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American clipper ships, 1833-1858 /

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Listing of all 352 clipper ships, a class of faster merchant ships that improved the position the United States in world commerce. Includes dimensions, dates, and brief history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howe, Octavius T. (Octavius Thorndike), 1851-
Corporate Author: Marine Research Society (Salem, Mass.)
Other Authors: Matthews, Frederick C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover, 1986.
Series:Publication ... of the Marine Research Society ; 13.
Subjects:
Clipper ships > United States.
Clippers (Navires) > États-Unis.
Clipper ships.
United States.
Online Access:Index to vessels mentioned in this resource
Description
Summary:Listing of all 352 clipper ships, a class of faster merchant ships that improved the position the United States in world commerce. Includes dimensions, dates, and brief history.
Item Description:"Originally published as Publication Number Thirteen of the Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts, in 1926-27"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Physical Description:2 volumes (xiii, 780 pages), [104] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Also issued online.
ISBN:0486251152
9780486251158
0486251160
9780486251165