Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them

This book gives a brief history of square-rigged ships of the British North American merchant marine, an area of shipping history not previously well-covered. Many of the ships and crews the author writes about worked on the Grand Banks as a part of the Banks Fishery. -- This copy includes eight pag...

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Main Author: Wallace, Frederick William, 1886-1958
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. 1924
Subjects:
Sailing ships
Shipbuilding > Canada
Square riggers > Canada
Ships
Wooden > Canada
Merchant marine > Canada > History
Merchant ships > Canada > History
Newfoundland studies
Prince Edward Island
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/79093
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:cns/79093 2023-12-31T10:19:38+01:00 Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them Wallace, Frederick William, 1886-1958 Canada--Nova Scotia; Canada--New Brunswick; Canada--Prince Edward Island; Canada--Québec (Province); Great Lakes (North America) [1924] xviii, 337, [26] p. of plates : front., ill. image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/79093 eng eng Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. London, England Toronto, Ontario (64.15MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/WoodenShipsIronMen.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books VK 26 W3 1924 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/79093 Centre for Newfoundland Studies Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Sailing ships Shipbuilding--Canada Square riggers--Canada Ships Wooden--Canada Merchant marine--Canada--History Merchant ships--Canada--History Text Book 1924 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z This book gives a brief history of square-rigged ships of the British North American merchant marine, an area of shipping history not previously well-covered. Many of the ships and crews the author writes about worked on the Grand Banks as a part of the Banks Fishery. -- This copy includes eight pages of illustrations from Blue Peter colour prints, tipped-in at the beginning. Blue Peter colour prints: The China clippers. Cutty Sark Thermopylæ. The American clippers. Dreadnought Flying Cloud. The Boston clippers. James Baines Lightning. The Melbourne clipper. Carlisle Castle -- Chapter 1. The dawn of British North American shipping -- Chapter 2. The boom days of the 'fifties -- Chapter 3. The 'sixties in Quebec and New Brunswick shipping -- Chapter 4. The 'sixties in Nova Scotia--a period of expansion -- Chapter 5. The Bluenose fashion -- Chapter 6. The Nova Scotiamen of the palmy 'seventies -- Chapter 7. The 'seventies in New Brunswick shipping -- Chapter 8. The 'seventies in Quebec, Prince Edward Island and the lakes -- Chapter 9. The 'eighties in Nova Scotia shipping -- Chapter 10. The 'eighties in New Brunswick, Quebec and Prince Edward Island -- Chapter 11. The last of the Bluenose ships -- Appendix. This copy contains several additional illustrations on p. [2], the title page, and p. [3] of cover. Book Newfoundland studies Prince Edward Island Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Sailing ships
Shipbuilding--Canada
Square riggers--Canada
Ships
Wooden--Canada
Merchant marine--Canada--History
Merchant ships--Canada--History
spellingShingle Sailing ships
Shipbuilding--Canada
Square riggers--Canada
Ships
Wooden--Canada
Merchant marine--Canada--History
Merchant ships--Canada--History
Wallace, Frederick William, 1886-1958
Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
topic_facet Sailing ships
Shipbuilding--Canada
Square riggers--Canada
Ships
Wooden--Canada
Merchant marine--Canada--History
Merchant ships--Canada--History
description This book gives a brief history of square-rigged ships of the British North American merchant marine, an area of shipping history not previously well-covered. Many of the ships and crews the author writes about worked on the Grand Banks as a part of the Banks Fishery. -- This copy includes eight pages of illustrations from Blue Peter colour prints, tipped-in at the beginning. Blue Peter colour prints: The China clippers. Cutty Sark Thermopylæ. The American clippers. Dreadnought Flying Cloud. The Boston clippers. James Baines Lightning. The Melbourne clipper. Carlisle Castle -- Chapter 1. The dawn of British North American shipping -- Chapter 2. The boom days of the 'fifties -- Chapter 3. The 'sixties in Quebec and New Brunswick shipping -- Chapter 4. The 'sixties in Nova Scotia--a period of expansion -- Chapter 5. The Bluenose fashion -- Chapter 6. The Nova Scotiamen of the palmy 'seventies -- Chapter 7. The 'seventies in New Brunswick shipping -- Chapter 8. The 'seventies in Quebec, Prince Edward Island and the lakes -- Chapter 9. The 'eighties in Nova Scotia shipping -- Chapter 10. The 'eighties in New Brunswick, Quebec and Prince Edward Island -- Chapter 11. The last of the Bluenose ships -- Appendix. This copy contains several additional illustrations on p. [2], the title page, and p. [3] of cover.
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author Wallace, Frederick William, 1886-1958
author_facet Wallace, Frederick William, 1886-1958
author_sort Wallace, Frederick William, 1886-1958
title Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
title_short Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
title_full Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
title_fullStr Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
title_full_unstemmed Wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
title_sort wooden ships and iron men : the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of british north america, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them
publisher Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd.
publishDate 1924
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/79093
op_coverage Canada--Nova Scotia; Canada--New Brunswick; Canada--Prince Edward Island; Canada--Québec (Province); Great Lakes (North America)
genre Newfoundland studies
Prince Edward Island
genre_facet Newfoundland studies
Prince Edward Island
op_source Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
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Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books
VK 26 W3 1924
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/79093
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