Drawing on his own voyages and twenty years of collecting, Daniel tells how ships developed: hulls and sails, the perfected clipper ship, the coming of steam and the great liners, steamships of many kinds, and ships of war from wooden walls to turreted battleships and destroyers. The introduction is by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then a keen naval enthusiast.
A lively general history for anyone who loves ships and the sea. Download the free EPUB.