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Links on this page are to complete book downloads from Google Books, complete texts from other sources and selected academic theses from Texas A&M University. The Google Books archive offers an excellent, broad selection of older histories where copyright has long expired. Complete texts of these books are also available to read online with the Full View option and, in many instances, the complete book can be downloaded as a large pdf file. Note that if you still connect to the Interent with a dialup modem, page load times for the digital books/theses will be long and downloads will frequently lockup before the entire file is downloaded. * Latest additions. |
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FULL RIGGED SHIPS and SCHOONERS
Twenty-six Historic Ships - by Frederic Stanhope Hill, 1905; 26MB
Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of Shipbuilding Terms, Basic... - by J. L. Bates, Bibber Webster, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag
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Ship-building in Iron and Wood - by Andrew Murray, Robert Murray, Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze, 1863; 15.4MB
Two Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock - partly reprinted from "Engineering", 1906; 5.2MB
The sailing boat: a description of English and foreign boats - by Henry Coleman Folkard, 1870; 10.4MB
The
Water Street Ship - Analysis of an 18th century Merchant Ship's Bow - by J. Paul Rosloff, MA Thesis,1986; 10.2MB
Eighteenth Century Colonial American Merchant Ship Construction - by Kellie Michelle VanHorn, MA Thesis, 2004; 6.7MB
Eighteenth Century [British] Merchant Ship Interiors - by Mary Ann Renner, MA Thesis, 1987; 5.0MB
Modern Shipbuilding Terms Defined and Illustrated - by Fred Forrest Pease, 1918; 5.4MB
Notes on Shipbuilding & Nautical Terms of Old in the North... - by EirA-kr MagnAosson , 1906; 1.1MB.
Sailors' Language: A Collection of Sea-terms and Their Definitions - by William Clark Russell, 1883; 4.7MB
Ships and sailors, ancient and modern - by C.C. Cotterill and E.D. Little By Charles Clement Cotterill, Edward Delanoy Little, 1868; 6.3MB.
The Whys and Wherefores of Navigation - by Gershom Bradford, 1918; 2.4MB.
New England (USA) - historical context for the schooner era
The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 - by Samuel Eliot Morison, 1921; 27.0MB.
History of Bath and Environs, Sagadahoc County, Maine: 1607-1894 - by Parker McCobb Reed, 1894; 8.4MB
History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from Their First Exploration, , 1605 - by Cyrus Eaton, 1865; 29.7MB.
Maine: A History By Maine Historical Society - by American Historical Society, 1919; 7.1MB.
The History of Maine - by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, Edward Henryu Elwell, 1892; 23.6MB.
AMERICAN, BRITISH, and FRENCH NAVAL HISTORY in the GREAT AGE of SAIL
A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship-building ... - by Richard Worsam Meade, 1869; 13.7MB.
The Ship-builders' Complete Guide: Comprehending the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture ... - by Charles Frederick Partington 1826; 6.6MB
The theory and practice of ship-building. With portions of the treatise on naval architecture... - by Andrew Murray, Augustin Francis B. Creuze, 1861; 14.6MB.
Naval Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and Composite Ships - by Samuel James Pope Thearle, 1874; 11.0MB.
The Evolution of Hull Design in Sixteenth Century English Ships Of War. - by Marc D. Myers, Masters Thesis 1987; 26MB.
The Framing of 17th Century Men-Of-War in England and Other Northern European Countries. - by Kroum Nickolaev Batchvarov, Masters Thesis 2000; 30MB.
Fireships and Their Role in the British Navy. - by James Lowell Coggeshall, Masters Thesis 1997; 22MB.
Observations on the dimensions of the ships of the line and frigates in the French navy - tr. by Jean Marguerite Tupinier, 1830; 3.6MB.
Modelling La Belle: Reconstruction of a 17th Century French Light Frigate. - by Glen P. Greico, Masters Thesis 2003; 35.6MB.
Rigging of a 17th Century [Portugese] Frigate at Mombassa, Kenya. - by Bruce Fank Carl Thompson, Masters Thesis 1988; 32MB.
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 - by Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1890; 14.8MB.
A History of Sea Power - by William Oliver Stevens, 1920; 14.3MB.
The Navies of the World: Their Present State, and Future Capabilities - by Hans Busk, 1859; 8.3MB.
Naval Battles, Ancient and Modern - by Edward Shippen, 1883; 21.2MB.
A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1893 - by Edgar Stanton Maclay, 1893; 35.7MB.
The History of Our Navy from Its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898 - by John Randolph Spears, 1902; 17.5MB.
A Naval History of the American Revolution - by Gardner Weld Allen, 1913; 17.5MB.
The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812 - by Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1892 ; 11.5MB.
Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 - by Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1905; 12.1MB.
Her Majesty's Hired Transport Schooner 'Nancy' [launched 1789] - by Christopher R. Sabick, MA Thesis 2004; 5.1MB.
Linnet: History and Archeology of a [Royal Navy} Brig from the War of 1812 - by Erika Lea Washburn, MA Thesis 1998; 12.3MB.
Blue Jackets of 1812: A History of the Naval Battles of the Second War with Great Britain - by Willis John Abbot, 1887; 8.9MB.
The Eagel, An American Brig on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812 - by Kevin James Crisman, MA Thesis 1984; 13MB.
History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel:... - by John Thomas Scharf, 1894; 34.8MB.
The Militia of the Seas: A Guide to the Confederate Privateers of American Civil War 1860-1865 - by Valeria Samantha Buford, MA Thesis 2000; 30MB.
France and the Confederate Navy, 1862-1868 .. - by John Bigelow, 1888; 6.0MB.
The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820, with an account of the origin - by William James, 1826; 33.4MB.
The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson: With Notes - by Horatio Nelson Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1845; 29.3MB.
A History of American Privateers - by Edgar Stanton Maclay, 1899; 10.1MB
MARITIME HISTORY, COMMERCE, SEAPORTS and WHALING
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping - by Herbert B. Mason, 1908; 76.3MB.
Merchant Vessels - by Robert Riegel, 1921; 5.3MB.
The American Merchant Marine: Its History and Romance, from 1620 to 1902 - by Winthrop Lippitt Marvin - 1902;9.9MB.
America's Merchant Marine: A Presentation of Its History and Development . . . - by Bankers Trust Company (New York, N.Y.) 1908; 2.9MB.
The Story of Our Merchant Marine: Its Period of Glory, Its Prolonged Decadence and Its Vigorous... - by Willis John Abbot, 1919; 7.6MB.
American Navigation: The Political History of Its Rise and Ruin ... - by William Wallace Bates, 1902; 39MB.
American Merchant Ships and Sailors - by Willis John Abbot, 1908; 10.7MB.
Cours de construction, deuxieme partie: ouvrages hydrauliques des ports de mer.avec Atlas - by C. J. Minard, 1852;12.1MB.
Sailing directions for the principal ports on the east coast of the United States of America.... - by Admiralty hydrogr. dept, 1882; 7.9MB.
A practical guide for British shipmasters to United States ports - by Pierrepont Edwards, 1866; 6.9MB.
Ships and Shipping of Old New York: A Brief Account of the Interesting Phases of the Commerce of... - by Bank of the Manhattan Company, 1915; 1.8MB.
The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands - by Robert Craig Smith, Masters Thesis 1981; 14.3MB.
An Analysis of the Port Royal Shipwreck [British] and Its Role in the Maritime History of 17th Century Port Royal, Jamaica. - bySheila Alicia Clifford, Masters Thesis 1981; 11MB.
Dues and charges on shipping in foreign ports - by G D. Urquhart, 1869; 27.7MB.
Trade Statistics of the Treaty Ports, for the Period 1863-1872 - by China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu, 18....; 12.6MB.
The India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia,... - by James Horsburgh, 1852; 11.3MB.
The British Merchant Service: Being a History of the British Mercantile Marine from the Earliest... - by R. J. Cornewall-Jones, 1898; 27.1MB.
The Commercial Power of Great Britain: Exhibiting a Complete View of the Public Works Under the... ... also docks and ports - by Charles Dupin, 1825; 17.1MB.
Ports maritimes - by Felix Laroche, 1893; 14.8MB.
The Port and Trade of London: Historical, Statistical, Local, and General - by Charles Capper, 1862; 15.3MB.
The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland - by Anthony Marmion, 1855; 20.6MB.
The ports, arsenals, and dockyards of France - by Andrew Valentine Kirwan, 1841; 10.0MB.
Histoire de la marine francaise sous la premiere republique: faisant suite a? ... - by Louis Edouard Chevalier, 1853; 14.4MB.
Les ports et leur fonction economique: Le Havre. - by Georges Blondel, 1908; 1.0MB
* Merchants du Nord [Europe]: 15-18th centuries - 356pp pdf, complete text in French.
* Nantucket - A History - by R.A. Douglas-Lithgow, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914.
* The Story of the New England Whalers - by John Randolph Spears, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908, 6.25MB.
* History of the American Whale Fishery from It's Inception to 1876 - by Joseph Starbuck. First published in part IV of report of U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1878, also issued privately by the author, 1878.
* The Whale and His Captors; or the Whalemen's Adventures - and the Whale's Biography, as Gathered on the Homeward
Cruise of the "Commodore Preble', by Rev. Henry T. Cheever. New ed. with notes and appendix. New York, Harper & Bros., 1853.
* Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers - : And Their Voyages from 1815 to 1870, by Hussey & Robinson, Published by Hussey & Robinson 1876, 4.8MB.
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