Victorian and Edwardian Merchant Steamships from Old Photographs

GREENHILL, Basil

GIFFARD, Ann

Chrysalis Books

From the spectacular grace of the huge square-rigged ships and the great North American schooners to the simple beauty of the lug-rigged boats, the merchant sailing vessels of the nineteenth century occupy a key place in maritime and industrial history. The golden age of the merchant sailing ship also coincided with the emergence of photography, making possible this evocative and graphic record of ships and conditions of life at sea and on land during that era. Basil Greenhill, director of Britain's National Maritime Museum, and his wife, Ann Giffard, illustrate this fascinating account with 127 photographs (some taken more than 125 years ago), selected from the museum's superb collection.

The merchant sailing ships: a photographic history: 127 photographs from the National Maritime Museum depicting British and North American sailing ... of the people who worked in and around them;

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

David&Charles

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The British Assault on Finland, 1854-1855: A Forgotten Naval War

History

Europe

Naval_Institute_Press

This classic, first-of-its-kind study of merchant shipping sheds light on the manner in which the rapid development of shipbuilding in Prince Edward Island played a significant part in Canada's early history. James Yeo, once a village labourer in his native Cornwall, came to the colony and quickly amassed a fortune from shipbuilding and the shipping trade. His rough-and-ready business deals spawned his mercurial rise to prominence in the colony. (His home, Port Hill, is now a shipbuilding museum.) First published in 1967, this book originated from an idea by Ann Giffard and was jointly executed by this husband-and-wife team. It connects the burgeoning expansion of shipbuilding in the colonies with the settlers' hometown in Devon, and explains why, when Britain was cut off from supplies of wood in Europe, shipbuilding suddenly took hold in Canada. It is a unique study that shows local history is an important window into the interconnected world of economic development.

Westcountrymen in Prince Edward's Isle

Americas

Formac

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