McCulloch, J.R.
London, printed for Longman, Brown, Green…., 1845

Robert Gardiner (editor)

Conway, 1993.

a volume in Conway’s authoritative “History of the Ship” series.

a handbook of popular nautical information; with numerous diagrams, plans and illustrations .

4th edition, revised and brought up to date

by Edwin P. Harnack

London, Alexander Moring, 1930.

includes an extensive section of shipping company fleet lists

Wardle, Mary
Whittles Publishing, 2002

its history and romance from 1620 to 1902

by  Winthrop L. Marvin

New York, Charles Scribner, 1902.

a good scholarly history of the first three centuries of American shipping.

Ricardo, John Lewis
London, Charles Gilpin, 1847

Poolman, Kenneth

Leo Cooper, 1985.

the story of the armed merchant cruisers used in the British service from the end of the 19th century through to world war 2.

by C.R. Benstead

Methuen, 1936.

a good concise history of the Atlantic crossing.

by Arthur J. Maginnis

London, Whittaker & Co., 1900.

the most complete edition of this important study of the Atlantic crossing in the 19th century.