Author: Michael Jay Mjelde
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1648431135
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 665
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Captain Henry Gillespie (1857–1937), of Portland, Maine, went to sea as a young man of 17, serving as “able-bodied seaman” on a New Bedford whaler. Over the next 47 years he would advance to deck officer, then master of sailing and steam ships. He was commissioned as an officer in the US Navy during World War I, commanding vessels operating in the war zone. Following the war, he returned to merchant marine service until his retirement in 1921. Maritime historian Michael Jay Mjelde has chronicled the colorful life and career of this “down-east” man of the sea, mining available first-person accounts, interviews with family members, government records, and maritime archives on both coasts. The result is a narrative in clear, highly engaging prose that puts readers on the tilting decks and noisy wharfs frequented by Gillespie. Through Mjelde’s retelling of a remarkable life, the age of clipper ships, the Cape Horn trade, and oceangoing steamers comes into vivid relief, affording a richly embossed assessment of Captain Gillespie’s life and times. From Whaler to Clipper Ship adds a layer of full-bodied context to our understanding of this pivotal era in American maritime history. The wealth of detail will appeal to scholars, students, and maritime history enthusiasts.
Author: George B. Douglas
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486402154
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Clearly written text, detailed illustrations, and full-size working plans provide novices and experienced model builders with all the information they need to create exact replicas of two 19th-century sailing ships—the Benjamin F. Packard, a classic American clipper, and the Alice Mandell, a famous whaler. The one-volume edition of two rare model-building manuals also devotes chapters to ship’s rigging (ancient and modern) and abundant information on clippers and old-time whaling ships. A treasury of essential information for hobbyists, model builders, and devotees of the great age of sail.
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Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Author: William Armstrong Fairburn
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Category : Commission merchants
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Author: Hawthorne Daniel
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Category : Clipper ships
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Author: Peter F. Copeland
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486253886
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Forty-five magnificent ready-to-color illustrations depict USS Constitution, sloops, whalers, frigates, clippers, more. Informative captions.
Author: Frank Charles Bowen
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Category : Models (Clay, plaster, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Author: Edward Keble Chatterton
Publisher: London : T.F. Unwin
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Category : Offshore whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Author: E. W. Wright
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Lewis & Dryden Print. Company
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Author: Glenn A. Knoblock
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786471123
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.
