Author: National Park Service (U S ) Division of Publications

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2009-12-07

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780912627809

Provides a history of the port's seafaring era in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and a guide to the historic sites of Salem, Massachusetts. The historic buildings, wharves, and reconstructed tall ship at Salem Maritime tell the stories of the sailors, Revolutionary War privateers, and merchants who brought the riches of the Far East to America.