The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783 to 1860

1941. 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. Contents: Coast and Sea; The Colonial Background; Revolution and Reconstruction; Pioneers of the Pacific; The Northwest Fur Trade; The Canton Market; The Salem East Indies; Ships and Seamen; Merchants and Mansions; The Sacred Codfish; Newburyport and Nantucket; Federalism and Neutral Trade; Embargo and War; The Passing of Salem; The Hub of the Universe; Ships and Seamen in Southern Seas; China and the East Indies; Mediterranean and Baltic; Cape Cod and Cape Ann; The Whalers; Oh! California; and The Clipper Ship.Morison, Samuel Eliot is the author of 'The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783 to 1860' with ISBN 9780766193437 and ISBN 0766193438.