Ports of call.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Seafaring life -- Juvenile literature.; Seafaring life.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: Surveys the founding and early history of America's greatest seaports: Castine, Portsmouth, Boston, Salem, Bristol and Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. Examines life in each port and its role in early maritime history, shipbuilding, and trade.
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