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The Romance of the Ship

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To attempt to describe within limits of one book the whole evolution of the ship from the days of her crude beginnings and limited utility to the present time, when she has become so essential a feature of modern life, may seem to be an ambitious scheme. The term ship denotes so much, and includes so many different types, that it would be utterly impossible to deal with the subject fully in any single book of moderate dimensions, and for all but a few readers such a volume would be not only too large, but too technical. - Summary Adapted from the Preface (8 hr 32 min)

Chapters

Preface

2:18

Read by BettyB

The First Ships of the Nile

30:24

Read by ToddHW

The Early Ships of the Mediterranean

18:31

Read by Inkell

The Evolution of the Ship in Northern Europe

25:31

Read by prajak

The Development of the Ship in the Middle Ages

19:32

Read by ToddHW

The Ship During Tudor Times

20:31

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Ship in Stuart Times and After

22:28

Read by roselbex

The Final Development of the Sailing Ship

22:38

Read by roselbex

The Advent of Steam

26:06

Read by mleigh

The First Steam Warships

22:35

Read by Paul Parkinson

The Turret Man-of-War

29:24

Read by ToddHW

The Evolution of the Ocean Steamship

35:15

Read by roselbex

The Modern Liner

27:17

Read by BettyB

The Perfecting of the Steam Man-of-War

31:18

Read by roselbex

The Modern Man-of-War

28:06

Read by Paul Parkinson

The Ship in Action

27:19

Read by Paul Parkinson

The Mercantile Marine, and Yachting

31:35

Read by Daniel Netsah

The Fishing Fleets

31:13

Read by prajak

Lifeboats and Lightships

29:27

Read by Availle

The Sailing of the Ship

30:39

Read by prajak

Bewertungen

(2 Sterne)

The reader has a heavy Indian accent and is very difficult to understand!