Final Voyages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Final Voyages write by . This book was released on 1996-06-15. Final Voyages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What finally happened to the USS Arkansas, the Pennsylvania, the Saratoga? Naval historian Kermit (Kit) H. Bonner follows the stories of more than 30 battleships, cruisers and destroyers to their final destinations. Some survive as public museums, some became foreign naval vessels, others wound up in scrapyards or rest eternally at the bottom of the sea. Hundreds of one-of-a-kind photos illustrate the proud heritage of these former rulers of the waves, as well as the men who sailed them.
Captain Cook's Final Voyage
Captain Cook's Final Voyage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Captain Cook's Final Voyage write by James K. Barnett. This book was released on 2017. Captain Cook's Final Voyage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Maritime historian James K. Barnett discovered extraordinary journals and paintings of Captain James Cook's demanding final voyage languishing in Australian archives. Expedition artist John Webber and two young officers"Discovery" first lieutenant James Burney, and "Resolution" Master's Mate Henry Roberts--offer remarkable eyewitness accounts of initial European contact, the first reasonably accurate maps of North America's west coast, the earliest comprehensive report from the Bering Sea ice pack, and portrayals of the celebrated mariner's dramatic death at Kealakekua Bay. Particularly astonishing for depictions of landings along Hawaii, Vancouver Island, and Alaska, Barnett adds context and commentary to complete the story.
Fatal Journey
Fatal Journey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fatal Journey write by Peter C. Mancall. This book was released on 2009-06-09. Fatal Journey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson's final expedition. In the winter of 1610, after navigating dangerous fields of icebergs near the northern tip of Labrador, Hudson's small ship became trapped in winter ice. Provisions grew scarce and tensions mounted amongst the crew. Within months, the men mutinied, forcing Hudson, his teenage son, and seven other men into a skiff, which they left floating in the Hudson Bay. A story of exploration, desperation, and icebound tragedy, Fatal Journey vividly chronicles the undoing of the great explorer, not by an angry ocean, but at the hands of his own men.
Final Voyage
Final Voyage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Final Voyage write by Peter Nichols. This book was released on 2009. Final Voyage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an Arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of America's most distinctive commodities: oil.
Last Voyages
Last Voyages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Last Voyages write by Nicholas Gray. This book was released on 2017-01-06. Last Voyages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looking back at the lives and sailing careers of some of our lifetime's finest yachtsmen, this collection of eleven original, moving accounts is just as much a celebration of the good – tales of hope, achievement and courageous spirit – as it is an account of their tragic final voyages. Included are world-renowned racers, like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, highly experienced cruisers and adventurers, like Peter Tangvald and Bill Tilman, and the notoriously ill-prepared Donald Crowhurst, as well as other famous and some less well-known sailors. Starting with the sad loss of Frank Davison and Reliance in 1949, the book concludes with the amazing last voyage of Philip Walwyn in 2015 – crossing the Atlantic single-handed in his 12 Metre yacht Kate. All of the men and women described were friends with or known to the author, Nicholas Gray, who himself competed in several short-handed long distance races, where he met and raced against many of these fascinating characters. Peppered with photographs showcasing the sailors and their yachts, this is a refreshing look at those who have helped to shape this sport's history, honouring their lives and accomplishments before detailing their tragic last voyages.
