The ship, its origin and progress
Subtitle: being a general history from its firstinvention to the latest improvements; forming a complete account of the naval events of the ancients, the middle ages, and the modern epochs, to the close of 1848; including the state of the navies of all nations, episodes, and lines of shipping; discoveries, colonization, and commerce; with an appendix, containing a concise description of every kind of vessel. Illustrated with twenty-four plates, representing the ships of all kinds and times, and ten of coloured flags; also, five large diagrams of naval battles, and numerous wood engravings
By: By Francis Steinitz.
Publisher: W.H. Allen and Co
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Naval art and science -- History.; Ships.; Shipbuilding -- History.; Naval history.; Naval battles.; Flags.; Navies.
Notes: On frontispiece: Researches on inventions, their origin & history. Part I.

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