Dawn of Navigation, Books, Theories and Instruments: English Navigation, Books and Schools. Yankee Ships, Captains and Midshipmen. Three Chapters Introductory to a Record of Our System of Naval Education to the Present Time1907 - Navigation - 970 pages |
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