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Why does the Chinese junk, so cumbersome in appearance, have such fine sailing characteristics? How fast was the Yankee clipper, and how long did she reign after the advent of the ocean-crossing side-wheeler? Who mounted the first naval guns in turrets? What was life like aboard an Arab dhow or a French slave-galley? Why were Drake's English galleons superior to the towering, floating fortresses of the Spanish Armada? Where were the first iron-clad fighting vessels developed (centuries before the Merrimack) ? What nation paid Robert Fulton not to make submarines? What was flank speed for the last of the giant 46,000-ton battlewagons?These questions, and thousands of others, are answered in this stunningly illustrated, fascinating, chronological survey of man's watercraft down through the ages. The emphasis is on why and how: the forces determining the development of a given vessel.More than 300 photographs and drawings complement the text. Gathered from worldwide sources, these illustrations, in all cases, are taken from contemporary records, though many, such as those of the monster fighting galleys of ancient Greece and the 18th century slavers, have, until now, lain buried in sc

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Author

Lionel Casson

Publisher

Doubleday & Company Inc.

Published

1964

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Technology, Stem