The Voyage is Done & The Winds Don't Blow
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The Voyage is Done & The Winds Don’t Blow.
This e-book covers the transition from sail to steam in the Merchant Navy over the years 1840 to 1939.
It was originally produced in printed form a number of years ago, but has long-since been sold out.
This is the e-book version.
140 pages, including index. A4 size if printed out.
94 illustrations in both colour and B & W photographs.
59,495 words.
The chapters are as follow:
Chapter 1
1840 – 1860
The decline of the East India Company and the appearance of steam
Chapter 2
1860 - 1880
Iron, coal and steam.
Chapter 3
1880 - 1900
Rising steam and the final boom years of sail
Chapter 4
1900 - 1920
Sail, steam and a whiff of diesel
Chapter 5
The Voyage is Done & The Winds Don't Blow
1920 – 1939
This e-book covers the transition from sail to steam in the Merchant Navy over the years 1840 to 1939.
It was originally produced in printed form a number of years ago, but has long-since been sold out.
This is the e-book version.
140 pages, including index. A4 size if printed out.
94 illustrations in both colour and B & W photographs.
59,495 words.
The chapters are as follow:
Chapter 1
1840 – 1860
The decline of the East India Company and the appearance of steam
Chapter 2
1860 - 1880
Iron, coal and steam.
Chapter 3
1880 - 1900
Rising steam and the final boom years of sail
Chapter 4
1900 - 1920
Sail, steam and a whiff of diesel
Chapter 5
The Voyage is Done & The Winds Don't Blow
1920 – 1939
