THE GREAT SHIPS'76~SOUVENIR EDITION~TALL SHIPS~STA 1956~RACE TO THE NEW WORLD

Description

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A BOOK
'THE GREAT SHIPS' 76, RACE TO THE NEW
WORLD, SOUVENIR EDITION.
THIS BOOK
HAS 15 LARGE PRINTS OF SHIPS AND ALL
THE INFORMATION ON THEM. THE GREAT
SHIPS MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK ARE:
AMERIGO VESPUCCI   [ITALY]
CHRISTIAN RADICH   [NORWAY]
DANMARK   [DENMARK]
DAR POMORZA   [POLAND]
EAGLE   [U.S.A.]
ESMERALDA   [CHILE]
GAZELA PRIMEIRO   [U.S.A.]
GORCH FOCK II   [GERMANY]
JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO   [SPAIN]
KRUZENSHTERN   [U.S.S.R.]
LIBERTAD   [ARGENTINA]
MIRCEA   [ROMANIA]
NIPPON MARU   [JAPAN]
SAGRES II   [PORTUGAL]
TOVARISTSCH   [U.S.S.R.]
THE AMERICAN SAIL TRAINING ASSOCIATION
INVITED THESE SHIPS TO VISIT AMERICA AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE BICENTENNIAL, FOR IT WAS
WITH SUCH SHIPS, EQUIPPED WITH SAILS AND
MANPOWER ALONE, THAT AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED,
EXPLORED, AND FINALLY DEVELOPED AS A NATION.
IT WAS SHIPS, AND INDEED INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE
STUDENTS ON THESE SHIPS, WHO WERE WILLING
TO BRAVE THE WINDS AND OCEANS WITH ONLY THEIR
INGENUITY AND PERSONAL STRENGTH TO RELY ON,
WHICH ENABLED THE TRADE AND COMMERCE THAT
LINKED THE NEW WORLD WITH THE OLD TO DEVELOP.
THOUGH THE NOSTALGIC APPEAL OF THE 'TALL SHIPS'
IS GREAT, IT IS SURPASSED BY THEIR ENDURING
PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR THE SAIL IS YET
THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF HARNESSING ENERGY
FOR TRANSPORTATION ON THE SEA, AND THE SAIL
TRAINING EXPERIENCE IS STILL THE SUREST WAY TO
BUILD A SAILOR WHO KNOWS HIM OR HER SELF AS
WELL AS THE RUN OF THE SEA.
All my items come from a smoke free home
and i do combine shipping.