Title: Ports of call
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.
Subjects: History, Juvenile literature, Seafaring life
Places: United States
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775