The Modern Wonder Book of Ships, Wydawnictwa anglo i rosyjskojęzyczne
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//-->ZheModemWONDERBOOKOFSHIPSNORMANCARLISLE~-andEUGENENELSONTHEJOHNWINSTONCOMPANYPHILADELPHIATORONTOCOPYRIGHT,1947,BYTheJohnTheBritishC.inWinstonCompanyGreatBritainandinCopyrightDominionsandPossessionsinthePhilippinesCopyrightFIRSTEDITIONMADEINTHE UNITEDSTATESOFAMERICACONTENTSCHAPTER1.US.74.6589PAGE1TheStoryTheStoryofSailingShips2.3.ofSteamshipsofBattleships19TheStory395567851014.5.DestroyersandCarriersUnderseaShipsPirates6.andBuccaneers7.8.AdventuresoftheWhalersFamousShipwrecksShipstotheRescueCallingtheCoast1131319.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.Guard147161FloatingLighthousesFireatSea175189Deep-SeaAdventureStories ofSalvage203219AdventuresonInlandSeasHarborsandHarborMen23525327117.HowShipsNavigate18.AllKindsofShipsoftheSea19.LanguageIndex287303ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThepublisherswishrill,toexpresstheirappreciationtoCaptainR.T.Mer-readtheproofandofferedvaluablesuggestions.Thepublishersarealsogratefultothefolloioingsourcesfortheuseofthephotographsinthisbook:USCGR,whoAcmePhoto:Pages101,103,104,106, 107,TravelandIndustrialDevelopmentAsso-ciationofGreatBritain109, 110,111.BritishInformationService:Pages41,242,andIreland:Page42.251,272.BritishOfficialPhotograph:Pages46,238,UnitedFruitCompany:280.Pages240,259,249,250.CaterpillarTractorCo.:UnitedStatesCoastandGeodeticSurvey:Pages189,235,279,281,282.Costa,Joe,Page287.UnitedStatesCoastGuard:Pages14,113,NewYorkDailyNews:Pages127,131,132,133, 134,135,136,138,145,243, 269.140,141, 142,147,149, 150, 153, 154,156, 159, 161,162, 163,164, 166, 167,CunardWhiteStarLtd.:Pages30,33,273.FairchildAerialSurveys:Page225.169,170,171,172,255.FrenchPressandInformationService:Pages25,191,237.UnitedStatesLines:Pages137,144,260.UnitedStatesMarineCorps:Page177.UnitedStatesMaritimeCommission:Pages1,19,Hakanson,R.C:Page222.HillandKnowlton:Pages220, 221, 223,224,226, 227, 228, 230,231.Levick,Edwin,Inc.:Page247.22,23,29,36,178,179,207, 236,J239, 246,254,256, 257, 266, 267,275,276.UnitedStatesNavyPages39, 40, 44, 45,47,::49, 51, 52, 53,55,56,57, 58, 59,60,61,\NauticalPhotoAgency:Page34.62, 63,64, 65,67, 68,71,73, 74,77,78,2,NetherlandsInformationBureau:Pages4,13, 16,37,82,175, 176,180,181,182, 183, 184,185,244.190, 192,193,195, 196,199,200,203,PressAssociation:Pages186,205.204, 206,210, 278,283.UnitedStatesSteelCorporation:Pages229,ShipsMagazine:Pages209, 213,216,233.SperryGyroscopeCo.Pages253,258,262.:232.StandardOilCompanyofNewJersey:PagesWarnerBrothersPicturesInc.:Pages85,86,139,271,274,284.87, 88, 91, 93,97, 98.ThreeLions:Page245.WarPages208,ShippingAdministration:Pages241,Jeffery,Studio:ToddShipyards215.Corporation:263,264.White,Page219CHAPTER*\r>THESTORYOFSAILINGSHIPSBuiltinAmerica,theThreeBrotherswasthelargestsailingvesselintheworld.andturnedthestream'scurdledbrownnesstomoltengold.Thesunsparkled,too,onthegoldenthronethatwascarefullyplacedunderanawningofpeacockfeatherserectedonthesluggishNileRiverFivethousandyearsagothehotEgyptiansunbeameddownontheafterdeckofthegalley.ThePharaohKhufu,whoshipofyours?Isatonthethrone,turnedhislean,vigorousisfacetoanofficialstandingbesidehim."Well,well!seenaughtontheWherethismiraclebosomofFatherNileexceptafewclumsybumboats!"TheofficialtowhomthePharaohspokepointed."Yondershecomes,mylord,"hereplied,ofhiscourtbowing.Thenhisshipbuilder'spridegotthebettermanners.beforethewind!Ah,Hecriedoutexcitedly:"Andseehowmybeautydances!"wasaloftseehowsherunsSwiftlythelong,trimshipthevwerewatchingriver.Herhighlinensailcamedancinguptheanddrawingwell.Shewasindeedlipsofworthyoftheplauditsthatcameinvoluntarilyfromthethose[1]
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