Sea Ship and Seafaring : Evolution Through Ancient Medieval and Modern Times

Contents: Preface. I. Indian ocean: 1. The Indian ocean. 2. Seafaring in the Indian ocean. 3. Evolution of ships in Indian ocean. 4. Naval conflicts in Western Indian ocean. II. Mediterranean sea: 5. Mediterranean sea. 6. Seafaring in the mediterranean sea. 7. Evolution of ships in the mediterranean. III. Seas of Northern Europe: 8. Seas of North Europe. 9. North European seafaring and global exploration. 10. North European Naval conflicts. 11. Evolution of ships in North Europe. IV. Atlantic Ocean: 12. Atlantic ocean an outline. 13. Seafaring and European colonization in New World. 14. Naval conflicts in Atlantic. 15. Some famous ships in the Atlantic. V. Pacific ocean: 16. Pacific Ocean an outline. 17. Devolution of Naval power in the Pacific. 18. Ships in Pacific Ocean. 19. Global exploration and seafaring in the eighteenth century. VI. Evolution of ship propulsion and navigation: 20. Early ship propulsion: padding and rowing. 21. Sail ship wind propulsion. 22. Evolution of steamships: later dieselization of ship propulsion. 23. Evolution of navigation. VII. World war years: 24. The decade before the World Wars (1904-1914). 25. The First World War (1914-1919). 26. The interregnum 1919-1939. 27. The second World Years 1939-1945. 28. Aftermath of second World War. 29. Warships of World war ways. VIII. Maritime developments: Modern times: 30. Modern ships of today. 31. Navies of the twenty first century. 32. Ocean resources. IX. Modern maritime regulatory regimes: 33. Law of the sea. 34. Safety of life sea 1974 (SOLAS 74). 35. International convention for the prevention of pollution from ships 1973 (MARPOL). Epilogue. Appendix. References.