The Maritime History Channel By The North American Society For Oceanic History
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Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill: 1550-1800, Margaret Schotte
Margaret E. Schottes original, perceptive, and scholarly comparative study focuses on early modern navigators and their contributions to modern science. Sailing School investigates how early modern sailors developed mathematical and technical expertise
NASOH #024 - Kevin Bertram, The Shores of Tripoli: U.S. Navy & Marine Corps vs The Pirates of Tripoli
From the end of the American Revolution, commercial vessels of the young United States republic were easy prey for the pirates of the Barbary coast. In 1801, newly inaugurated President Thomas Jefferson was eager to put an end to this threat and sent a “s
NASOH #023 - Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick
Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing—or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Dillard avers Moby-Dick
NASOH #022 - Corbin Williamson, The U.S. Navy and Its Cold War Alliances, 1945-1953
After World War I, the U.S. Navy’s brief alliance with the British Royal Navy gave way to disagreements over disarmament, fleet size, interpretations of freedom of the seas, and general economic competition. This go-it-alone approach lasted until the next
NASOH #021 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The South Street Seaport & Conclusion
The final of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss New York City's South Street Seaport an
NASOH #020 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The San Francisco Maritime Museum
The fifth of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss San Francisco Maritime Museum. &n
NASOH #019 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The Mariner's Museum
The fourth of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss The Mariner's Museum in Newport News,
NASOH #018 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: Mystic Seaport
The third of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss Mystic Seaport. The United States has lon
NASOH #017 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The New Bedford Whaling Museum
The second of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The Unite
NASOH #016 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: Introduction & Peabody Essex Museum
The first of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we introduce the background for the book and the Cabine