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Sailing ships — E. Keble Chatterton

Sailing ships

E. Keble Chatterton

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 321 pages

Sailing Ships by E. Keble Chatterton is a historical study of the development of sailing vessels from the earliest times to the early twentieth century. It explains changes in hull design, rigging, and shipbuilding, with many illustrations. It is worthwhile for listeners interested in maritime history and the evolution of technology.

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Contents

  1. SAILING SHIPS
  2. PREFACE.
  3. ERRATA
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. PLANS.
  7. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
  8. CHAPTER II. EARLY EGYPTIAN SHIPS FROM ABOUT 6000 B.C.
  9. CHAPTER III. ANCIENT SHIPS OF PHŒNICIA, GREECE, AND ROME.[10]
  10. CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY SHIPS OF NORTHERN EUROPE.
  11. CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAILING SHIP FROM THE EIGHTH CENTURY TO THE YEAR 1485.
  12. CHAPTER VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAILING SHIP FROM THE TIME OF HENRY VII. TO THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH (1485-1603).
  13. CHAPTER VII. FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES I. TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
  14. CHAPTER VIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAILING SHIP IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
  15. CHAPTER IX. THE FORE-AND-AFT RIG AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS; COASTERS, FISHING BOATS, YACHTS, ETC.[116]
  16. GLOSSARY.
  17. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
  18. INDEX
  19. PLANS
  20. FOOTNOTES:
  21. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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