Excerpt from Salem: Maritime Salem in the Age of Sail In the years following the American Revolution, sail ing vessels from Salem opened new markets to Amer ican trade from Bordeaux to Sumatra. In its peak years between 1790 and 1807 the port was identified with the Eastern luxuries trade, as tea, coffee, pep per, and other goods made the port one of the most prosperous cities in America. Salem is a history of the port's seafaring era and a guide to the Salem institutions that preserve its maritime heritage. The ...
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Excerpt from Salem: Maritime Salem in the Age of Sail In the years following the American Revolution, sail ing vessels from Salem opened new markets to Amer ican trade from Bordeaux to Sumatra. In its peak years between 1790 and 1807 the port was identified with the Eastern luxuries trade, as tea, coffee, pep per, and other goods made the port one of the most prosperous cities in America. Salem is a history of the port's seafaring era and a guide to the Salem institutions that preserve its maritime heritage. The introduction recalls the vitality of the port. The main narrative in Section 2, based on a text by K. David Goss of the Essex Institute, documents the port's rise and decline and looks in some detail at the mer chants, crews, ships, and Salem's world trade net work. A guide to the historic maritime sites of Salem is provided in Section 3. The publication of this book was made possible in part by a grant from the Eastern National Parks and Monuments Association. National Park Handbooks, compact introductions to the natural and historical places administered by the National Park Service, are published to promote public understanding and enjoyment of the parks. Each handbook is intended to be informative read ing and a useful guide to park features. More than 100 titles are in print. They are sold at parks and can be purchased by mail from the Superintendent of Documents, us. Government Printing Office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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