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The ships and sailors of old Salem

Ralph Delahaye Paine

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  • Book language: English
  • 468 pages

A maritime history of Salem, Massachusetts, its ships and sailors, and an era of American seafaring achievement. Ralph D. Paine records the port's trading voyages, including vessels such as the Panay, bound from Boston to Manila. It offers a warm, detailed look at the age of sail.

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Contents

  1. THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. CHAPTER I A PORT OF VANISHED FLEETS
  6. CHAPTER II PHILIP ENGLISH AND HIS ERA (1680-1750)
  7. CHAPTER III SOME EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PIRATES (1670-1725)
  8. CHAPTER IV THE PRIVATEERSMEN OF ’76
  9. CHAPTER V JONATHAN HARADEN, PRIVATEERSMAN (1776-1782)
  10. CHAPTER VI CAPTAIN LUTHER LITTLE’S OWN STORY (1771-1799)
  11. CHAPTER VII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (1776-1783)
  12. CHAPTER VIII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (concluded) (1779-1783)
  13. CHAPTER IX RICHARD DERBY AND HIS SON JOHN (1774-1792)
  14. CHAPTER X ELIAS HASKET DERBY AND HIS TIMES (1770-1800)
  15. CHAPTER XI PIONEERS IN DISTANT SEAS (1775-1817)
  16. CHAPTER XII THE BUILDING OF THE ESSEX (1799)
  17. CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST AMERICAN VOYAGERS TO JAPAN (1799-1801)
  18. CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST YANKEE SHIP AT GUAM (1801)
  19. CHAPTER XV NATHANIEL BOWDITCH AND HIS “PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR” (1802)
  20. CHAPTER XVI THE VOYAGES OF NATHANIEL SILSBEE[38] (1792-1800)
  21. CHAPTER XVII THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN RICHARD CLEVELAND (1791-1820)
  22. CHAPTER XVIII THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812
  23. CHAPTER XIX THE TRAGEDY OF THE “FRIENDSHIP” (1831)
  24. CHAPTER XX EARLY SOUTH SEA VOYAGES (1832)
  25. CHAPTER XXI THE LAST PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN (1832)
  26. CHAPTER XXII GENERAL FREDERICK TOWNSEND WARD[47] (Leader of the Chinese “Ever Victorious Army”)
  27. CHAPTER XXIII THE EBBING OF THE TIDE
  28. APPENDIX
  29. INDEX
  30. Transcriber’s Notes

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