Samuel Eliot Morison
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Language
English
Description
Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus' path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly matching those of Columbus' Santa Maria and Niña. The result...
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Series
Language
English
Description
This first volume explores all U.S. naval operations in the Atlantic, including the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and the defense of American shores and ships, with much attention given to the war against the German U-boats. This edition will have a new Introduction by Robert W. Love, author of History of the U.S. Navy: Volume I, 1775-1941 and Volume II, 1942-1991. --Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1963]
Language
English
Description
Two Ocean War by Samuel Eliot Morison is a one volume abridgement of Morison's 15 volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. What makes Two Ocean War a particularly interesting book is Morison's contemporaneous access to the major players in the US Navy during the war. "This book has been written in the hope of bringing the exploits of the United States Navy in World War II to the attention of new readers. I have not attempted...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Champlain was a born explorer, establishing peaceful relations with the Algonquin and Huron, founding the colony of Quebec, charting the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to the tip of Cape Cod, and exploring routes to the west.
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Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The great explorers abridges Morison's The European discovery of America, following the voyages of Columbus, Magellan, Drake, and many more. Here is the story of these explorers' ventures into uncharted waters, their encounters with natives, and their joy--and surprise--at discovering new land.