The author of The Coral Island turns from fiction to tell boys about the most wonderful contrivance in the world: the ship. Ballantyne covers rafts and canoes, ancient vessels and navigators, the mariner’s compass and the Portuguese discoveries, model-boat making, lifeboats and lightships, docks and shipbuilding, launches and coasting vessels, and the language of seamanship.
An enthusiastic Victorian introduction to ships for young readers who love the sea. Download the free EPUB.