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Название: The Coming of the Comet: The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer Автор: Nick Robins Издательство: Seaforth Publishing Год: 2012 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 192 Размер: 60 Mb Язык: English
In August 1812 Henry Bell’s Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and transport in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The paddle steamer soon became the key link with Empire, pushing the Honorable East India Company’s wooden walls off the seas; it provided the all- important link with the Americas, and it offered emigrants to the New World a means of pushing westwards.
Roman Warfare (History of Warfare) Название: Roman Warfare Автор(ы): Adrian Goldsworthy Издательство: Cassel Серия: History of Warfare Год: 2000 Страниц: 225 Язык: English Формат: PDF...
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