Name/Title
The Marine Society of the City of New York, 1770 - 1995Entry/Object ID
2010.18Description
From the Foreword by Walter Cronkite: "Sometime between the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and the founding of the American Republic, New York became a major port....
New York sea captains have written illustirous chapters in this continuing saga of a city built from the sea. And in 1770, when New York was still a British colony, these hard-driving shipmasters formed their own organization, the marine Society of the City of New York, to express their professional interest, including the diffusion of maritime knowledge and the care of families of shipmasters lost at sea....
Today, it is all too easy for us to forget what these shipmasters achieved in their wooden ships, built on the East River, with crews of which many had been plucked from the grogshops and flophouses of South Street. But it is an engrossing, colorful and sometimes amazing story, one full of lessons for our own time, lessons that speak of challenges met, lessons that we would do well to bear in mind for our own tomorrows...."
Physical Description: Hardcover bookCollection
Maritime CollectionBook Details
Author
Barry, Gerald J.Publisher
Marine Society of the City of New YorkDate Published
1770 - 1990Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
910.4 B MaritimeLCCN
95-68709Notes
Date: 1995
Copy No.: 1