Takes the reader on a voyage through the history of boats, fromthe earliest Greek galleys to the modern ocean-going vessels oftoday.

Text and cutaway illustrations depict how the crew lived beneath the ocean in a submarine during World War II.

Discusses the journey of Marco Polo to the court of the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan, in the thirteenth century and includes hislesser-known journeys as well.

Analyzes the structure of and provides historical information for a wide variety of vessels, from ancient Egyptian warships and Greek triremes to modern aircraft carriers and ocean liners.