America's Merchant Marine: A Presentation of Its History and Development to Date with Chapters on Related Subjects

Published in 1920, this book is about the history of the U.S. merchant marine from its inception in the 1600s. "It is, as will be seen, an original work, and gives a compact history of our merchant marine...Every statement has been derived from official reports or from other trustworthy sources," says the Foreward by the publishers, Bankers Trust Company. The digitised book is courtesy of the University of Connecticut Libraries. Note: The index was removed by Marine Café Blog to reduce the file size. (11.9 MiB, PDF, 256 pages)

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