Merchant sail Volume 3
William Armstrong Fairburn
- Center Lovell, Maine Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation 1945-55
- 1585 - 2158 p.
- Merchant sail Volume III .
Unites States merchant sail in the China, Australia, Manila, and India trades; development of the schooner rig and its use in coastwise service; last days of deep-sea sail
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 --