Modern History
The ships and sailors of old Salem
Ralph Delahaye Paine · narrated by Moss
2026
19h 10m
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Ralph D. Paine chronicles the ships and sailors of old Salem, the Massachusetts port whose merchant captains grew rich in the far-flung trade with China, India, and the Spice Islands. It revives a bold seafaring age. A stirring read for anyone who loves maritime history and the golden days of American sail.
Inside this audiobook
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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