The Mercantile Marine
by E. Keble Chatterton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944
- Title
- The mercantile marine
- Original Publication
- London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1923.
- Credits
- Bob Taylor, Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
- Subject
- Merchant marine -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78205
- Release Date
- March 14, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE MERCANTILE MARINE
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- 8.CHAPTER II THE DEMAND FOR MERCHANT SHIPPING — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER III THE MEDITERRANEAN MERCANTILE MARINE — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER IV THE MERCHANT SHIPS OF THE NORTH
- 11.CHAPTER V THE GROWTH OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE
- 12.CHAPTER VI THE MERCANTILE MARINE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER VII FISHERMEN AND MERCHANTMEN
- 14.CHAPTER VIII SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SEAFARING
- 15.CHAPTER IX MERCANTILE SUPREMACY AT SEA — FOOTNOTES:
- 16.CHAPTER X MIGHTY MERCHANTMEN
- 17.CHAPTER XI PACKET SHIPS AND BRIGS
- 18.CHAPTER XII THE SAIL-CARRIERS
- 19.CHAPTER XIII CRACKING-ON
- 20.CHAPTER XIV THE TRIUMPH OF STEAM — FOOTNOTES:
- 21.CHAPTER XV THE IRON AND STEEL AGE
- 22.CHAPTER XVI THE MODERN MERCHANT SHIP — FOOTNOTES:
- 23.CHAPTER XVII THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN MERCANTILE MARINE — FOOTNOTES:
- 24.CHAPTER XVIII THE AMERICAN MERCANTILE MARINE
- 25.CHAPTER XIX THE MINOR MERCANTILE MARINES
- 26.CHAPTER XX THE FUTURE OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE
- 27.APPENDIX SAILS OF THE ESSEX EAST INDIAMAN
- 28.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes
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