New Bedford
(2003)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcadia Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2003
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781439628881 (electronic bk.) MWT11453876, 1439628882 (electronic bk.) 11453876
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
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