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Glasgow, until recently, was a major European port and this publication describes its heyday, decline, neglect and subsequent redevelopment. Most of the docks and quays are featured in separate chapters.
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Showing the Bright Stars with full instructions on how to find and use them for navigational purposes and for Board of Trade examinations Part 1 will help beginners to trace out the principal constellations and Bright Stars. The six large maps have been drawn by Mr. Denning, F.R.A.S. Part 2 deals with the use of the stars in practical navigation.
This book by Basil Lubbock gives a vivid description of two specialised phases of the old sea life in sailing ships. There is still a number of old seamen scattered about the world who knew the fine full-rigged ships of Sandbach Tinne & Co., and James Nourse, and the great four-masters of the Anglo-American Oil Co.
A book for all students of sail and lovers of the windjammer, dealing with the sailing ship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The types covered range from the small craft of Tasmania to the Bluenose ships of Canada, from the Onker barques and barquentines of the Baltic to the schooners of the Pacific Islands.
This work covers the house flags and funnel markings of shipping companies, begun in 1926 by Captain F.J.N. Wedge. It contains over 1000 flags and funnels which constitute a representative selection of the insignia of shipowning, managing and operating companies.