American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920
Subtitle: A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780786471126
Subjects: Shipping, united states, history
Description: "This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail "--