Carse, Robert.

The Seafarers – A History Of Maritime America 1620 – 1820.

New York, Evanston, and London, Harper & Row, 1964. 19 x 27cm. XI, 306 pages including index. Illustrated by Ray Houlihan. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: The Sea and the Forest / Rum, Furs and Massacre / Boston Comes Of Age / Sumatra and the China – side/ The Islands/ Taxes and Rebels/ Pirates and Profits/ Great Venture/ Salem/ Of Whales and Men/ Richard and Serapis/ New Navy etc.

Begins with ‘The Mayflower’ and its shipload of farmers and tradesmen and shows how they were forced to turn to the sea for survival, and how they soon discovered there was a fortune to be earned in fishing and trading. Carse describes how the newcomers learned to build shallops and pinnaces, tiny ships by modern standards, in which they joined the European codfish on the banks of Nova Scotia etc.

• Keywords: Maritime History – Rare · Nautical Books
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 41733AB

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