The Maritime History Of Massachusetts 1783-1860 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780972815567)

Here is no catalogue of ships, reader, nor naval chronicle, but a story of maritime enterprise; of the shipping, seaborne commerce, whaling, and fishing belonging to one American commonwealth. I have chosen to catch the story at half flood, when Massachusetts vessels first sought Far-Eastern waters, and to stay with it only so long as wind and sail would serve. For to one who has sailed a clipper ship, even in fancy, all later models of ocean carriage must seem decadent. Samuel Eliot Morison

Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
ISBN-10: 0972815562
ISBN-13: 9780972815567
Publisher: Converpage
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2008
Pages: 518
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.04d