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Free Downloads of Historical Maritime Books.
There is a great number of ancient maritime books out there on the internet that may be downloaded free of charge. I do not have an e-reader (Kindle), but download the PDF versions onto a memory stick and put it in my laptop. The way I read these e-books is to seat myself in an armchair, put a cushion on top of my lap and the laptop on top of the cushion. I can then select the size of the page that I want, and read it in comfort, often with a glass of wine in the evening. I keep a small card stuck on the laptop front and make a note of the page number that I have got to when I finish reading for the day. To return to the page, I just put the required page number in the box that appears to the top left and hit the carriage return button. Then hit it again to turn the page.
To download an e-book, first locate it on the internet. Then in the menu at the top left, click on HTTPS All Files. Another list will appear. Select PDF files (The third one down in this case), and download it into the computer.
The old books give wonderful descriptions of life at sea in the old days
I can recommend the following: By Way of Cape Horn by Paul Eve Stevenson.
Here is a direct link to the library listing.
http://archive.org/details/bywayofcapehornf00stev
To download it, look in the menu at the top left, and click on HTTPS All Files. Another list will appear. Select PDF files (The third one down in this case), and click on it. It will then download it into the computer.
This book gives a remarkable account of a voyage around Cape Horn in an American clipper in 1898. In the book the ship is called Hosea Higgins, probably because she was still sailing when the book was written. She was, in fact, the Cyrus Wakefield.
Reading books like this add greatly to the interest of building models and I can greatly recommend them.
Bob
There is a great number of ancient maritime books out there on the internet that may be downloaded free of charge. I do not have an e-reader (Kindle), but download the PDF versions onto a memory stick and put it in my laptop. The way I read these e-books is to seat myself in an armchair, put a cushion on top of my lap and the laptop on top of the cushion. I can then select the size of the page that I want, and read it in comfort, often with a glass of wine in the evening. I keep a small card stuck on the laptop front and make a note of the page number that I have got to when I finish reading for the day. To return to the page, I just put the required page number in the box that appears to the top left and hit the carriage return button. Then hit it again to turn the page.
To download an e-book, first locate it on the internet. Then in the menu at the top left, click on HTTPS All Files. Another list will appear. Select PDF files (The third one down in this case), and download it into the computer.
The old books give wonderful descriptions of life at sea in the old days
I can recommend the following: By Way of Cape Horn by Paul Eve Stevenson.
Here is a direct link to the library listing.
http://archive.org/details/bywayofcapehornf00stev
To download it, look in the menu at the top left, and click on HTTPS All Files. Another list will appear. Select PDF files (The third one down in this case), and click on it. It will then download it into the computer.
This book gives a remarkable account of a voyage around Cape Horn in an American clipper in 1898. In the book the ship is called Hosea Higgins, probably because she was still sailing when the book was written. She was, in fact, the Cyrus Wakefield.
Reading books like this add greatly to the interest of building models and I can greatly recommend them.
Bob