Explores the maritime history of Bristol, a leading slave port in the eighteenth centuryDelves into the hazards of the slave trade, its recruitment of seamen, its fractious labour relations and mutinies, and how these were resolved by law. One chapte...Daugiau...
Explores the maritime history of Bristol, a leading slave port in the eighteenth centuryDelves into the hazards of the slave trade, its recruitment of seamen, its fractious labour relations and mutinies, and how these were resolved by law. One chapte...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-May-2024, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781805262220)
The wooden dhow, with its characteristic lateen sail, is an appropriate icon for the early trading world of the Indian Ocean. It was based on free trade unhindered by monopolies or superpower domination and pre-dated globalisation by thousands of yea...Daugiau...
Serija: Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Apr-2024, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: The University of Alabama Press, ISBN-13: 9780817394943)
In Too Far on a Whim, Tyler A. Pitrof presents a high-spirited revision of the US Navys commitment to high-steam propulsion systems, the mainstay of its World War II fleets. Pitrofs research persuasively demonstrates that in its war against the Imp...Daugiau...
Serija: Connected Histories of the Middle East and the Global South
(Išleidimo metai: 19-Mar-2024, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477328798)
A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran, and Africa.Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, the regions bordering the western Indian Ocean the green sea, as it was known t...Daugiau...
The Great Lakes were Americas first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the countrys middle a...Daugiau...
The Great Lakes were Americas first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the countrys middle a...Daugiau...
Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 18...Daugiau...
Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 18...Daugiau...
In a time without GPS and echosounder, European engineers and black labourers worked for decades to get a better understanding of the nautical intricacies of the Congo River. This is the first comprehensive story, in text and custom-made maps, of the...Daugiau...
In a time without GPS and echosounder, European engineers and black labourers worked for decades to get a better understanding of the nautical intricacies of the Congo River. This is the first comprehensive story, in text and custom-made maps, of the...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-May-2023, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000950779)
Dr Heywoods second volume of collected papers in the Variorum series brings together fourteen studies published between 2000 and 2010. They represent two of the main strands of his interests during the past decade: the era of Ottoman history dominat...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-May-2023, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000943993)
Dr Heywoods second volume of collected papers in the Variorum series brings together fourteen studies published between 2000 and 2010. They represent two of the main strands of his interests during the past decade: the era of Ottoman history dominat...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 04-Apr-2023, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674293144)
The story of globalization in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as experienced by ordinary people in the Chinese river town of Zhenjiang.Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Alread...Daugiau...
If you want to find your place on Earth, where must you look Who were the first ancient mapmakers What is the Chinese south-pointing carriage How did Christianity influence mapmaking Where Am I? is the fascinating story of howpeople began to chart th...Daugiau...
The book looks at Londons maritime history from the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day. It discusses many different aspects of life on the Thames and its connecting waterways and canals. There was a time when the River Thames was th...Daugiau...
The book looks at Londons maritime history from the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day. It discusses many different aspects of life on the Thames and its connecting waterways and canals. There was a time when the River Thames was th...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 19-Jul-2022, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691235646)
A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern worldIn the centuries leading up to our own, the volume of traffic across Asian sea routes-a...Daugiau...
