Romance of the Ship

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 28, 2024

In Category - Transportation

Authors: Edward Keble Chatterton In Year : 1911

Book Language: English

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Preface
The First Ships of the Nile
The Early Ships of the Mediterranean
The Evolution of the Ship in Northern Europe
The Development of the Ship in the Middle Ages
The Ship During Tudor Times
The Ship in Stuart Times and After
The Final Development of the Sailing Ship
The Advent of Steam
The First Steam Warships
The Turret Man-of-War
The Evolution of the Ocean Steamship
The Modern Liner
The Perfecting of the Steam Man-of-War
The Modern Man-of-War
The Ship in Action
The Mercantile Marine, and Yachting
The Fishing Fleets
Lifeboats and Lightships
The Sailing of the Ship

To attempt to describe within limits of one book the whole evolution of the ship from the days of her crude beginnings and limited utility to the present time, when she has become so essential a feature of modern life, may seem to be an ambitious scheme. The term ship denotes so much, and includes so many different types, that it would be utterly impossible to deal with the subject fully in any single book of moderate dimensions, and for all but a few readers such a volume would be not only too large, but too technical. - Summary Adapted from the Preface