Building the Deliverance and the Patience Argall's Shipyard at Point Comfort The Virginia Company's Interest in Boatbuilding Shipwrights and Ship-carpenters Shipbuilding on the Eastern Shore Encouragement for the Building of Ships Eighteenth Century Shipbuilding Shipbuilding in the Period of the Revolution EARLY VIRGINIA WATERCRAFT (as defined by authorities) By Cerinda W. Evans Librarian Emeritus, The Mariners Museum Newport News, Virginia Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation COPYRIGHT©, 1957 BY Jamestown 350th Anniversary
AS CONCERNING SHIPS It is that which everyone knoweth and can say They are our Weapons They are our Armaments They are our Strength They are our Pleasures They are our Defence They are our Profit The Subject by them is made rich The Kingdom through them, strong The Prince in them is mighty In a word: By them in a manner we live The Kingdom is, the King reigneth. (From The Trades Increase, London, 1615) SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPPING |