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Voyages, the Age of Sail: Documents in American Maritime History, Volume I, 1492-1865 (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology)
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Paperback. An anthology that covers the entirety of the American maritime experience. It provides students with usable, and historically significant documents that prompt class discussion and critical thinking. Editor(s): Smith, Joshua M.; National Maritime Historical Society (U.S.). Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, ""Voyages"" covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers.The texts have been chosen to provide students with interesting, usable, and historically significant documents that will prompt class discussion and ... Read more
Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, ""Voyages"" covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers.The texts have been chosen to provide students with interesting, usable, and historically significant documents that will prompt class discussion and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813033044
SKU
V9780813033044
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-83
About
Joshua Smith, associate professor of humanities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, is the author of Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists, and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783-1820, winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award for Best U.S. Maritime History.
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