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An edition of Fifty ships that changed the course of history (2001)

Fifty ships that changed the course of history

a nautical history of the world

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  • 3 Want to read

"A visual history of economic development in fifty ships, starting from the earliest known record, Pharaoh Khufu's solar barge (roughly 5000 years ago), to MS Allure of the Seas, the biggest passenger ship ever built (longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall)."--

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English
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224

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Ships, Navigation, Shipping, History, Ships, history, Ships, pictorial works, Navigation, history, Ships -- History, Shipping -- History, Shipping -- Economic aspects -- History, Navigation -- History, Naval history, World history
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Cover of: Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History
Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
2022, Firefly Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Fifty ships that changed the course of history
Fifty ships that changed the course of history: a nautical history of the world
2016
in English
Cover of: Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History
Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
2001, The History Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Pharaoh Khufu's Solar Barge
The Trireme
The Nydam Ship
Isis
Mora
Zheng He's Treasure ships
Santa Maria
Mary Rose
Victoria
Mayflower
HMS Endeavour
HMS Victory
HMS Sirius
Clermont (North River Steamboat)
SS Savannah
HMS Beagle
Amistad
SS Great Britain
HMS Rattler
America
HMS Challenger
Gloire
USS Monitor
Cutty Sark
Fram
Spray
USS Oregon
USS Holland
Potemkin
HMS Dreadnought
RMS Lusitania
RMS Titanic
U-21
SS Normandie
Bismarck
HMS Illustrious
SS Patrick Henry
Yamato
RV Calypso
USS Missouri
Kon-Tiki
SS Ideal X
USS Nautilus
Rainbow Warrior
NS Lenin
SS Torrey Canyon
USS Enterprise
DSV Alvin
Glomar Explorer
MS Allure of the Seas.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Titles
50 ships that changed the course of history

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Dewey Decimal Class
387.209
Library of Congress
VM15 .G544 2016, VM15.G544 2016

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Pagination
224 pages
Number of pages
224

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OL27235826M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781770857193
ISBN 10
1770857192
ISBN 13
9781770857193
LCCN
2016416044
OCLC/WorldCat
945781905

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