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English: Nine illustrations showing water transportation and the development of mercantile marine: 1—Fijian Boat, 2—Spanish Caravel Santa Maria; Flag Ship of Christopher Columbus, 3—Indian Canoe, 4—“Savannah,” the First Steamship to Cross the Atlantic, 1819. The paddle-wheels could be unshipped when the wind was fair, 5—The Clermont, the First Steamboat, invention of Robert Fulton, 1807, 6—Ship in Full Sail 7—Chinese Junk. 8—Cunard Liner “Mauretania,” 9—A Modern Yacht
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Source “Ship,” The New Student's Reference Work, v. 4, 1914, between pp. 1742-3.
Author F. E. Compton & Co.
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