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Gipsy Moth Circles The World

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India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean

India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean

Oxford University Press

China and India are emerging as major maritime powers of the Indo-Pacific as part of long-term shifts in the regional balance of power. As their wealth, interests, and power expand, China and India will increasingly come into contact in the shared maritime security space of the Indo-Pacific. How India and China get along in that ...

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The American War in Afghanistan: A History

The American War in Afghanistan: A History

Malkasian, Carter

Oxford University Press

The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001, is now the longest armed conflict in the nation's history. It is currently winding down, and American troops are likely to leave soon - but only after a stay of nearly two decades.

In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history ...

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La expedición de Balmis : primer modelo de lucha global contra las pandemias

La expedición de Balmis : primer modelo de lucha global contra las pandemias

VVAA

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cien

El 30 de noviembre de 1803, la corbeta María Pita zarpa del puerto de A Coruña.
En su interior viajan veintidós niños huérfanos cuya misión consiste en llevar en su propio cuerpo la recién descubierta vacuna de la viruela a los territorios de ultramar.
El doctor Francisco Xavier Balmis dirige esta aventura sanitaria de vacunación ...

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New York Harbor

New York Harbor

Britton, Andrew

The History Press

New York Harbor: where the grandest, fastest and most celebrated luxury liners gather and have gathered since the nineteenth century. With Luxury Liner Row, and being one of the largest natural harbours in the world, this is certainly a special place for all those that consider themselves shipping enthusiasts, or even for those that just ...

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Supertanker: Living on a Monster VLCC

Supertanker: Living on a Monster VLCC

The History Press

NAVIGATING AND ENGINEERING OFFICERS REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY FOR VERY LARGE CRUDE OIL CARRIER. TANKER EXPERIENCE PREFERRED." - Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette. THE advertisement captured Ray Solly's attention whilst he was on leave and demanded direct action! Viewed from the bridge of dry-cargo ships, the sleek lines of VLCCs and their potential navigational challenges always intrigued ...

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Harland & Wolff and Workman Clark: A Golden Age of Shipbuilding in Old Images

Harland & Wolff and Workman Clark: A Golden Age of Shipbuilding in Old Images

Kerbrech, Richard de

The History Press

Once, the output of such yards as Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark was vital business of national and international importance. The Harland & Wolff yard had a long association of building ships for the White Star Line, culminating in the three largest passenger vessels of the Edwardian era, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, as well ...

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J. Samuel White & Co., Shipbuilders

J. Samuel White & Co., Shipbuilders

Williams, David L.

The History Press

J. Samuel White & Company was the oldest firm on the Admiralty List and built 252 ships for the Royal Navy alone. The yard's closure in 1966 ended 300 years of shipbuilding during which time the company had gained acclaim from mercantile and naval customers alike. Famed early on for fast Revenue cutters and naval ...

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Scapa Flow "The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars"

Scapa Flow "The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars"

The History Press

Scapa Flow, a vast, natural harbour in the Orkney Islands, served as the Royal Navy's main base during the two world wars, from where ships sailed to the Battle of Jutland in the First and in convoy to northern Russia in the Second. Thousands of men and women saw service in and around this remote ...

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Mv Norland, Secret Weapon of the Falklands War From North Sea Ferry to Task Force Assault Ship

Mv Norland, Secret Weapon of the Falklands War From North Sea Ferry to Task Force Assault Ship

The History Press

In 1982, North Sea ferry MV Norland transported passengers and vehicles between Hull and Rotterdam. Requisitioned as a troop ship to take the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment to the Falklands, the volunteer' merchant navy crew were told they would only go as far as the Ascension Island and that they should think of it as ...

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Torpedos humanos

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