The Western Ocean Packets
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The Western Ocean Packets
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Author : Basil Lubbock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The Western Ocean Packets written by Basil Lubbock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Navigation categories.
Western Ocean Packets
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Author : Basil Lubbock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
Western Ocean Packets written by Basil Lubbock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Merchant marine categories.
The Western Ocean Packets With Illustrations And Plans
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Author : Alfred Basil LUBBOCK
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The Western Ocean Packets With Illustrations And Plans written by Alfred Basil LUBBOCK and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with categories.
The Western Ocean Packets
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Author : Basil Lubbock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The Western Ocean Packets written by Basil Lubbock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Merchant marine categories.
The story of the famous American Atlantic packet ships.
Across The Oceans
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Author : Seija-Riitta Laakso
language : en
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Release Date : 2007-09-28
Across The Oceans written by Seija-Riitta Laakso and has been published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-28 with History categories.
In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considered crucial, distant places such as California or Australia had to wait for gold fever to become important enough for regular communications. The growth of passenger services, especially for emigrants, was a major factor increasing the number of mail sailings. The study covers the period from the Napoleonic wars to the foundation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and includes the development of overseas business information transmission from the days of sailing ships to steamers and the telegraph.
Queens Of The Western Ocean
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Author : Carl C. Cutler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Queens Of The Western Ocean written by Carl C. Cutler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Transportation categories.
A Personal Record By Joseph Conrad
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2021-01-01
A Personal Record By Joseph Conrad written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A PERSONAL RECORD by Joseph Conrad Who is the man that wrote the famous "Heart of Darkness"? No one can tell you that better than Joseph Conrad himself. "A Personal Record" dwells deep into the time, places and people that shaped and developed him. Discover the merchant, the seaman and writer Joseph Conrad in this unusual autobiography. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born author who left Poland in his teens to avoid enlistment in the Russian Army. He learned English aboard British ships and started writing in that language after settling in England. His most famous novel is ‘Heart of Darkness’ (1899), which was inspired by his experiences on the open sea.A Personal Record is writer Joseph Conrad's autobiography. The writing is lyrical and atmospheric and commonly believed to be somewhat embellished. It does, however, give great insight into his Polish childhood, his sailing adventures and his aspirations in the eyes of the British public. It also documents the process of writing Almayer's Folly. The preface to the work contains the much-quoted lines: "Those who read me know my conviction that the world, the temporal world, rests on a few very simple ideas; so simple that they must be as old as the hills. It rests notably, among others, on the idea of Fidelity." A PERSONAL RECORD by Joseph Conrad This book features introductions by Dr. Keith Carabine, Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.). 'I have tried with an almost filial regard to render the vibration of life in the great world of waters, in the hearts of simple men who have traversed its solitudes, and also that something sentient which seems to dwell in ships - the creatures of their hands and the objects of their care' - Joseph Conrad on "The Mirror of the Sea". 'An imaginative and exact rendering of authentic memories may serve worthily that spirit of piety towards all things human which sanctions the conceptions of a writer of tales, and the emotions of a man reviewing his own experience' - "A Personal Record".These two autobiographical works differ greatly in scope and form. In "The Mirror" (1906) Conrad draws upon his career as a mariner in France and then in the British Merchant Service to consider and dramatise the relationships between men, ships and the sea in an era when his beloved sailing ships gave way to the age of steam. "A Personal Record" (1912) pivots on two crucial turning points in Conrad's amazing life: his decision as a sixteen year old to leave Poland for the 'call' of the sea, and his decision fifteen years later to begin his first novel, "Almayer's Folly", in English, his third language. "The Mirror" has been called 'the epic of the sailing ship' and 'The Bible of the Sea'. "A Personal Record" is a humorous, moving account of a young man's struggle, against all the odds, to create 'a coherent, justifiable personality both in its origin and its action'. A PERSONAL RECORD by Joseph Conrad
The Great Windships
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Author : Brian Stafford
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2022-09-13
The Great Windships written by Brian Stafford and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-13 with History categories.
The great merchant sailing ships were the original apparatus of globalisation. They brought the East and West together, carrying goods back and forth to the benefit of both, and turning world’s oceans into marine highways. Along them would travel all manner of goods in unheard of volumes – gold, silver, gems, spices coffee, tea and other foodstuffs – as well as ideas, attitudes, religion and disease. Besides their superior armament, the ships’ masters felt they were racially and religiously superior. Their vessels became instruments of colonial conquest, aiding the rise of the West over the much more populous East. They also enabled the opium and slave trades. For better and for worse, they made the modern world. The Great Windships tells an epic story that stretches from the fragile vessels of the Age of Exploration to the mighty windjammers of the late nineteenth century. It follows how the nations of the West participated in this great adventure – their triumphs and shortcomings and the contributions each made to the development of the sailing ship. Full of drama, deceit, high-seas adventure and knowledge, this is a book for anyone who’s ever gazed in awe at a mighty tall ship; or been curious as to their ability and the vital role in the evolution of the modern world.
Some Reminicscences
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-11-21
Some Reminicscences written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Notoriously unreliable and digressive in structure, it is nonetheless the principal contemporary source for information about the author's life.[citation needed] It tells about his schooling in Russian Poland, his sailing in Marseille, the influence of his Uncle Tadeusz, and the writing of Almayer's Folly. It provides a glimpse of how Conrad wished to be seen by his British public, as well as being an atmospheric work of art.[citation needed] The "Familiar Preface" Conrad wrote for it includes the often quoted lines: "Those who read me know my conviction that the world, the temporal world, rests on a few very simple ideas; so simple that they must be as old as the hills. It rests notably, among others, on the idea of Fidelity."
Brown S Nautical Almanac
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Author : R. Ingram-Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
Brown S Nautical Almanac written by R. Ingram-Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Ephemerides categories.