Merchant ships
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Merchant ships -- United States
- Cargo ships
- Clipper ships
- Container ships
- Maritime law
- Merchant marine -- Safety measures
- Passenger ships
- Schooners
- Ship registers
- Ships -- Nationality
- Slave ships
- Tankers
- Merchantmen
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Early American Steamers (2 public domain volumes (later copyrighted volumes searchable but not readable online); Buffalo: E. Heyl, 1953-1956), by Erik Heyl (page images at HathiTrust)
- Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage and the Decline of Navigation Interests, by United States House of Representatives (page images at MOA)
- American Maritime Cases (partial serial archives)
- Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law (partial serial archives)
- The Law of Salvage (Mount Kisco, NY: Baker, Voorhis and Co., 1958), by Martin J. Norris (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Reassessment of the Marine Salvage Posture of the United States (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
- The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. (3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1792), by Francis Hopkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Record of American and Foreign Shipping (partial serial archives)
- Ship Registers and Enrollments of Newport, Rhode Island, 1790-1939 (2 typescript volumes, second titled "Ship Licenses Issued to Vessels Under Twenty Tons and Ship Licenses on Enrollments Issued Out of the Port of Newport, Rhode Island"; Providence: National Archives Project, 1938-1941), by Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sixty Years of Shipbuilding: Paper Presented at October 5, 1956 Meeting, Great Lakes Section, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (ca. 1956), by Dwight True, ed. by Harry Benford (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Wireless Officer (London and Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1922), by Percy F. Westerman, illust. by W. Edward Wigfull (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Queen of the Lakes (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1994), by Mark L. Thompson (multiple formats at wayne.edu)
- Thirty-Five Years of Oil Transport: The Evolution of the Tank Steamer (London and Tonbridge: Printed by Bradbury, Agnew, and Co., 1907), by James Dodds Henry
- Oil Transportation by Tankers: An Analysis of Marine Pollution and Safety Measures (1975), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
- Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World (New York: Fordham University Press, 2006), by Brian J. Cudahy (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- Some Critical Aspects of Ferry Planning (Final report, phase II; 1982), by Roger P. Roess, Philip Grealy, and Carl Berkowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Some Critical Aspects of Ferry Planning (Final report, phase II; 1982), by Roger P. Roess, Philip Grealy, and Carl Berkowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Some Critical Aspects of Ferry Planning (Final report, phase II; 1982), by Roger P. Roess, Philip Grealy, and Carl Berkowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Some Critical Aspects of Ferry Planning (Final report, phase II; 1982), by Roger P. Roess, Philip Grealy, and Carl Berkowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Some Critical Aspects of Ferry Planning (Final report, phase II; 1982), by Roger P. Roess, Philip Grealy, and Carl Berkowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Wind Bloweth (New York: The Century Co., c1922), by Donn Byrne, illust. by George Bellows (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Ocean Sciences, Technology, and the Future International Law of the Sea (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1966), by William T. Burke (PDF at Ohio State)
- Seaman's Rights in the U.S. When Involved in an Accident (in 8 languages; Miami: I. Adels, c1989), by Charles R. Lipcon (PDF with commentary at lipcon.com)
- Lecciones de Derecho Maritimo Internacional (in Spanish; Mexico: I. Cumplido, 1854), ed. by Justo Sierra O'Reilly
- The Law of the Sea: Offshore Boundaries and Zones (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1967), ed. by Lewis M. Alexander (PDF at Ohio State)
- The Freedom of the Seas: The Sinking of the William P. Frye (prepared for Col. E. M. House; 1918), ed. by Sidney Edward Mezes, contrib. by Horace S. Oakley
- Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law (partial serial archives)
- Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, The Merchant's Directory: Being a Compleat Guide to All Men in Business (Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1754), by Wyndham Beawes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, The Merchant's Directory: Being a Complete Guide to All Men in Business (6th edition; Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1773), by Wyndham Beawes (page images at HathiTrust)
- Le Droit Maritime Français (in French) (partial serial archives)
- A Complete Collection of All the Marine Treaties Subsisting Between Great-Britain and France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Savoy, Holland, Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis, &c., Commencing in the Year 1546, and Including the Definitive Treaty of 1763 (London: Printed for D. Steel and J. Millan, 1779) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Documents Relating to Law and Custom of the Sea (2 volumes; London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1915), ed. by Reginald G. Marsden
- Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of Her Majesty's Ships of War Employed in the Suppression of the Slave Trade (2 volumes; London: Printed for HMSO by Harrison and Sons, 1892), by Great Britain Admiralty
- Maritime Neutrality to 1780: A History of the Main Principles Governing Neutrality and Belligerency to 1780 (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1936), by Carl J. Kulsrud (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. (3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1792), by Francis Hopkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greater Safety at Sea, and International Tribunals for Questions of Collision: Paper Presented to the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations (New York: J. Polhemus, 1875), by David Dudley Field (page images at Gallica)
- The Rules of the Road at Sea: Comprising The International Rules for Prevention of Collision at Sea; The Inland Rules Applicable on the Inland Waters of the United States on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico; The Pilot Rules Applicable on the Inland Coast Waters of the United States (New York: Baker, Voorhis and Co., 1920), by W. H. LaBoyteaux (multiple formats at Google)
- The Origin and Early History of Insurance, Including the Contract of Bottomry (London: P. S. King and Son, 1926), by Charles Farley Trenerry, ed. by Ethel Louise Gover and Agnes S. Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lost in the Air (1920), by Roy J. Snell (Gutenberg text)
- Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
- Certain Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected by Edw. Wright; With Many Additions That Were Not in the Former Editions (London: J. Moxon, 1657), by Edward Wright (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Divers Manual 1948 (reprinted 1995), by U.S. Navy Training School (Salvage) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Black Horse of the Sea (second edition; New York et al.: Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp., c1930), by Robert D. MacMillen (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Essay Concerning the Laws of Nations, and the Rights of Soveraigns (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1694), by Matthew Tindal (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Amalgamated International and U.S. Inland Navigation Rules (current online edition, reflecting laws up to at least 2019), by United States Coast Guard (HTML with commentary at uscg.gov)
- The Rules of the Road at Sea: Comprising The International Rules for Prevention of Collision at Sea; The Inland Rules Applicable on the Inland Waters of the United States on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico; The Pilot Rules Applicable on the Inland Coast Waters of the United States (New York: Baker, Voorhis and Co., 1920), by W. H. LaBoyteaux (multiple formats at Google)
- Foreign Ships in Micronesia, by Francis X. Hezel (HTML at micsem.org)
- Saved by the Lifeboat, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
- The Slave Ship Wanderer (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c1967), by Tom Henderson Wells (PDF at Georgia)
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