Boat

Title
Boat

Personal Author EPSB
Eric. Kentley

Summary
A history of the development and use of boats, ships and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.

Year Published
1992

Series
Eyewitness books

Physical Description
63 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Note
Includes index.

Contents
Taking to the water -- Rafts -- Skin boats -- Bark canoes -- Dugouts and outriggers -- Plank boats -- Putting planks together -- Oarsome power -- Blowing in the wind -- Sail style -- The age of sail -- Thar' she blows! -- A splash of color -- In sheltered waters -- Steam and paddle wheels -- Turn of the screw -- Last days of the merchant sail -- Hook, line, and sinker -- Building in iron and steel -- Tramping the seas -- In the dock -- On the bridge -- Luxurious liners -- S.O.S. (save our souls!) -- Sailing at speed -- Learning the ropes.

Subject
Ships -- History.
 
Navigation -- History.
 
Ships -- History -- Pictorial works.
 
Navigation -- History -- Pictorial works.
 
Boats and boating -- History -- Pictorial works.

Added Author
Stevenson, James.
 
Chambers, Tina.

Added Corporate Author
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

Summary
A history of the development and use of boats, ships and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.

ISBN
9780789465856

Publisher
London ; New York : DK Pub., c1992.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Stratford623.8 KENBook30577000254665Non-Fiction