2017, ISBN: 1684421497

[EAN: 9781684421497], Neubuch, [PU: Turner Publishing Company, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. AN ENLIGHTENING, EXPANDED VIEW OF AMERICAN MARITIME HISTORYFrom Native Am… More...

[EAN: 9781684421497], Neubuch, [PU: Turner Publishing Company, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. AN ENLIGHTENING, EXPANDED VIEW OF AMERICAN MARITIME HISTORYFrom Native Americans with birch bark canoes and inventive colonists who took fishing shallops and laid decks over them for coastal trading to the rise of the automated mass carrier and ever-bigger passenger cruise ships, this book tells the story of four hundred years of America's maritime history. It is filled with powerful and evocative images of ships such as the Mayflower, Savannah, Flying Cloud, Alabama, Sea-Land McLean, and Exxon Valdez; ports, including Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Salem, Buffalo, and Seattle; and people such as Joseph Peabody, Robert Fulton, Mark Twain, Donald McKay, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. P. Morgan, and Malcom McLean.The Way of the Ship offers a global perspective and considers both oceanic shipping and domestic shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. The result is an eye-opening, authoritative look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shape the nation's history. Includes 16 color pages of marine paintings by John Stobart.This is part of a two-book project created by the American Maritime History Project, Inc., an independent enterprise with an office at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York., Books<

2000, ISBN: 9781684421497

The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offers a global perspective and considers oce… More...

The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offers a global perspective and considers oceanic shippinganddomestic shipping along America''s coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. The result is an eye-opening look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shaped the nation’s history. It features beautiful color images of paintings by today’s premier marine artist, John Stobart. Books List_Books<

2007, ISBN: 9781684421497

Wiley, Hardcover, 556 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-11-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781684421497, 0.91 kg, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Naval Forces, Arm… More...

Wiley, Hardcover, 556 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-11-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781684421497, 0.91 kg, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Naval Forces, Armed Forces, Military History, History, Subjects, Maritime History & Piracy, World History, United States, Americas, Ships, Transport, Reference, Wiley, 2007<

2000, ISBN: 9781684421497

Hardback. New., 6