My Days on the Albatross
Navigation and surveying formed a connecting link, as it were, between what was getting to be called the “Old Navy” and what was soon to take shape as a “New Navy.” Seamanship, as an art of special character, was beginning tochange its form with the passing of sail power and its supersession by the steam engine; while requiring in its new form no less ability and practiced judgment in the handling of large ships, it offered a diminished field for expertness in craft of only moderate size and speed amongofficers doing simple watch duty not in company with other ships; and, therefore, it was threatened with a materiallylessened regard.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Subjects: | Education, Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26317 |
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