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Rise and fall of the American merchant marine. Exact drawings of three typical American merchant ships: the Harriet of 1789, the Dreadnought of 1861, and the St. Paul of 1910. Drawn to the same scale they impressively the story of the decadence of our merchant marine.



Artist: C. McKnight-Smith

Source: Steve Kirch, creator of a wonderful website about SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in the past

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