Engineering & Technology / Sailing and Ships / Ships and the sea: A chronological review by Duncan Haws Duncan Haws Hart Davis, MacGibbon , 1975 first edition: hardcover in dust jacket approximately 10.5 x 12 inches tall: 239 pages including index: Black and white colour illustrations, line drawings, diagrams and maps. Synopsis: The continuous story of shipping and man's role in shipping from prehistoric times to the present. This volume covers the development of ships, the law of the sea, merchant and naval sea practice, life aboard. It relates a wealth of information about every aspect of seafaring; the famous and infamous captains, navigators, explorers and Buccaneers ; the important dates and events; and the spectacular and curious. Contents: -- Chapter 1. Primitive craft of the world. The first known ship and ship building. Phoenician traders. Nile river craft. Early warships. Biremes and Triremes. The battles of Salamis and Actium. Roman warships and merchantmen. Chapter 2. Scandinavian ships. The merchant shipping in the Mediterranean. Greek fire. The Viking era. Arab influence in the Mediterranean. The lateen sail. The Norman invasion of Britain. The Crusades. Oleran Sea Laws .The Cinque Ports. The Hanseatic league. Chapter 3. Merchant shipping of Jacques Coeur. Christopher Columbus. Vasco de Gama. Magellan. Carpentier. The Golden Hind. The Spanish Armada. The East India Company. Chapter 4. Bering's voyages, Press-gangs, Lloyds of London, Cook's voyages, Boston tea party, The first operational submarine, John Paul Jones, The mutiny on the Bounty, First experiments in steam propulsion, Trafalgar, Clermont, Steam through Europe, the Savannah, the Curaçao. Chapter 5. The first clipper. The Transatlantic race. Growth of seaborne trade. Paddle versus propeller. The great Eastern. The ironclad. Trade and sale. Steam. Whaling. The Suez Canal. The ocean liner. Turbinia. Chapter 6. Russo- Japanese War. Dreadnought. The motor vessel. Selandia. The Panama Canal. First World War. The submarine. Merchant fleets. Last sailing ship. The depression. Queen Mary. Second World War. Chapters 7. Specialisation. Fastest passenger liner. Atomic powered ships. Oil tankers. The finish of the Passenger liners . Roll on roll off ferries. Oil rigs. Lash ships. Container ships. The Globtik London. The experimental Dyna ship. Index & reference .Condition: slight foxing to upper age back flap dust cover and edge inside cover: overall very clean and good. Please Note a Heavy Book. used books
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  • Book Title: Ships and the sea: A chronological review
  • Author: Duncan Haws
  • ISBN: 0246109181
  • Publisher: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
  • Year Published: 1976
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