The ship, its origin and progress; being a general history from its first invention to the latest improvements; forming a complete account of the naval events of the ancients, the middle ages, and the modern epochs, to the close of 1848; including the state of the navies of all nations, episodes, and lines of shipping; discoveries, colonization, and commerce; with an appendix, containing a concise description of every kind of vessel. Illustrated with twenty-four plates, representing the ships of all kinds and times, and ten of coloured flags; also, five large diagrams of naval battles, and numerous wood engravings.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Wm. H. Allen and Co.,
1849.
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| Item Description: | On frontispiece: Researches on inventions, their origin & history. Part I. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 641, xxxvi pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations (including color frontispiece), diagrams ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | "List of works cited, quoted, or translated from": 1 page following page xi. |