Fifty ships that changed the course of history : a nautical history of the world
50 ships that changed the course of history
Ian Graham.
- Paperback edition.
- Buffalo, New York Richmond Hill, Ontario Firefly Books 2023
- 224 pages illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
Previously published: Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
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 Sea.
"A beautiful guide to fifty water vessels that played a key role in world history and had a great impact on human civilization."--