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Index
R.M. Ballantyne
"Man on the Ocean"
Chapter One.
Treats of Ships in General.
Chapter Two.
The Earliest Days of Water-Travelling.
Chapter Three.
Rafts and Canoes.
Chapter Four.
Ancient Ships and Navigators.
Chapter Five.
The Mariner’s Compass—Portuguese Discoveries.
Chapter Six.
Boats, Model-Boat Making, etcetera.
A Model Boat.
Chapter Seven.
Lifeboats and Lightships.
Grace Darling.
Lifeboats.
Lightships.
Chapter Eight.
Docks and Shipbuilding.
The Dockyard.
Nature and Use of Docks.
Building a Ship.
Chapter Nine.
The Launch, etcetera.
Rigging a Ship.
Chapter Ten.
Coasting Vessels.
Sloops.
The Cutter.
The Schooner.
The Brig.
The Brigantine.
Chapter Eleven.
Vessels of Large Size.
The Barque.
The Ship.
Chapter Twelve.
Wooden and Iron Walls.
Chapter Thirteen.
Origins of Steamships—Ocean-Steamers, etcetera.
The First Steamer.
The Comet.
The “Argyle”, afterwards named “The Thames.”
Ocean-Steamers.
The “Savannah” Steamer.
Ocean Mail-Steamers.
The Czar’s Yacht “Livadia.”
Chapter Fourteen.
The “Great Eastern.”
Chapter Fifteen.
Curious Craft of Many Lands.
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