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The Atlantic triangular trade formed a major component of the colonial American economy, involving Europe, Africa and the Americas.The primary component of the transatlantic triangular trade consisted of slave ships from Europe sailing to Africa loaded with manufactured goods; once the ships arrived at African shores, the European slavers would exchange the goods aboard their ships for ...
The 'Charles W. Morgan', New Bedford, Massachusetts 1841. Video tour of the last wooden hulled whaling ship afloat in the United States, February, 2008. Finding the Mighty Whale, Eighteenth Century Nantucket Whaling and the Development of Environmental Knowledge, by Nathan Tristan Adams, MA thesis (University of British Columbia), August 2010.
The Sailing Ships of New England, 1607-1907, by John Robinson and George Francis Dow, Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts: 1922. As compiled from early primary sources, some of which are 17th-century manuscripts. Sailing Ship Rigs, with good illustrations. The Sparrow-Hawk, Pilgrim Hall Museum, May 18, 2005.
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; ... Pages in category "17th-century ships" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
A ship whose hull is fitted underneath with shaped vanes (foils) which lift the hull out of the water at speed. Ironclad A wooden warship with external iron plating Junk A Chinese sailing ship that widely used in ancient far east and South China sea which includes many variants such as Fu Ship, Kwong Ship. Karve A small type of Viking longship ...
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.
Griffin was the name of a 17th-century ship known to have sailed between England and English settlements along Massachusetts Bay in British America. Several historical and genealogical references show Griffin making such journeys in 1633 and 1634. The 1633 journey left from Downs, England, and landed at Plymouth in Plymouth Colony on September 3.
Unknown ship ( Spain): Thought to be a cargo vessel which foundered off Rill Cove, near Kynance Cove in Mount's Bay, Cornwall. [16] Finds include 300 coins in two datable groups 1555–98 and 1598–1603/5. The year 1616 is tentative. [17] Unknown ship: Wrecked offshore of the Isles of Scilly. [18] 1616 or 1617