Modern History

The ships and sailors of old Salem

Ralph Delahaye Paine · narrated by Michael

2026

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The ships and sailors of old Salem by Ralph Delahaye Paine. A public-domain classic, freshly narrated.

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25 chapters

1PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION6m
2CHAPTER I A PORT OF VANISHED FLEETS44m
3CHAPTER II PHILIP ENGLISH AND HIS ERA (1680-1750)40m
4CHAPTER III SOME EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PIRATES (1670-1725)45m
5CHAPTER IV THE PRIVATEERSMEN OF ’7643m
6CHAPTER V JONATHAN HARADEN, PRIVATEERSMAN (1776-1782)46m
7CHAPTER VI CAPTAIN LUTHER LITTLE’S OWN STORY (1771-1799)45m
8CHAPTER VII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (1776-1783)41m
9CHAPTER VIII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (concluded) (1779-1783)24m
10CHAPTER IX RICHARD DERBY AND HIS SON JOHN (1774-1792)56m
11CHAPTER X ELIAS HASKET DERBY AND HIS TIMES (1770-1800)58m
12CHAPTER XI PIONEERS IN DISTANT SEAS (1775-1817)59m
13CHAPTER XII THE BUILDING OF THE ESSEX (1799)50m
14CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST AMERICAN VOYAGERS TO JAPAN (1799-1801)47m
15CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST YANKEE SHIP AT GUAM (1801)43m
16CHAPTER XV NATHANIEL BOWDITCH AND HIS “PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR” (1802)55m
17CHAPTER XVI THE VOYAGES OF NATHANIEL SILSBEE[38] (1792-1800)46m
18CHAPTER XVII THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN RICHARD CLEVELAND (1791-1820)59m
19CHAPTER XVIII THE PRIVATEERS OF 18121h 0m
20CHAPTER XIX THE TRAGEDY OF THE “FRIENDSHIP” (1831)1h 7m
21CHAPTER XX EARLY SOUTH SEA VOYAGES (1832)59m
22CHAPTER XXI THE LAST PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN (1832)47m
23CHAPTER XXII GENERAL FREDERICK TOWNSEND WARD[47] (Leader of the Chinese “Ever Victorious Army”)1h 14m
24CHAPTER XXIII THE EBBING OF THE TIDE35m
25APPENDIX3m

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