BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Sail's Last Century The Merchant Sailing Ship 1830-1930
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Sail's Last Century The Merchant Sailing Ship 1830-1930
Author: Robert Gardiner
Year: 2001
Format: PDF
File size: 214,1 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2001
Format: PDF
File size: 214,1 MB
Language: ENG
A period that is commonly presented as a long, drawn out battle between sail and steam, this volume - the sixth in an ambitious series - sets out to prove that this was not the case and that shipowners, far from seeing the two types as irreconcilable rivals, invested in one or the other according to the usual commercial evaluation of potential risks and rewards.