Dorling Kindersley in association with the National Maritime Museum,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1992.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
63 pages
CONTENTS NOTE
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Taking to the water -- Rafts -- Skin boats -- Bark canoes -- Dugouts and outriggers -- Plank boats -- Putting planks together -- Oarsome power -- Blowing in the wind -- Sail style -- The age of sail -- Thar' she blow! -- A splash of colour -- In sheltered waters -- Steam and paddlewheels -- Turn of the screw -- Last days of the merchant sail -- Hook, line and sinker -- Building in iron and steel -- Tramping the seas -- In the dock -- On the bridge -- Luxurious liners -- S.O.S. (Save our souls!) -- Yachts for cruising -- Learning the ropes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Photographs and text depict boats and ships from around the world from reed and skin boats, birch-bark canoes and hand-carved outriggers to modern ocean liners. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Boats and boating-- History, Pictorial works, Juvenile literature.