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Published by New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1939, New York, 1939
ISBN 10: 1199731366ISBN 13: 9781199731364
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 425p., 70 illustrations including frontis, folding map & chart, appendices, bibliography, index, red cloth, gilt spine titles, This is the story of the substitution of steam for sail and of the consequent speeding up of communication across the Atlantic. From the first voyage of the pioneer paddle-wheeler "Savannah" in 1819, the author outlines the evolution of modern naval architecture and marine engineering. Some light foxing.