New Bedford

von Anthony M Sammarco

128 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In 1765, when Joseph Rotch sailed across the bay from Nantucket, he brought with him the skills and knowledge to start New Bedford's whaling industry. By 1830 the town was a larger whaling port than Nantucket, with an immense fleet employing more than 10,000 people.