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  2. Category:1847 ships - Wikipedia

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    French ship Tage (1847) Torrington (1847 brig) V. French ship Valmy (1847) Victory (1847 ship) W. West Point (1847) USS Wyandank

  3. List of ship launches in 1847 - Wikipedia

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    America: America-class steamship: For British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. [54] 13 May United Kingdom: A. Hall & Sons Aberdeen: Victoria: Schooner: For Leith and Hamburg Shipping Company. [55] 15 May United Kingdom: Robert Napier and Sons: Govan: Earl of Aberdeen: Paddle steamer: For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company. [56 ...

  4. Transatlantic crossing - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic crossings were undertaken in sailing ships, and the journeys were time-consuming and often perilous.The first trade route across the Atlantic was inaugurated by Spain a few decades after the European Discovery of the Americas, with the establishment of the West Indies fleets in 1566, a convoy system that regularly linked its territories in the Americas ...

  5. Maritime history of Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    The beginnings go back to at least as far as the first European contact with the Americas, when Leif Erikson established a short-lived settlement called Vinland in present-day Newfoundland.

  6. Maritime history of the United States (1800–1899) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the term "clipper" referred to the Baltimore clipper, a topsail schooner that was developed in Chesapeake Bay before the American Revolution and was lightly armed in the War of 1812, sailing under Letters of Marque and Reprisal, when the type—exemplified by the Chasseur, launched at Fells Point, Baltimore, 1814— became known for its incredible speed; a deep draft ...

  7. Shipbuilding in the American colonies - Wikipedia

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    A map of Boston near the end of the colonial period: the coastline was dotted with shipyards. Shipbuilding in the American colonies was the development of the shipbuilding industry in North America (modern Canada, the United States, and Bermuda), from British colonization to American independence.

  8. History of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    Some Caribbean islands take advantage of flag of convenience policies followed by foreign merchant fleets, registering the ships in Caribbean ports. The registry of ships at "flag of convenience" ports is protected by the Law of the Sea and other international treaties. These treaties leave the enforcement of labour, tax, health and safety, and ...

  9. Category:1847 in North America - Wikipedia

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    1847 in the Caribbean (1 C) 1847 in Central America (3 C) / ... Pages in category "1847 in North America" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.