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Dhows / David Howarth ; photographs by Robin Constable

Author:
Howarth, David Armine 1912-1991  Search this
Constable, Robin  Search this
Physical description:
159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Middle East
Indian Ocean
Date:
1977
Topic:
Dhows  Search this
Navigation--History  Search this
Navigation  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1094578

U.S. Coast Guard 133-foot buoy tenders

Author:
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record  Search this
United States National Park Service  Search this
United States Coast Guard  Search this
Subject:
United States Coast Guard History  Search this
Physical description:
56 pages : illustrations, plans ; 21 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
[2004]
20th century
Topic:
Lighthouse tenders--History  Search this
Buoys--History  Search this
Aids to navigation--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1071195

Stem to stern

Title:
Stem to stern : --a newsletter of East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies <2004->
Stem to stern : a newsletter for our Maritime Studies alumni and friends 2009-
Author:
East Carolina University Program in Maritime Studies  Search this
East Carolina University Program in History and Underwater Research  Search this
Subject:
East Carolina University Program in Maritime Studies  Search this
Physical description:
volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Periodicals
History
Place:
North Carolina
Date:
1984
Topic:
Navigation--History--Research  Search this
Underwater archaeology--Research  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106842

Observations sur quelques objets d'utilité publique : pour servir de prospectus à la seconde partie de la Physique du monde, ou à la Carte hydrographique de la France, & au Traité général de la navigation intérieure de ce royaume ..

Author:
Marivetz, Étienne-Claude baron de 1728-1794  Search this
Author:
Marivetz, Étienne-Claude baron de 1728-1794 Physique du monde  Search this
Publisher:
Visse, Pierre-Lucien  Search this
Printer:
Quillau, François-Augustin 1743-1804  Search this
Former owner:
Villeneuve-Butel DSI  Search this
Subject:
France Conseil général des ponts et chaussées Management  Search this
Physical description:
2 preliminary leaves, 297, [1] pages ; 23 cm (8vo)
Type:
Books
History
Place:
France
Paris Basin
Loire River (France)
Date:
1786
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
18th century
Topic:
Inland navigation--History  Search this
Hydraulic engineering--History  Search this
Public works--History  Search this
Public works  Search this
Inland navigation  Search this
Call number:
TA71 .M3X 1786
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1081888

100 stories from the Australian National Maritime Museum Australian National Maritime Museum

Title:
One hundred stories from the Australian National Maritime Museum
Author:
Australian National Maritime Museum  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 258 pages illustrations (chiefly color), map, facsimiles, portraits 27 cm
Type:
Anecdotes
History
Place:
Australia
Borroloola (North NT SE53-03)
Tasmania (Tas)
River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
Arnhem Land (NT)
Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
Date:
2012
Topic:
Museum exhibits  Search this
Discoveries in geography--Australian  Search this
Navigation--History  Search this
Maritime museums  Search this
Navigation  Search this
Transport - Water  Search this
Transport - Water - Canoes  Search this
Transport - Water - Rafts  Search this
Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Poles  Search this
Material culture - Shell objects and decorations  Search this
Art - Painting - Bark  Search this
Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians  Search this
Settlement and contacts - Explorers  Search this
Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places  Search this
Yolngu people (NT SD53)  Search this
Ngarrindjeri / Narrinjeri people (S69) (SA SI54-13)  Search this
Tiwi people (N20) (NT SC52-16)  Search this
Wik Mungkan people (Y57) (Qld SD54-07)  Search this
Australian  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112363

The sultan and the sea : coast of present-day Senegal or Gambia, around 1312 / François-Xavier Fauvelle

Author:
Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
Atlantic Coast (Africa)
Date:
2018
14th century
To 1500
Topic:
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Navigation--History  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
DT25 .F3813 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113872

The boundless sea a human history of the oceans David Abulafia

Author:
Abulafia, David  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 1050 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2019
Topic:
Ocean and civilization--History  Search this
Trade routes--History  Search this
Navigation--History  Search this
Navigation  Search this
Ocean and civilization  Search this
Trade routes  Search this
Meer  Search this
Zivilisation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113793

Great Lakes navigation and navigational aids : historical context study / by Theodore J. Karamanski

Author:
Karamanski, Theodore J. 1953-  Search this
United States National Park Service Midwest Region  Search this
Physical description:
275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Lakes Region (North America)
Great Lakes (North America)
Date:
2017
Topic:
Navigation--History  Search this
Inland navigation--History  Search this
Aids to navigation--History  Search this
Lighthouses--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1080312

The steam engine : its origin and gradual improvement, from the time of hero to the present day : as adapted to manufactures, locomotion and navigation / by P.R. Hodge ; with numerous explanatory wood cuts, and a volume, containing forty-eight plates

Title:
Plates to Hodge on the steam engine
Author:
Hodge, Paul Rapsey  Search this
Publisher:
Appleton, George Swett 1821-1878  Search this
D. Appleton and Company  Search this
Printer:
Ludwig, Henry  Search this
Former owner:
United States Patent Office Scientific Library DSI  Search this
United States Department of the Navy Library DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 atlas (XLVIII double leaves of plates : illustrations (lithographs), diagrams ; 47 cm)
Type:
Books
History
Date:
1840
1841
Topic:
Steam-engines--History  Search this
Steam  Search this
Steam-navigation  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Locomotion  Search this
Call number:
TJ461 .H63 1840
TJ461.H68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_107006

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