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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Journal Of The Voyage Of The Sloop Mary, From Quebeck: Together With An Account Of Her Wreck Off Montauk Point, L.I., Anno 1701

Journal Of The Voyage Of The Sloop Mary, From Quebeck: Together With An Account Of Her Wreck Off Montauk Point, L.I., Anno 1701

Maher, John

Paperback

General ReferenceTravel WritingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354484727
ISBN13: 9789354484728
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Across cold Atlantic waters in 1701, the small sloop Mary sails from Quebeck towards the open ocean, her fate already sealed off Montauk Point, Long Island. One voyage, one surviving voice. In this historical sea journal, John Maher records the day-to-day realities of a voyage from quebec 1701 and the stark events leading to a montauk point shipwreck. Part logbook, part maritime travel narrative, his plain, unvarnished entries chart weather, seamanship and uncertainty on the colonial North American seas, before turning to a sober shipwreck account book that traces how a routine passage slipped into disaster. For readers of colonial long island history and maritime history enthusiasts, Maher's journal offers a primary source edition that preserves details of seamanship, geography and peril that formal chronicles overlook. As a rare, early 18th century maritime eyewitness narrative, it stands firmly in the tradition of age of sail nonfiction, its immediacy bringing the rigours and risks of coastal trading life into sharp focus. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, ideal both for casual browsers of any shipwreck narratives collection and for serious students of colonial north american seas.

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