(013869) Seafaring in Colonial Massachusetts: A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Novermber 21 and 22, 1975. Boston: Colonial Soc. Of MA, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 240 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts , Volume 52 Contains chapters by 9 different contributors plus a foreword and introduction. Partial contents: "Vessel Types of Colonial Massachusetts" ; "Guarding the New England Coast: The Naval Career of Cyprian Southack"; " The Colonial Charting of the Massachusetts Coast"; " The Whale Oil Trade, 1750-1775". (Transportation) (History / US, Navigation, Massachusetts, Americana)