LIBROSDonald McKay and his famous sailing ships | REF.: LDMF-1 |
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AUTOR: Richard C. McKay [Ver más del mismo autor]
TEMA: Historia de la Navegacion [Ver más libros del tema]
RESUMEN DEL LIBRO:
Donald McKay, fue un famoso constructor de barcos del siglo XIX, llevando al clíper americano y otro tipo de buques con una enorme perfección. Con buques tan famosos como Sovereign of the Seas o Flying Fish. El autor de este libro, descendiente directo del constructor, lo ha escrito utilizando importante material familiar al que ha tenido acceso.
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INDICE DEL LIBRO:
Author's Preface.
Foreword.
AMERICAN TRADING AND EARLY PACKET PERIOD, 1810-1844:
Donald McKay's Youth:
New York Shipyard Apprenticeship and Experiences.
His Marriage.
Interesting Experiments and Developments when New York's Shipbuilding was Usurpassed and Her Shipping Interests Reigned Supreme.
Donald McKay visits New England.
Builds Ships at Newburyport.
Meets Enoch Train.
Goes to Boston.
AMERICAN PACKET SHIP PERIOD, 1845-1853:
Establishes East Boston Shipyard.
Conditions Attending Growth of American Shipping after War of 1812.
Scenes Aboard Trans-Atlantic Packets.
Development of the Packet.
Adoptions of Steam on Atlantic Delayed.
Washington Irving, 751 Tons. Launched September 15th, 1845.
Anglo Saxon, 894 Tons. Launched September 5th, 1846.
New World, 1404 Tons. Launched September 9th, 1846.
Zerega & Company's Trans-AtlanticPacket Fleet, Comprised of the Ships ¨AZ¨, ¨LZ¨, Anctartic, Baltic and Adriatic.
Ocean Monarch, 1301 Tons. Launched July, 1847.
Anglo-American, 704 Tons. Launched January 3rd, 1848.
Jenny Lindt, 532 Tons. Launched May,1848.
Plymouth Rock, 960 Tons. Launched March, 1849.
Ship Reindeer, 800 Tons. Launched June,1849.
Cornelius Grinnell, 1118 Tons. Launched June, 1850.
Daniel Webster, 1187 Tons. Launched October, 1850.
Staffordshire, 1817 Tons, The Queen Clipper Packet on the Atlantic, Launched June 17th, 1851.
Star of Empire and Chariot of Fame, each 2050 Tons (Old Measurement). Launched April-May, 1853.
CALIFORNIA CLIPPER SHIP ERA, 1850-1853:
The Origin and Progression of the Clipper Ship.
Its Wonderful Influence in Maritime Affairs..
History of Donald McKay's Famous Yankee Clippers.
Stag Hound. 1534 Tons. Launched December 7th, 1850.
Models.
Their Origin, Use and Practicability.
Model of the Stag Hound.
What Became of the Mckay Models.
Flying Cloud, 1782 Tons. Launched April 15th, 1851.
Flying Fish, 1505 Tons. Launched September, 1851.
Sovereign of the Seas, 2421 Tons. Launched July, 1852.
Clipper Ship Westward Ho!, 1650 Tons. Launched September 14th, 1852.
Clipper Ship Bald Eagle, 1704 Tons. launched November 25th, 1852.
Empress of the Sea, 2200 Tons. Launched January 14th, 1853.
Great Republic, 4555 Tons Register, 6000 Stowage Capacity. Launched October, 1853.
The Great Republic as Rebuilt February, 1855.
Romance of the Seas, 1782 Tons. Launched November 15th, 1853.
AUSTRALIAN CLIPPERS, 1854-1856:
Donald Mckay Builds Ships for England.
Lightning, 2083 Tons. Launched January 3rd, 1854.
Champion of the Seas, 2447 Tons. Launched April 19th, 1854.
James Baines, 2525 Tons (British Measurement, 2275 Tons). Launched July 25th, 1854.
Donald McKay, 2594 Tons. Launched January, 1855.
Commodore Perry and Japan, Each 1964 Tons. Built and Launched, 1854-1855.
MEDIUM CLIPPER SHIP PERIOD, 1854-1869:
Medium Clipper Ship Period, 1854 to 1869.
Defender, 1413 Tons. Launched July 28th, 1855.
Mastiff, 1030 Tons. Launched February, 1856.
Minnehaha, 1695 Tons. Launched march 22nd, 1856.
Glory of the Seas, 2012 Tons. Launched November, 1869.
U.S. NAVAL VESSELS, 1861-1875:
Naval Vesels Built for Donald McKay During the Civil War.
Naval Vessels bult to 1875.
U.S. Sloops of War Adams and Essex.
Repairing and Refitting of the Yacht America, Spring of 1875.
Closing of the MacKay Shipyard at East Boston.
THE VARIED AND LATTER DAY ACTIVITIES OF DONALD McKAY, 1855-1880:
Proposed Ocean Steamship Line.
Inspection of European Shipyards, Timber Contracts with British Admiralty, etc.
Intended Book on Naval Architecture.
Inactivity Prior to Civil War, only one Ship and four small Schooners constructed from 1856-1861.
The American Navy as Compared with the English.
An open Letter to the American Public during the Civil War Times.
Donald McKay Upon Our navy.
Building iron Ships, Wooden Steamers, Marine Engines, etc.
Protesting against the Non-Registration of American Ships by the British Lloyds.
The Decline of American Shipping Interests.
Donald McKay's Lasts Days
Appendix I:
List of Ships Built by Donald McKay.
Appendix II:
Record Passages of Donald Mckay's California (Extreme) Clipper Ships.
Index.
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