Year: 1937 Language: english Author: Wallace F.W. Genre: History Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 400 Description: They were known as the days of “Wooden Ships and Iron Men.” The era takes us to a time when men first ventured out to sea and under sail. The ships were built of wood and frequently eaten into sinking hulks by Teredos, termites of the sea. They were sailed through the centuries by explorers, merchants, fishermen, whalers, pirates and men of war – the “Iron Men who risked life and limb through storm and cannonball barrage. Women joined in, but often disguised as men. Boys as young as 12 were recruited".
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Wooden Ships - Iron Men
Language: english
Author: Wallace F.W.
Genre: History
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 400
Description: They were known as the days of “Wooden Ships and Iron Men.” The era takes us to a time when men first ventured out to sea and under sail. The ships were built of wood and frequently eaten into sinking hulks by Teredos, termites of the sea. They were sailed through the centuries by explorers, merchants, fishermen, whalers, pirates and men of war – the “Iron Men who risked life and limb through storm and cannonball barrage. Women joined in, but often disguised as men. Boys as young as 12 were recruited".
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