Título:
Boat
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Resumen:
A history of the development and use of boats, ships and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
1992
SERIES_EPSB:
Descripción física:
63 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Edición:
1st American ed.
Nota general:
Includes index.
Contenido:
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.
EPSB_521_0:
4-8
EPSB_521_2:
4-8
Autor corporativo añadido:
ISBN:
9780789465856
Información de publicación:
London ; New York : DK Pub., c1992.
