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Five centuries of famous ships : from the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer / Robert G. Albion ; with a foreword by Benjamin Labaree.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, 1896-1983.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ships--History.
- Ships.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [1978]
- Contents:
- The dawn of the modern era 1492
- 1660
- The eighteenth century 1728
- 1815
- Steam challenges sail 1807
- 1860
- The triumph of steam 1859
- 1898
- The twentieth century 1897
- 1977
- Index of ships.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0070009538
- 9780070009530
- OCLC:
- 2911000
- Online:
- Index to vessels mentioned in this resource
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