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Whaling in Maine

Whaling in Maine

Paperback

Investing & FinanceMarine LifeRegional: New England

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1467144525
ISBN13: 9781467144520
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Jun 29 2020
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The history of American whaling is most frequently associated with Nantucket, New Bedford and Mystic. However, the state of Maine also played an integral part in the development and success of this important industry. The sons of Maine became whaling captains, whaling crews, inventors, investors and businessmen. Towns along the coast created community-wide whaling and sealing ventures, outfitted their own ships and crewed them with their own people. The state also supplied the growing industry with Maine-built ships, whale boats, oars and other maritime supplies. For more than two hundred years, the state forged a strong and lasting connection with the American whaling industry. Author and historian Charles Lagerbom reveals why Maine should rightly take its place alongside its more well-known New England whaling neighbors.

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