Master of Desolation, The Reminisciences of Capt. Joseph J. Fuller

Sports & Outdoors

Busch, Briton Cooper, and Fuller, Capt. Joseph J.

Hunting & Fishing

Mystic Seaport Museum

Master of Desolation: The reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J. Fuller (American maritime library)

Fuller, Joseph J

This comprehensive annotated bibliography of published works and Ph.D. theses in the English language was compiled by a pioneering maritime historian, the late Robert Albion. This volume covers titles through 1970. Later works are contained in Benjamin Labaree's Supplement (see below).

Naval and Maritime History

History

Albion, Robert Greenhalgh

Americas

Much is packed into this slim volume by the Captain who held the record for a round-trip voyage between San Francisco and Liverpool. In this memoir he vividly recounts his sea career from 1881-1892

16 Times Round Cape Horn

Biographies & Memoirs

Hibberd, Isaac Norris

Professionals & Academics

New Englanders have lived intimately with the sea since the earliest days of exploration and settlement. The rich legacy of three and a half centuries is recounted by three noted scholars of New England history, and handsomely illustrated with 125 images selected from maritime archives throughout the region.

New England & The Sea (Maritime)

BAKER, WILLIAM A.

Benjamin W. Labaree

Reference

More than 50 years ago Dorothy and Marion Brewington began their search to identify the world's marine artists. In convenient dictionary form, the results of this monumental task have been published jointly by the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, and Mystic Seaport Museum. Alphabetical entries offer information on the careers of 3,074 American, European, Chinese, and Japanese artists. The emphasis is upon the obscure semi-professional "pierhead" painters of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries not found in standard references. Living artists are not included. This is an essential reference for art scholars, collectors, and libraries.

Dictionary of Marine Artists

Dorothy E.R. Brewington

Humor & Entertainment

Mystic Seaport's vast manuscript resources on maritime history are described in this guide. Featuring 172 collections and 1,088 ships logs and journals that form the heart of the Museum's collection of maritime manuscripts, this volume will be indispensable for serious scholars of American history.

A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the G.W. Blunt White Library at the Mystic Seaport Museum (Maritime)

Stein, Douglas L

G W Blunt White Library

The maritime empire created by New York merchant William H. Aspinwall helped shape the course of American history. Capturing the spirited life of the New York maritime community, this lively narrative traces Aspinwall's notable career: his entry into the shipping business in the 1830s; his championship of early clipper-ship designs in the 1840s; his establishment of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad in the 1850s; his work as a secret agent during the Civil War; and even his art collecting.

Aspinwall Empire (Maritime)

Somerville, Duncan S

Historical

The figurehead -- a decorative carving on the bow of a ship, often personifying the vessel in human or animal form -- is an ancient and fascinating tradition of the sea. The author, Mystic Seaport Museum's Registrar, here recounts the development of figureheads and then discusses the different styles and periods of carving, using as examples 40 of these ever-popular and intriguing figures in the museum's collection. Produced under a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this handsome, fully illustrated book will appeal to folk art enthusiasts as well as students of maritime history.

Silent Pilots: Figureheads in Mystic Seaport Museaum (Mystic Seaport Museum Monographs)

Hamilton, Georgia W

Travel

"Origins of Sea Terms" differs from existing glossaries and dictionaries. It emphasizes word roots and earliest meanings, making it an indispensable companion to standard maritime dictionaries. The author steers his way through a potentially dry subject with a witty flair that will please as well as inform. The mariner's language is almost universal in its usage and its sources. An idle curiosity about the derivation of the term ""peajacket"" led John G. Rogers to devour ancient and modern texts in his six-year search for the origins of sea terms. While light-hearted in its presentation, ORIGINS OF SEA TERMS is serious in intent. It contains 1,248 entries pertaining to life on board ship, hulls and rigging, ship handling, sea and weather conditions, and naval and technical terms. ORIGINS OF SEA TERMS is volume XI in Mystic Seaport Museum's American Maritime Library."

Origins of Sea Terms

John G Rogers

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

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