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2. Free Shipping Day - Wikipedia

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   Free Shipping Day is a one-day event held annually in mid-December. On the promotional holiday, consumers can shop from both large and small online merchants that offer free shipping with guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve.

3. Merchant ship - Wikipedia

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   A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft) inflatable dive ...

4. Maritime history of the United States (1776–1799) - Wikipedia

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   The Maritime history of the United States (1776–1799) (not to be confused with maritime jurisdiction or law under law of nations) begins with the British colonists before 1776, American merchant vessels had enjoyed the protection of the Royal Navy. During the American Revolution, American ships came under the aegis of France due to a 1778 ...

5. Today is Free Shipping Day — also known as every ... - AOL

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   If you’re a last-minute shopper (don’t worry, most of us are), then today is your lucky day: Tuesday, December 14 is Free Shipping Day.

6. Your 'Free Shipping Day' Cheat Sheet - AOL

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   It's coming down to the home stretch for holiday shopping, which means if you need to ship presents, you'd better have a game plan by now -- especially if you want to take advantage of Free ...

7. Free Shipping Day Is Today: The 10 Best Deals You'll ... - AOL

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   Hundreds of retailers are offering some sort of free shipping on Dec. 17 -- the last day retailers will guarantee

8. List of merchant navy capacity by country - Wikipedia

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   Present-day merchant shipping in the world's oceans. List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state.

9. History of the United States Merchant Marine - Wikipedia

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   The 18th century. As British colonists before 1776, American merchant vessels had enjoyed the protection of the Royal Navy. Major ports in the Northeast began to specialize in merchant shipping. The main cargoes included tobacco, as well as rice, indigo and naval stores from the Southern colonies.

10. East India Company - Wikipedia

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    The East India Company ( EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian ...

11. Trade route - Wikipedia

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    A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be used to refer to trade over bodies of water. Allowing goods to reach distant markets, a single trade route contains long-distance arteries, which may further be connected to smaller networks of ...