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R. M. Ballantyne. Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
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R.M. Ballantyne
"Man on the Ocean"
Chapter One
Treats of Ships in General
Chapter Two
The Earliest Days of Water-Travelling
Chapter Three
Rafts and Canoes
Chapter Four
Ancient Ships and Navigators
Chapter Five
The Mariner’s Compass—Portuguese Discoveries
Chapter Six
Boats, Model-Boat Making, etcetera
A Model Boat
Chapter Seven
Lifeboats and Lightships
Grace Darling
Lifeboats
Lightships
Chapter Eight
Docks and Shipbuilding
The Dockyard
Nature and Use of Docks
Building a Ship
Chapter Nine
The Launch, etcetera
Rigging a Ship
Chapter Ten
Coasting Vessels
Sloops
The Cutter
The Schooner
The Brig
The Brigantine
Chapter Eleven
Vessels of Large Size
The Barque
The Ship
Chapter Twelve
Wooden and Iron Walls
Chapter Thirteen
Origins of Steamships—Ocean-Steamers, etcetera
The First Steamer
The Comet
The “Argyle”, afterwards named “The Thames.”
Ocean-Steamers
The “Savannah” Steamer
Ocean Mail-Steamers
The Czar’s Yacht “Livadia.”
Chapter Fourteen
The “Great Eastern.”
Chapter Fifteen
Curious Craft of Many Lands
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R. M. Ballantyne
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Everything must have a beginning, and, however right and proper things may appear to those who begin them, they generally wear a strange, sometimes absurd, aspect to those who behold them after the lapse of many centuries.
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