Author : David Roy MacGregor
Publisher : Brassey's
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,68 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Clipper ships
ISBN :
The clipper's heyday lasted from the discovery of gold in California in 1849 until the opening of the Suez Canal 20 years later. This book focuses on the ships of the two rival nations Britain and America, built during a period of intense competition in the 1850s.
Author : Glenn A. Knoblock
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0786471123
This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.
Author : Helen La Grange
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781014056269
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Arthur Hamilton Clark
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Clipper ships
ISBN :
Author : Arthur Hamilton Clark
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 1910-01-01
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Richard Warner Van Alstyne
Publisher :
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 44,38 MB
Release : 1921
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Basil Lubbock
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 395427454X
This book is an effort to preserve the records of the most perfect type of sailing ship at the very height of its development, and it has been written entirely for sailors and those who are interested in shipping. I have put down as simply as possible the personal histüry of certain ships and that in the plain language of the sea without any attempt to explajn technical or seafaring terms for the benefit of the landsman. The materiell gathered together in this book has been culled from countless abstract log books, as well aa from information supplied to me, not only by the men who sailed the ships but also by their owners, designers and builders. Indeed I have to thank so many people for their help that a page of print would not contain their names, and I can only hope that this book may, perhaps, recall some pleasant sea memories and thus in some slight way recompense them for their kindness und trouble. Reprint of the original edition (1899)
Author : William Armstrong Fairburn
Publisher :
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 22,37 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Commission merchants
ISBN :
Author : Octavius Thorndike Howe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 35,33 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0486251152
First volume of invaluable, fully illustrated, encyclopedic review of 352 clipper ships from the period of America's greatest maritime supremacy. Introduction. Total in set: 109 halftones. 5 illustrations. Index.
