The Mayflower Problem
By: by William A. Baker.
Publisher: Plimoth Plantation
Published: 1954
Place of publication: Plymouth
Language: eng
Format: Three pamphlets
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Mayflower (Ship); Shipbuilding -- United States -- History -- 17th century
Other titles: American Neptune. Vol. 14, no. 1
First sentence: In the maritime history of this country there have been many famous vessels, vessels whose names bring to mind tales of exploration, colonization, merchant ventures, and desperate sea battles. There are varying opinions as to which is the most important, but one that stands high on the list is a small English merchant ship about which little is known. This vessel brought to these shores in 1620 the little band of dissenters and those who, for various reasons, cast their lot with them, now known as the Pilgrims.
Description: Reprinted by Plimoth Plantation from original articles in The American Neptune
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Table of contents: title: The Mayflower Problem; title: Early Seventeenth Century Ship Design; title: The Arrangement and Construction of Seventeenth-Century Ships