The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860

The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: Converpage
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2008-01-17
Genre: Clipper ships
ISBN: 0972815562

The Harvard educated historian relates the history of seafaring Massachusetts during the period when the clipper ship dominated the seas. In his preface Morison states that this is "no catalogue of ships, or a naval chronicle, but a story of maritime enterprise; and of the shipping, seaborne commerce, whaling and fishing belonging to one American Commonwealth."