Ships, Shipping and Fishing
With Some Account of our Seaports and their Industries

This 1915 volume traces the development of human ingenuity in shipping from the early dug-out boat to the Aquitania.

George F. Bosworth (Author)

9781107693869, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 February 2012

96 pages
20.3 x 13.3 x 0.6 cm, 0.12 kg

This book by George F. Bosworth was originally published in 1915 and was the first title to appear in the Cambridge Industrial and Commercial Series. Intended for use in schools, the volume traces the development of human ingenuity in shipping from the early dug-out boat to the launching of the Aquitania. Successive chapters provide a detailed account of the work of the Royal Navy and dockyards and also consider the fishing industry and ports in Great Britain, lighthouses and lightships, their construction, distribution, and value to the shipping industry. Great seaports and their industries, together with the history and condition of the Cinque Ports are treated in the last chapters.

General preface
Editor's note
1. Early boats and ships - the Mediterranean
2. Early boats and ships - the North Sea
3. From sailing ships to steamships
4. Britain's maritime supremacy
5. The mercantile marine, and great trade routes
6. The building of a great ship
7. The Royal Navy
8. The Royal Dockyards
9. The fishing industry - ships and men
10. British fisheries and fishing ports
11. 'Lloyd's.' The plimsoll mark. A1
12. Trinity House and its work
13. Lighthouses and lightships
14. The Port of London
15. Great seaports and their industries
16. The Cinque Ports
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]