Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages: An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life
Ac k N o wl edg m ents hanks to editor Cynthia Sherry for giving me this wonderful opportunity'm especially grateful to my project editor Lisa Rosenthal who shared my enthusiasm for the subject and helped me develop and elevate the manuscript into a strong and engaging book Many thanks to Chicago Review Press publisher Linda Matthews who care fully reviewed the pages and nurtured the progress of the book Gerilee Hundt managing editor who put together a great team to bring the book to life Meg Cox a meticulous copyeditor and Allison Felus edi torial assistant who worked on the book in all stages of the production process I would like to express my appreciation for the lovely artwork and design of the book Thank you to Laura A D Argo for her delightful illustrations Scott Rattray of Rattray Design who created the layout of the book Joan Sommers of Joan Sommers Design for designing the magnificent cover and Michael Petrillo for his artistic help in the step by step
Many thanks to Heather Shanks and Carolle Morini at the Peabody Essex Museum and Dana Costanza from the Martha s Vineyard Historical Soci ety Thanks also to Peter Kerner and his nautical sense for checking parts of the manuscript for authenticity I'd also like to offer my thanks and appreciation to all the maritime museums and volunteers in our country who work hard to allow us to step back to the days of clipper ships and harpoons Special thanks to our wonderful big extended family who have been incredibly supportive as well as encouraging in my writing all these years and finally to my late parents Hermione and Charles Mears to Dad who could make anything with a piece of wood and a few nails and to Mom whose stories of the past made history come
O Time Line 4 000 years ago Native Americans catch whales that wash ashore and use canoes to capture whales along the shallow coastline 1620 Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock Settlers hunt whales right from shore 1750 Tryworks first used onboard a whaleship 1784 The Empress of China enters the anchorage of Whampoa to trade with the Chinese 1793
Pacific whaling begins when the Rebecca rounds Cape Horn to deliver a full cargo of sperm whale oil home to New Bedford 1640 First organized whale fishery Long Island New York 1712 Sperm whaling begins off the coast of Massachusetts 1776 America declares independence from England British blockade colonial ports during the Revolutionary War and bring whaling to a
