Pictorial History of Ships

136 Pages·1977·30.466 MB·English

by  J.H. Martin

OF
PICTORIAL HISTORY
OF
PICTORIAL HISTORY
SHIPS
The storyofshipbuildingandthe
historyoflinersandwarshipsover
thelastfourcenturies
arehereprofuselyillustrated.
Sixteenth-centurygalleonsbuilt
forbattlesorforexploration,
paddle steamers,tradingclippers,
the firstironclads,thelush
linersofthetwentiethcentury
andthelatestdevelopments
innuclear-poweredwarshipsand
aircraftcarriersare all
describedinanaccount
fullofinterestingindividual
talesofships
andthe sea.
1

Contents The Age
of Fighting Sail
TheTriumph Steam zb
of
Modern Warships o
4
Great Ocean Liners bz
Sailing on theTradeWinds 8z
Cargo and Container Ships
94
Voyages Adventure
of 116
Index
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