Merchant sail Volume 2
by Fairburn, William Armstrong
Series: Merchant sail Volume II Published by : Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation (Center Lovell, Maine ) Physical details: 757 - 1584 p. Year: 1945| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Basement | 387.5 Fai (Browse shelf) | Available | 65019 |
United States merchant sail--types, models, and rigs; clippers and square-riggers of the post-clipper period; speed of sailing vessels; the clipper ship era and the California trade
War of 1812; pre-eminence of U.S. commerce before the Civil War; fisheries and whaling; U.S. world leadership in scientific navigation; the sailing packet era; steam navigation; the clipper ship era and the rise and decline of the U.S. merchant marine --
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