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Maritime Maryland : a history / William S. Dudley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dudley, William S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navigation--Maryland--History.
- Navigation.
- Ships--Maryland--History.
- Ships.
- Shipping.
- History.
- Naval history.
- Maryland--History, Naval.
- Maryland.
- Shipping--Maryland--History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press : in association with the Maryland Historical Society and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 2010.
- Contents:
- Colonial maritime heritage
- From Revolutionary War to the War of 1812
- The War of 1812 in Chesapeake Bay
- The surge of maritime Baltimore under sail and steam
- Civil War on Chesapeake Bay
- Oysters, crabs, fish, and watermen
- Maritime commerce after the Civil War
- The decline of working sail
- The growth of recreational boating
- Naval installations on the Bay
- Maritime archaeology and cultural resources
- Epilogue: our diminishing maritime environment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801894756
- 0801894751
- OCLC:
- 458738456
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