlantis to the Northwest Passage, author Peter Jeans scours the ages and the seven seas for fanciful, inspiring, and bizarre tales of sea monsters, ghost ships, lost continents, castaways, pirates, explorers, superstitions, and customs. Discover the surprising truths behind: The origins of naval salutes and the Beaufort Scale Flogging a dead horse and other oddities of nautical custom Sea chanties, scurvy, and the hardships of life at sea Infamous and noteworthy sea captains and their ships Famous wrecks and mutinies Mermaids, sirens, and sea nymphs Nautical superstitions such as the albatross and Fiddler’s Green And much more This is a book you can open anywhere to savor for a few minutes or an afternoon. But be careful: it's easy to lose track of time at sea.
The Global Origins And Development Of Seafaring
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Author : Atholl Anderson
language : en
Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Release Date : 2010
The Global Origins And Development Of Seafaring written by Atholl Anderson and has been published by McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Boats, Prehistoric categories.
When and in what circumstances did seafaring begin and how is it understood from the perspectives of maritime technology? This volume explores key themes in maritime prehistory from the perspective of seafaring, discussing the circumstances and incentives of seafaring development, its patterning in relation to periods of migration and trade and the relationship between sailing and society. The sea was dangerous and difficult to predict, but from at least the Middle Palaeolithic people sought its resources and attempted to move on its surface or beneath. The evolution of watercraft facilitated coastal foraging, fishing, hunting and travel, and the later development of sailing allowed long offshore passages, fundamental to all other sea-borne activities and interests. Increasing maritime exploration, migration, trade and colonialism together stimulated the integrating effects of globalization, describe a developing reach and complexity in human affairs that is comparable with, and in various ways holds up a mirror to, the course of terrestrial prehistory across the late Quaternary. The history of the sea, no less than that of the land, speaks to the development of modern humanity and the discussions in Global Origins of Seafaring will make a strong contribution to the construction of a better theoretical framework for seafaring studies.
Sailing School
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Author : Margaret E. Schotte
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Sailing School written by Margaret E. Schotte and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Hands-on science in the Age of Exploration. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Science and Technology by the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Leo Gershoy Prize by the American Historical Association Throughout the Age of Exploration, European maritime communities bent on colonial and commercial expansion embraced the complex mechanics of celestial navigation. They developed schools, textbooks, and instruments to teach the new mathematical techniques to sailors. As these experts debated the value of theory and practice, memory and mathematics, they created hybrid models that would have a lasting impact on applied science. In Sailing School, a richly illustrated comparative study of this transformative period, Margaret E. Schotte charts more than two hundred years of navigational history as she investigates how mariners solved the challenges of navigating beyond sight of land. She begins by outlining the influential sixteenth-century Iberian model for training and certifying nautical practitioners. She takes us into a Dutch bookshop stocked with maritime manuals and a French trigonometry lesson devoted to the idea that "navigation is nothing more than a right triangle." The story culminates at the close of the eighteenth century with a young British naval officer who managed to keep his damaged vessel afloat for two long months, thanks largely to lessons he learned as a keen student. This is the first study to trace the importance, for the navigator's art, of the world of print. Schotte interrogates a wide variety of archival records from six countries, including hundreds of published textbooks and never-before-studied manuscripts crafted by practitioners themselves. Ultimately, Sailing School helps us to rethink the relationship among maritime history, the Scientific Revolution, and the rise of print culture during a period of unparalleled innovation and global expansion.