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In 1895, emissaries from the New York Yacht Club traveled to Deer
Isle, Maine, to recruit the nation's best sailors, an "All
American" crew. This remote island in Penobscot Bay sent nearly
thirty of its fishing men to sail "Defender," and under skipper
Hank Haff, they beat their opponents in a difficult and
controversial series. To the delight of the American public, the
charismatic Sir Thomas Lipton sent a surprise challenge in 1899.
The New York Yacht Club knew where to turn and again recruited Deer
Isle's fisherman sailors. Undefeated in two defense campaigns, they
are still considered one of the best American sail-racing teams
ever assembled. Read their fascinating story and relive their
adventure.
Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the
dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the
middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of
Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route
between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between
the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile
enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as
sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network
today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight
Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their
Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races,
makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional
gamblers and horrific accidents.
Massachusetts Bay stretches along the rocky coast and dangerously
sandy shoals from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and gives the Bay State its
distinctive shape and the Atlantic Ocean one of its largest
graveyards. Author and longtime diver Thomas Hall guides us through
the history of eight dreadful wrecks as we navigate around Mass
Bay. Learn the sorrowful fate of the Portland and its crew during
the devastating Portland Gale of 1898, how the City of Salisbury
went down with its load of exotic zoo animals in the shadow of
Graves Light and how the Forest Queen lost its precious cargo in a
nor'easter. Hall provides updated research for each shipwreck, as
well as insights into the technology, ship design and weather
conditions unique to each wreck.
Ferryboats have been a way of life on Puget Sound since settlers
first arrived there. From the wooden Mosquito Fleet to the sleek
art deco Kalakala, the ferries of Puget Sound serve as a cultural
icon to visitors and locals alike. Running from Point Defiance to
Sidney, British Columbia, the Washington State ferry system is the
single largest tourist attraction in the state, with 28 routes and
23 million riders annually. Names like Vashon, Kalakala, and
Chetzemoka still resonate with fondness and nostalgia long after
they have gone, while ships built the year Lindberg flew solo
across the Atlantic will soon be pensioned off and pass into the
"Ghost Fleet." In this volume, travelers are invited to look back
to the past and bid Puget Sound's "ancient mariners" a fond
farewell.
The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest
Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in
2022 On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance,
finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence
as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The
miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered
legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the
Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an
audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the
Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to
find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages
were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In
March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over
the world. Written by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on
both expeditions, this captivating narrative includes countless
fascinating stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship. Complete
with a selection of Frank Hurley's photos from Shackleton's
original voyage in 1914-17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019
and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this
monumental discovery.
Jeremy Scanlon was born and educated in Massachusetts. Now he lives
in this cottage illustrated on the back cover beside the canal. His
wife, Dorothy Priest, was born in the cottage, daughter of the
carpenter who built the canal's lock gates. Their hotel narrowboat
carried paying guests over 60,000 miles along the lovely inland
waterways of England and Wales. Here mine hosts enjoy a rare moment
of tranquility in 'Unicorn's' saloon.
Born in the ancient fishing village of Rosehearty on the Moray
Firth coast in 1949, David Littlejohn Beveridge went to sea in June
1966 as a deck apprentice with T & J Brocklebank. In 1978 he
joined the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland
later the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, achieving command
in 1987. 'Water Under the Keel' is his autobiography.
More than one million immigrants fled the Irish famine for North
America--and more than one hundred thousand of them perished aboard
the "coffin ships" that crossed the Atlantic. But one small ship
never lost a passenger.
"All Standing" recounts the remarkable tale of the "Jeanie
Johnston" and her ingenious crew, whose eleven voyages are the
stuff of legend. Why did these individuals succeed while so many
others failed? And what new lives in America were the ship's
passengers seeking?
In this deeply researched and powerfully told story, acclaimed
author Kathryn Miles re-creates life aboard this amazing vessel,
richly depicting the bravery and defiance of its shipwright,
captain, and doctor--and one Irish family's search for the American
dream.
This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range
features Admiral Nelson’s fully preserved flagship HMS Victory,
the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy’s greatest battle off
Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. In the HMS Victory Pocket
Manual, Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the
workings of the only surviving ‘line of battle’ ship of the
Napoleonic Wars. And, as Victory was engaged in battle during only
two per cent of her active service, the book also provides a
glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per
cent of the time. This volume presents answers to questions such
as: ‘What types of wood were used in building Victory?’;
‘What was Victory’s longest voyage?’; ‘How many shots were
fired from her guns at Trafalgar?’; ‘How many boats did Victory
carry?’; ‘What was prize money?’; ‘What was grog?’;
‘When did her career as a fighting ship end?’, and ‘How many
people visit Victory each year?’. It gives a full history of the
world's most famous warship through a highly accessible pocket-book
format. The book includes a pertinent and varied selection of
contemporary documents and records to explain the day-to-day
running of a three-decker Georgian warship. The leading historian
of the sailing man of war, Peter Goodwin was technical and
historical advisor to HMS Victory in Portsmouth for more than 20
years, and is in a unique position to investigate and interpret not
only the ship’s structure but also the essential aspects of
shipboard life: victualling, organisation, discipline, domestic
arrangements and medical care.
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Glossaries of Nautical Terms
- English to Chinese (Simplified), Creole, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Spanish
(Hardcover)
Auxiliary Interpreter Corps
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R2,656
Discovery Miles 26 560
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered
the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its
most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly
eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country
between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these
individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in
Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most
of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre
Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the
line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles
in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the
1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and
William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre
Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.
Titanic is a fascinating exploration of the most famous maritime
disaster of all time. It delves into the astonishing facts
surrounding the tragedy of 1912 and is essential for anyone wishing
to separate myth from reality. With a range of trivia including
facts about the construction of the vessel deemed to be
'unsinkable', the information is presented in an interesting and
engaging way to embrace a wide variety of readers. This title is
brimming with facts about the Titanic and its passengers, the
history of the Titanic, strange stories of premonitions of the
disaster, conspiracy theories, the various films, the sinking of
the Titanic, the discovery of the wreck and salvage operations, are
all explored. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide
variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The
amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting,
surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of
topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in
equal measure.
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