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With sails whitening every sea : mariners and the making of an American maritime empire /

Many Americans in the Early Republic era saw the seas as another field for national aggrandizement. With a merchant marine that competed against Britain for commercial supremacy and a whaling fleet that circled the globe, the United States sought a maritime empire to complement its territorial ambit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rouleau, Brian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Colección:United States in the world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo