Title: Westward by sea
Description: "This selection of items from Mystic Seaport's archival collections includes logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels. The unique maritime perspective of these materials offers a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. A number of photographs, paintings, maps, and nautical charts are also included to illustrate the story of Americans' western seaborne travel. Various themes are touched upon, including whaling, life at sea, shipping, women at sea, and native populations."--Home page.
Subjects: Sources, Territorial expansion, Seafaring life, Voyages to the Pacific coast, History, Sunday school literature, Computer network resources, American Religious literature
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century