Merchant sail Volume 1
William Armstrong Fairburn
- Center Lovell, Maine Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation 1945-55
- 756 p.
- Merchant sail Volume I .
Early days of exploration and the influence of shipbuilding in development of the American colonies; the merchant marine during the Revolution; the challenging period between the wars with Britain; raids of the Barbary states on the commerce of the young republic and the establishment of the U.S. Navy -- compiled by B.K. Reed and E.F. Hunt; general index.