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Title:
Fifty ships that changed the course of history : a nautical history of the world / Ian Graham.
Author:
Graham, Ian, 1953- author.
Publication Information:
Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2016.

©2016
Call Number:
VM15 .G544 2016
Abstract:
"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)."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781770857193
Physical Description:
224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Pharaoh Khufu's Solar Barge -- The Trireme -- The Nydam Ship -- Isis -- Mora -- Zheng He's Treasure ships -- Santa Maria -- Mary Rose -- Victoria -- Mayflower -- HMS Endeavour -- HMS Victory -- HMS Sirius -- Clermont (North River Steamboat) -- SS Savannah -- HMS Beagle -- Amistad -- SS Great Britain -- HMS Rattler -- America -- HMS Challenger -- Gloire -- USS Monitor -- Cutty Sark -- Fram -- Spray -- USS Oregon -- USS Holland -- Potemkin -- HMS Dreadnought -- RMS Lusitania -- RMS Titanic -- U-21 -- SS Normandie -- Bismarck -- HMS Illustrious -- SS Patrick Henry -- Yamato -- RV Calypso -- USS Missouri -- Kon-Tiki -- SS Ideal X -- USS Nautilus -- Rainbow Warrior -- NS Lenin -- SS Torrey Canyon -- USS Enterprise -- DSV Alvin -- Glomar Explorer -- MS Allure of the Seas.
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