THE SHIPPING QUESTION IN

HISTORY AND POLITICS

BY

WILLIAM W. BATES
LATE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION; FORMERLY MANAGER OF THE INLAND
LLOYDS REGISTER ; AUTHOR OF “RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND

CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS"

Copyright, 1892,
BY WILLIAM W. BATES

All rights reserved.

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AN EMINENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AMERICAN NAVAL ART IN
THE ERA OF ITS GLORY, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED

BY THE AUTHOR.