the shipwright's trade
1Maritime history of the United Kingdom — The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain[1] as… …
2History of the Song Dynasty — The Song Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960 1279) of China was a ruling dynasty that controlled China proper and southern China from the middle of the 10th century into the last quarter of the 13th century. The Song Dynasty is considered… …
3Chinese immigration to the United States — consists of three major waves with the first beginning in the early 19th century. For nearly two centuries, the history of Chinese immigration to the United States has witnessed hardship as well as success.The Chinese have been arriving in large… …
4Characters from the docks of The Wire — The fictional HBO drama series The Wire focused largely on the Baltimore docks in its second season, introducing many new characters to the cast. Characters from the docks of The Wire include the working Stevedores and their families as well as… …
5Ministerial Awards of the Russian Federation — In the Russian Federation not only does the Federal Government create awards but so do many if not all of their Ministerial Departments. Some ministerial departments sub branches also create awards and medals of their own. Identifying all of the… …
6HMS Sovereign of the Seas — was ordered as a 90 gun first rank ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns, at the insistence of the king. She was later renamed Sovereign , and then Royal Sovereign .Royal Navy, Sovereign of the… …
7Naval tactics in the Age of Sail — A 17th century Spanish galleon Naval tactics in the Age of Sail were used from the early 17th century onward when sailing ships replaced oared galleys. These were used until the 1860s when steam powered ironclad warships rendered sailing line of… …
8John Cleveley the Elder — (c.1712, Southwark – 1777) was an English marine artist. Not from an artistic background, Cleveley s father intended him to follow the family trade of joinery, and so he set up as a carpenter or shipwright in around 1742 at the Deptford Dockyard …
9PETER THE GREAT — emperor of Russia, son of the Czar Alexei, born at Moscow; succeeded his half brother Feodor in 1682, but was forced for a time to share the throne with his half sister Sophia, acting as regent for her brother Ivan; conscious of his imperfect… …
10Pett dynasty — The so called Pett Dynasty was a family of shipwrights who prospered in England between the 15th and 17th centuries. It was once said of the family that they were so knit together that the Devil himself could not discover them . This quote is… …
