Ships of the Seven Seas
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Ships of the Seven Seas is a book by Hawthorne Daniel. The text asks the reader to imagine the world without ships, and says that mighty empires that now exist and have existed in the past would never have developed. The text says that the Indians of North America commonly utilize birch bark.
The text asks the reader to imagine toiling galley slaves, chained in hundreds to the crowded rowing benches, straining at the heavy oars. The text says that the great complete structure of the modern port has been developed within very recent times, principally since the introduction of steam. A list of terms defines luff as the weather edge, the edge toward the wind, and lug as a type of sail of which there are three principal kinds: dipping lug, balance lug, and standing lug.
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- Author
- Hawthorne Daniel
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Engineering
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