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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
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reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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Historic Ships
(Hardcover)
Rupert Sargent Holland; Illustrated by Manning Dev Lee
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R1,399
Discovery Miles 13 990
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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1926. Contents: Ships of the Ancient World; Viking Voyages to
America; Barbary Pirates; The Portuguese Explorers; The Argosies
and Pageants of Venice; The Caravels of Columbus; The First Ship to
Sail Around the World; Discoverers in the New World; The Great
Harry; English Adventurers; The Spanish Armada; The Mayflower;
Dutch Ships; Tall East Indiamen; Ships of the American Colonies and
Republic; Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast; The Victory: a
Ship-of-the-Line; The North Atlantic Packets; Old Ironsides: the
Frigate Constitution; Ships in Eastern Seas; Thar She Blows! The
Whaler; The Darling of the Seas: The Clipper Ship; Warriors of the
Deep; Ships of Various Types; and Ships of the Modern World.
The official reports of the 1912 American and British inquiries
into the Titanic. "Report of the United States Senate Committee to
Investigate the Causes of the Loss of the White Star Liner Titanic"
and "The British Wreck Commissioner's Report on the Loss of the
Titanic."
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
On March 6, 2004, the small passenger vessel Lady D, a pontoon
water taxi with 2 crewmembers and 23 passengers on board, was en
route from Fort McHenry to Fells Point, Maryland, when it
encountered a rapidly developing storm with high winds. The pontoon
vessel began to roll in the waves and eventually continued over
onto its starboard side and capsized. Major safety issues discussed
in this report include passenger weight criteria for stability
assessment; pontoon vessel stability standards; and policies and
procedures pertaining to weather operations. As a result of its
investigation of this accident, the Safety Board made safety
recommendations to the U. S. Coast Guard.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
The Final Years of Palm Line Tramping into Obscurity; Steams Indian
Summer on the Thames: Part 2; Photographer in Focus: David de Maus:
Part 2; Putting the Record straight; Laurence Dunn A retrospective
of a prolific talent; Under the Star & Crescent: British-Built
Ships Owned in Pakistan.
A FASCINATING INVESTIGATION OF HOW WE NAVIGATE THE PHYSICAL WORLD,
"INNER NAVIGATION" IS A LIVELY, ENGAGING ACCOUNT OF SUBCONSCIOUS
MAPMAKING.
Why are we so often disoriented when we come up from the
subway?
Do we really walk in circles when we lose our bearings in the
wilderness?
How -- and why -- do we get lost at all?
In this surprising, stimulating book, Erik Jonsson, a Swedish-born
engineer who has spent a lifetime exploring navigation over every
terrain, from the crowded cities of Europe to the emptiness of the
desert, gives readers extraordinary new insights into the human
way-finding system.
Written for the nonscientist, "Inner Navigation" explains the
astonishing array of physical and psychological cues the brain uses
to situate us in space and build its "cognitive maps" -- the
subconscious maps it employs to organize landmarks. Humans, Jonsson
explains, also possess an intuitive direction frame -- an internal
compass -- that keeps these maps oriented (when it functions
properly) and a dead-reckoning system that constantly updates our
location on the map as we move through the world. Even the most
cynical city-dweller will be amazed to learn how much of this
innate sense we use every day as we travel across town or around
the world.
Both a scientific and a human story, "Inner Navigation"
contains a rich assortment of real-life insights and examples of
the navigational challenges we all face, no matter where or how we
live. It's a book that is as provocative to ponder as it is
delightful to lose yourself in. Don't worry: Erik Jonsson will help
you find your bearings.
The Army version "Map Reading and Land Navigation" is the simplest
and most straightforward explanation of how to get around with just
a compass and a map. This guide is perfect for any outdoorsman or
for teaching Boy Scouts how to use a compass.
The last of his published works, History of the Buccaneers of
America, published in 1816, is Burney's historical account of the
Spanish, English, and French expansion in the New World. In it, he
takes a harsh look at those "miscreants" from his own country who
took up arms against the Spanish explorers for glory, revenge, and
gold and stole treasures from the native people. Far from
hagiographic, Burney is highly critical of his countrymen's loose
morality: he hoped to produce an account that was far more truthful
than any previous attempt. Anyone interested in history and the age
of explorers will be fascinated by these little-known stories of
the day-to-day discovery of the Americas. Englishman JAMES BURNEY
(1759-1821) was a rear admiral in the British Royal Navy. He
traveled with the famous Captain Cook and wrote a handful of books
about the exploration of various parts of the world, including his
most famous, Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries
in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (1803).
Details the beginnings, life and trading decline of the Stour
Navigation from the seventeenth century. This book looks at the
circumstances surrounding the construction of the first lock gates
and general engineering works that converted the river into an
inland navigation and the changing fortunes in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries.
The Army version "Map Reading and Land Navigation" is the simplest
and most straightforward explanation of how to get around with just
a compass and a map. This guide is perfect for any outdoorsman or
for teaching Boy Scouts how to use a compass.
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