Explores the maritime history of Bristol, a leading slave port in the eighteenth centuryDelves into the hazards of the slave trade, its recruitment of seamen, its fractious labour relations and mutinies, and how these were resolved by law. One chapte...Loe edasi...
Explores the maritime history of Bristol, a leading slave port in the eighteenth centuryDelves into the hazards of the slave trade, its recruitment of seamen, its fractious labour relations and mutinies, and how these were resolved by law. One chapte...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-May-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781805262220)
The wooden dhow, with its characteristic lateen sail, is an appropriate icon for the early trading world of the Indian Ocean. It was based on free trade unhindered by monopolies or superpower domination and pre-dated globalisation by thousands of yea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of Alabama Press, ISBN-13: 9780817394943)
In Too Far on a Whim, Tyler A. Pitrof presents a high-spirited revision of the US Navys commitment to high-steam propulsion systems, the mainstay of its World War II fleets. Pitrofs research persuasively demonstrates that in its war against the Imp...Loe edasi...
Sari: Connected Histories of the Middle East and the Global South
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Mar-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477328798)
A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran, and Africa.Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, the regions bordering the western Indian Ocean the green sea, as it was known t...Loe edasi...
The Great Lakes were Americas first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the countrys middle a...Loe edasi...
The Great Lakes were Americas first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the countrys middle a...Loe edasi...
Tien Anh Tran, Kolla Bhanu Prakash, Subrata Chowdhury, Ivan CK Tam
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Dec-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003817024)
The development of intelligent transportation systems, especially autonomous underwater vehicles, has become significant in marine engineering, with an aim to enhance energy efficiency management and communication systems. This book covers different...Loe edasi...
Tien Anh Tran, Kolla Bhanu Prakash, Subrata Chowdhury, Ivan CK Tam
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Dec-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003816980)
The development of intelligent transportation systems, especially autonomous underwater vehicles, has become significant in marine engineering, with an aim to enhance energy efficiency management and communication systems. This book covers different...Loe edasi...
This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids. Step-by-step, the reader is guided from simple to more complex pi...Loe edasi...
This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids. Step-by-step, the reader is guided from simple to more complex pi...Loe edasi...
Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 18...Loe edasi...
Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 18...Loe edasi...
Ben Finney, Nainoa Thompson, Marlene Among, Chad Babayan, Tai Crouch, Paul Frost, Bernard Kilonsky, Richard Rhodes, Thomas Schroeder, Dixon Stroup...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Nov-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520913059)
In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokulea, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, oce...Loe edasi...
Ben Finney, Nainoa Thompson, Marlene Among, Chad Babayan, Tai Crouch, Paul Frost, Bernard Kilonsky, Richard Rhodes, Thomas Schroeder, Dixon Stroup...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Nov-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520913059)
In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokulea, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, oce...Loe edasi...
A must-have resource for students submitting to MCA oral exams.Roger Seymour, Senior RYA Examiner, Hamble School of YachtingA no-nonsense study guide helping seafarers to pass their MCA or Flag State oral exams for Deck Officer qualifications. This...Loe edasi...
A must-have resource for students submitting to MCA oral exams.Roger Seymour, Senior RYA Examiner, Hamble School of YachtingA no-nonsense study guide helping seafarers to pass their MCA or Flag State oral exams for Deck Officer qualifications. This...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Sep-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031410659)
In a time without GPS and echosounder, European engineers and black labourers worked for decades to get a better understanding of the nautical intricacies of the Congo River. This is the first comprehensive story, in text and custom-made maps, of the...Loe edasi...