When the Portsmouth Athenaeum acquired a rare log kept on Portsmouth whaling vessel Ann Parry, the Marine Society found Ken Martin, the former director of the Kendall Whaling Museum and author of several other whaling related books, to author the 24th publication in the series devoted to the maritime history of the Piscataqua river basin. In addition to the log in the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Martin was able to use logs and other material from other Portsmouth voyages now in the archives of museums in New Bedford and Nantucket, as well as from Kendall Whaling Museum. More than 50 rare illustrations bring to life the adventures, the hardships, and the rare successes of Portsmouth whalers. The resulting book is devoted to the several voyages of Portsmouth ships, including the Ann Parry, Pocahontas, Sarah Sheafe, Sarah Parker, Triton, Portsmouth, and Neptune. Here are stories of shipwrecks and captures by South Pacific natives, chance meetings at sea with other Portsmouth vessels, visits to exotic ports, and the financial ruin of the Portsmouth Whaling Company, not to mention the woes of crewmen, some of whom completed a 43-month voyage owing the company for small advances against hoped for profits.
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Ken Martin received his undergraduate education at Dickinson College, and his graduate degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally a specialist in European diplomatic history, he taught history at Gettysburg College and Slippery Rock University. After cultivating his personal interest in American whaling, he served six years as the director of the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, Massachusetts. Since 1980, he has been a self-employed historian and author. Martin is the author; co-author or editor of more than fifteen books, numerous articles, papers in maritime history, folk art, military, and business topics. He lives in Woolrich, Maine.
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ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 1848, the whaling bark Ann Parry was only a week or two from Portsmouth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ann Parry, New Bedford, Portsmouth Whaling Company, New Hampshire, South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Kendall Whaling Museum, Charles Cushing, Ichabod Goodwin, Mozambique Channel, South Georgia, William Badger, New England, Portsmouth Pier Company, William Walker, Captain Barnard, Cape Horn, Captain Dennett, Portsmouth Athenaeum, Fort Dauphin, Isles of Shoals, New York, New Zealand, Sarah Parker, United States New!
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ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 1848, the whaling bark Ann Parry was only a week or two from Portsmouth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ann Parry, New Bedford, Portsmouth Whaling Company, New Hampshire, South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Kendall Whaling Museum, Charles Cushing, Ichabod Goodwin, Mozambique Channel, South Georgia, William Badger, New England, Portsmouth Pier Company, William Walker, Captain Barnard, Cape Horn, Captain Dennett, Portsmouth Athenaeum, Fort Dauphin, Isles of Shoals, New York, New Zealand, Sarah Parker, United States New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- New Hampshire: An Explorer's Guide (Explorer's Guides) by Christina Tree on 4 pages
- New Hampshire (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on 4 pages
- Whaling and Fishing (Notable American Authors) by Charles Nordhoff on page 36, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Men And Whales by Richard Ellis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- History of the American Whale Fishery by Alexander Starbuck in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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