Fifty ships that changed the course of history
Subtitle: a nautical history of the world
By: Ian Graham
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781770857193
Subjects: Ships; Navigation; Shipping; History
Other titles: 50 ships that changed the course of history
Description: "A visual history of economic development in fifty ships, starting from the earliest known record, Pharaoh Khufu's solar barge (roughly 5000 years ago), to MS Allure of the Seas, the biggest passenger ship ever built (longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall)."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Pharaoh Khufu's Solar Barge; title: The Trireme; title: The Nydam Ship; title: Isis; title: Mora; title: Zheng He's Treasure ships; title: Santa Maria; title: Mary Rose; title: Victoria; title: Mayflower; title: HMS Endeavour; title: HMS Victory; title: HMS Sirius; title: Clermont (North River Steamboat); title: SS Savannah; title: HMS Beagle; title: Amistad; title: SS Great Britain; title: HMS Rattler; title: America; title: HMS Challenger; title: Gloire; title: USS Monitor; title: Cutty Sark; title: Fram; title: Spray; title: USS Oregon; title: USS Holland; title: Potemkin; title: HMS Dreadnought; title: RMS Lusitania; title: RMS Titanic; title: U-21; title: SS Normandie; title: Bismarck; title: HMS Illustrious; title: SS Patrick Henry; title: Yamato; title: RV Calypso; title: USS Missouri; title: Kon-Tiki; title: SS Ideal X; title: USS Nautilus; title: Rainbow Warrior; title: NS Lenin; title: SS Torrey Canyon; title: USS Enterprise; title: DSV Alvin; title: Glomar Explorer; title: MS Allure of the Seas.