History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 4 (of 4)
W. S. Lindsay, a British shipowner and member of Parliament, published his History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce in four volumes, and this final volume, published in 1876, is devoted to the age of steam. Beginning with early ideas of mechanical propulsion, he follows the development of steam navigation in Britain and the United States, the struggle between the two nations for the Atlantic carrying trade, the disasters and rivalries of the transatlantic lines, the growth of mail steamship companies to the West Indies, the Pacific and the East, and the building of great ships such as the Great Eastern. Lindsay writes from long practical experience of the shipping business. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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