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Ship masters would therefore go as far south as they dared, weighing the risk of ice against a fast passage. [5] The clipper ships bound for Australia and New Zealand would call at a variety of ports. A ship sailing from Plymouth to Sydney, for example, would cover around 13,750 miles (22,130
The life of the automobile: the complete history of the motor car (Macmillan, 2014). Schivelbusch, Wolfgang. The railway journey: The industrialization of time and space in the nineteenth century (Univ of California Press, 2014). Takatsu, Toshiji. "The history and future of high-speed railways in Japan." Japan Railway & Transport Review 48 ...
The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653, painted by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten A ship of war, Cyclopaedia 1728, Vol 2. The Age of Sail is a period in European history that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) [1] to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated, particularly marked by the introduction of naval ...
A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620 A Spanish galleon Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in ...
Furthermore, several ship type and rig terms were used in the 17th century, but with very different definitions from those applied today. Often decked over, the "small" pinnace was able to support a variety of rigs, each of which conferred maximum utility to specific missions such as fishing, cargo transport and storage, or open ocean voyaging.
Active (1800 ship) Active (1801 whaler) Adamant (1811 ship) Admiral Barrington (1781 ship) Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Admiral Colpoys (1792 ship) Admiral Gambier (1807 ship) Admiral Kingsmill (ship) Admiral Laforey (1797 ship) Admiral Mann (1800 ship) Adriatic (1811 ship) Æolus (1783 ship) Agamemnon (1811 ship) List of ships named Albion ...
Due to their speed and maneuverability they were popular among pirates (though they were rare among American and Caribbean pirates). [4] [8] While their use stretches back before the 17th century, one of the most famous periods for the brig was during the 19th century when they were involved in famous naval battles such as the Battle of Lake ...