Can you recomend a book that gives a day by day account of life aboard a sailing ship of that time ie , teaclippers ,whalers ect. thanks
2007-08-30 05:21:06 · 11 answers · asked by Rigman 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
i put tea clippers in the search and came up with amazon books on the Cutty Sark, if that's a start for you. this might be helpful www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html - it is about the East India Company which was disolved in 1858. try their links.
2007-08-30 05:28:46 · answer #1 · answered by cairn4lodge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alan Villiers (1903-82) sailed in several of the last great sailing ships of the 20th century, and wrote some autobiographical accounts of his voyages. I have found a list of all his books (web page below). Anything that he also wrote about ships of the 19th century would be very reliable, too, because of his first-hand experience of similar ships.
2007-08-30 17:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there.
I would start with "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville and "Master and Commander" by Patrick O'Brien for well researched recreations of life on such ships.
O'Brien also provides a bibliography in his books and it is from there that you will get to the authentic source material.
Good luck, Steve.
2007-08-30 12:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by Steve J 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Amazon have a selection of factual books regarding the clippers, giving details of the plans as well as historical data on the ships themselves
2007-09-01 15:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by cranston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alan Villiers works are the ones you want , especially "The War with Cape Horn"
also highly recommended is Eric Newbreys (sp?) "The Last Grain Race"
2007-08-31 08:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be too narrow, Theodore Roosevelt wrote book ,' The Naval War of 1812'.
Teddy was not a sailor, but he did have relatives in England on his wife's side of the family who were that helped him in his research of the topic. It is agreeded to be a balanced view of this subject.
I have not read it, but it is considered a must read for anyone interested in Naval warfare of that peroid.
2007-08-30 12:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try any of the books by Stan Hugill. He was a Liverpudlian seafarer who wrote about every aspect of his life before the mast
2007-09-02 09:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by valri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SO sory MAJOR but, the only Ships i know about at the moment are
2007-08-31 10:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Major, what a quaint and interesting subject I think this link may be helpful to you http://www.penobscotbayhistory.org/section/show_resources/31
or
http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Bibliography/Clipper_Ships.html
hope these help. Lo xxx
2007-08-30 12:30:26 · answer #9 · answered by Lo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when 8 bells toll.
2007-09-03 06:09:01 · answer #10 · answered by country bumpkin [sheep nurse] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋