This exciting volume, spanning 5,000 years of the ocean's history, tells the stories of the courageous individuals who sailed seas, for trade, to conquer new lands and to explore the unknown, from the
Legendary Journeys: Ships unfolds the enthralling history of sea-going vessels as they sailed across the globe, from the invention of simple rafts and dugouts to the new technologies of today’s luxury
From dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians to battleships and modern cruise liners, Ship looks at every aspect of water-going vessels and the people who have sailed them. Now in compac
The '74' was the classic line-of-battle ship of the late eighteenth century, andBellona was one of the most important and long lived. Launched in 1760 during the Seven Years War, she belonged to the f
