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The clipper ship eraThe clipper ship era - an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869THE Clipper Ship Era began in 1843 as a result of the growing demand for a more rapid delivery of tea from China; continued...
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A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from 1509 to 1660, with an introduction treating of the preceding periodA history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding periodThe creation of the modern Royal Navy has been variously attributed to Henry VII, to...
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20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-booksTwenty years at sea: Leaves from my old log-booksIn the old days, fifty years ago, when I first went to sea, it was the custom in fine weather, in most ships, after supper had been leisurely discussed and pipes lighted, for both watches to...
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The Men of the Merchant ServiceThe Men of the Merchant Service - Being the polity of the mercantile marine for 'longshore readersIt has been repeatedly represented to me by disinterested friends, that among the innumerable works of both fact and fiction dealing with the sea, there are none telling...
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Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 2Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 2 - Historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los progresos de la astronomía náutica en los siglos XV y XVILo que ms halaga instruye en la historia filosfica de los descubrimientos y en...
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Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 1Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 1 - Historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los progresos de la astronomía náutica en los siglos XV y XVILos siglos en que se revela con mayor viveza el movimiento intelectual presentan el...
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Ships and Ways of Other DaysShips & Ways of Other DaysIn Sailing Ships and their Story I endeavoured to trace the evolution of the ship from the very earliest times of which we possess any historical data at all down to the canvas-setting craft of to-day. In Fore and...
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Le littoral de la France, vol. 1: Côtes Normandes de Dunkerque au Mont Saint-MichelLe littoral de la France, vol. 1: Côtes Normandes de Dunkerque au Mont Saint-MichelNul pays, en Europe, n'est, au mme degr que la France, favoris par sa situation maritime. De la frontire belge la frontire espagnole; des Pyrnes-Orientales la frontire italienne, deux merveilleuses lignes...
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesIn the days of sail, the duties of masters, mates, and crews, were well defined. Sea practice, in the various rigs, had become standard with the authority of an ancient calling. The art...
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The Gyroscopic Compass: A Non-Mathematical TreatmentThe Gyroscopic Compass: A Non-Mathematical TreatmentAt this date it is, or should be, unnecessary to open an account of the gyroscopic compass with a discussion of the defects of the ordinary magnetic compass. These defects are too well known to require mention. Recent advances...
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Deutsche Flagge, sei gegrüsst!Deutsche Flagge, sei gegrüsst! - Friedens- und Kriegsfahrten der Hanse, Kriegs- und Friedenstaten der deutschen MarineDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1905 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und altertmliche Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert;...
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The General Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles (Vol. I)The General Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles (Vol. I) - Together with the True Travels, Adventures and Observations, and a Sea GrammarJohn Smith "was borne in Willoughby in Lincolneshire, and a Scholler in the two Free-schooles of Alford and Louth."...
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The Young Wireless Operator—AfloatThe Young Wireless Operator—Afloat - Or, How Roy Mercer Won His Spurs in the Merchant MarineTo few of us is it given to know where our arrows come to earth or what shore is washed by the ripples we create in the sea of...
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Ships at WorkShips at WorkA ship is a marvellous thing. It took shipsand the men who sail themto circle the world and tie it all together into one round ball. Brave seamen from a thousand ports have faced storms and unknown dangers, first to make the...
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The Old East IndiamenThe Old East IndiamenIn this volume I have to invite the reader to consider a special epoch of the worlds progress, in which the sailing ship not only revolutionised British trade but laid the foundations of, and almost completed, that imposing structure which is...
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The Story of the American Merchant MarineThe Story of the American Merchant Marine[1]THE first vessel built within the limits of the United States for commercial uses was a sea-going pinnace of thirty tons named the Virginia. Her keel was laid at the mouth of the Kennebec River, in Maine, on...
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The Colonial ClippersThe Colonial ClippersIn this book I have attempted to give some account of the beautiful sailing ships which played so great a part in the development of the great British Dominions under the Southern Cross. It is written specially for the officers and seamen...
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The Sperry Gyro-CompassThe Sperry Gyro-CompassHEN the earth was thrown off from the sun and commenced rotating about its own axis, there was developed a force generated by the earths rotation. For countless centuries this force has been at work, but no one has ever been able...
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Historically Famous LighthousesHistorically Famous Lighthouses - CG-232Under the supervision of the United States Coast Guard, there are today some 158 manned lighthouses in the nation. Another 60 are cared for by other Coast Guard units in the general area. There are hundreds of other lights of...
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My Life at SeaMy Life at Sea - being a "yarn" loosely spun for the purpose of holding together certain reminiscences of the transition period from sail to steam in the British mercantile marine (1863-1894)The author began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of...
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