Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Old Ocean's Ferry: The Log of the Modern Mariner, the Trans-Atlantic Traveler, and Quaint Facts of Neptune's Realm, a Collation of Odd and Useful Information for Nautical Travel and Strange Features of the Sea, for Landsman and Mariner
In 1812, Henry Bell of Scotland, built the Comet, of 30 tons, with side paddle wheels, which plied between Glasgow and Greenock on the Clyde, and the next year around the coasts of the British Isles.
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