TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 1 



Scope of the collection 4 



Part 1. Description of vessels and boats of North America 41 



Government vessels of the United States 41 



Merchant vessels 47 



Steamers 47 



Sailing vessels 69 



River craft 102 



Pilot boats 104 



Yachts and pleasure boats 106 



Steam yachts ^ 106 



Sailing yachts 108 



Pleasure boats 113 



Fishing vessels 115 



Steamers 115 



Sailing vessels 120 



Fishing boats 185 



Skin boats 206 



Birch-bark canoes 214 



Balsas and dugouts 217 



Part 2. Description of vessels and boats of South America 222 



Part 3. Description of vessels and boats of Europe 225 



Part 4, Description of vessels and boats of Asia and Africa 246 



Part 5. Description of vessels and boats of Pacific islands 285 



Glossary 291 



Index 293 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The boat hall, United States National Museum Frontispiece. 



TEXT FIGURES. 



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1. Sail plan of modern two-masted schooner 25 



2. Sail plans of the more common types of small sailing vessels 82 



3. United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross " 43 



4. United States Bureau of Fisheries schooner " Grampus " 46 



5. James Rumsey's steamboat 48 



6. John Fitch's steamboat 49 



7. John Stevens' twin-screw steamboat 50 



8. John Stevens' steamboat boiler and engine 53 



9. Robert Fulton's steamboat " Clermont " — _ 59 



10. John Stevens' steamboat " Phoenix " 61 



11. Steamship " Savannah." First to cross the Atlantic Ocean 63 



12. Steamer " R. F. Stockton." First iron hull to cross the Atlantic 



Ocean 64 



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