num_pages: 433
description: From Preface: "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
language: English
title: The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860
titlecomplete: The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860 (Classics Edition)
genres: Local History, American History, History
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Northeastern University Press