[PDF] Nautical Newburyport A History Of Captains Clipper Ships And The Coast Guard eBook

Author : Dyke Hendrickson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1467135879

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Newburyport was once the most dangerous harbor on the East Coast and one of its most prosperous. Local captains and sailors led the nation to battle during the American Revolution and founded the U.S. Coast Guard. They sent vessels to Bombay, the gold rush and the farthest reaches of the world. Author Dyke Hendrickson explores the perfection of the clipper ship, the city's famous Federalist mansions and the bold adventures from the Age of Sail. Follow the men and women of Newburyport into battle, into gales and into fortune--or ruin.

Author : Dyke Hendrickson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 31,99 MB
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1439669333

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In 1790, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton asked President George Washington to fund a fleet of "revenue cutters" that could halt smuggling and collect taxes in U.S. waters. Today, from northern Maine to southern Connecticut, the Coast Guard provides the might and the oversight to ensure that the coastlines are safe and navigable. From icebreaking and harrowing rescues to the global war on terror, the service plays a unique role in the region. Author Dyke Hendrickson profiles the varied careers and contributions of the brave men and women throughout New England who ensure the service remains Semper Paratus-Always Ready.

Author : Jane D. Lyon
Publisher : New York : American Heritage Publishing Company: book trade distribution by Meredith Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Clipper ships
ISBN : 9780060240417

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Traces the history of American clipper ships, describes the ships, and discusses the lives of the captain, crew, and passengers at sea.

Author : Michael Jay Mjelde
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 27,52 MB
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1648431135

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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 : Sam Jefferson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1472900286

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A beautiful illustrated history of the most exciting and compelling races and rivalries of the clipper ship era, featuring the stories of legendary boats such as Marco Polo and the Cutty Sark.

Author : Michael Jay Mjelde
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 1997-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781889901046

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Michael Jay Mjelde's Glory of the Seas, a history of Donald McKay's last great clipper ship, was the first volume in Mystic Seaport's American Maritime Library Series. In this new book he brings us the biography of her most accomplished captain, Daniel McLaughlin. A native of Nova Scotia, as were so many of the deepwater mariners of the clipper-ship era, Daniel McLaughlin had been captain of the great Herald of the Morning for three years before taking command of Glory. Mjelde brings us the adventurous life of this master mariner and his greatest ship, focusing on the wheat trade between San Francisco and England, on record-breaking runs around Cape Horn, on the man's grave responsibilities for safely delivering ship, crew and cargo.

Author : Eugene Rachlis
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 12,63 MB
Release : 1961
Category :
ISBN :

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Founded as the Revenue Marine in 1790 with a fleet of ten cutters, the Coast Guard was to collect revenue and prevent smugglers from landing contraband goods. They were soon fighting the French and British navies, capturing pirates, and helping to quell Florida Indian uprisings.

Author : Basil Lubbock
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 2014-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781494175887

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.