Even as airlines provide faster means of travel, ships and boats remain as important as ever in transporting passengers and cargo across the world’s bodies of

Amply illustrated book traces evolution of the sailing ship over the course of 6,000 years — from vessels of ancient Egypt to full-rigged clipper ships of the

Consulting editor Arne Emil Christensen. The development of the most primitive forms of boats from simple water transportation to their evolution into ships for

 Electric propulsion for boats was developed in the early 19th century and—despite the advent of the internal combustion engine—continued with the perfec

The famous and complete history of sailing ships from its beginning until the late 19th century. Probably the best and most detailed book about historical windj