Author: Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ship registers
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Ship Registers of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Author: Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ship registers
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Captain's Best Mate
Author: Mary Chipman LawrencePublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611680638
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The diary of a wife who, with their five-year old daughter, accompanied her husband on a three-and-a-half year whaling voyage.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Bluejackets in the Blubber Room
Author: Peter KurtzPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817317791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the sailing ship William Badger Taking a biographical approach to his subject, Peter Kurtz describes three phases of the life of the William Badger, a sailing ship with a long and exemplary life on the sea: first as a merchant ship carrying raw materials and goods between New England, the US South, and Europe; second as a whaling ship; and finally as a supply ship providing coal and stores for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in Beaufort, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Kurtz begins Bluejackets in the Blubber Room by exploring early American shipbuilding and shipbuilders in the Piscataqua region of Maine and New Hampshire and the kinds of raw materials harvested and used in making the wooden sailing ships of the time. After its construction, the Badger became part of the key economic trade between New England, the US South, and Europe. The ship carried raw materials such as timber from New England to New Orleans and subsequently cotton from New Orleans to Spain and Liverpool, England. Using ship logs, sailors’ accounts, and other primary sources, Kurtz delves into both the people and the economics of this critical “cotton triangle” trade. Following service as a merchant ship, the Badger became a whaling ship, carrying its New England–based crew as far as the South Pacific. Kurtz presents a colorful story of life aboard a whaling ship and in the whaling towns ranging from Lynn, Massachusetts, to Cape Leeuwin, Australia. Finally, Kurtz describes the last phase of the Badger’s life as a key player as a supply ship in the Union Navy’s blockade effort. Although not the most dramatic duty a sailor could have, blockade supply nevertheless was critical to the United States’ prosecution of the Civil War and eventual victory. Kurtz examines the decision-making involved in procuring such ships and their crew, notably “refugees” and escaped slaves known as “contrabands.”
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Voice of the Whaleman
Author: Stuart C. ShermanPublisher: Providence : Providence Public Library
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Under suspicion of setting fire to some fields, a group of boys from a village in Crete are incarcerated and tortured by officials hoping to implicate the boys' parents
The South Sea Whaler
Author: Honore ForsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This exhaustive bibliography is indispensable for scholars and students of whaling history. It includes published diaries, autobiographies, narratives, scholarly works, adult and juvenile fiction, dissertations, and newspaper and periodical articles pertaining to whaling in the Pacific. Its full appendixes and indexes for islands, vessels, and captains make it a researcher's dream.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Author: