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The Complete History of Ships and Boats

From Sails and Oars to Nuclear-Powered Vessels

by Robert Curley
Britannica Educational Publishing
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Even as airlines provide faster means of travel, ships and boats remain as important as ever in transporting passengers and cargo across the world's bodies of water. While ship design has become increasingly sophisticated with time, everything including the luxury liners, warships, and sailboats of today owe much to the watercraft that facilitated travel, trade, and war among ancient cultures. This detailed volume examines the development of the different types of water vehicles and the design of related structures, including docks and quays.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Transportation and Society

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 1, 2012

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781615307272

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781615307272
      • File size: 5957 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      April 1, 2012

      Gr 10 Up-This disappointing series recycles vast portions of its text from Britannica Online. Articles in all volumes are verbatim from similarly titled ones in the Britannica School Edition. Overly formal language makes many passages difficult to understand for readers unfamiliar with the subjects, even with recourse to the glossaries. Technical detail crosses the line into mind-numbing minutiae on a regular basis. Despite claims to comprehensiveness, military history is barely covered-not even in the volumes on aviation and naval vessels, whose covers feature a fighter jet and a modern warship, respectively. Other notable omissions include urban mass transit train systems or any discussion of canoes, which played such an important part in the exploration of North America and the Pacific. The smattering of photos, reproductions, and diagrams does little to break up the texts. Better sources are readily available on these subjects.

      Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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