New Bedford (MA) (Images of America)

Name: New Bedford (MA) (Images of America)
Author: Anthony Sammarco, Paul Buchanan
ISBN: 9780738512853

Author Anthony Sammarco, Paul Buchanan

Publisher Arcadia Publishing

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Author(s)Anthony Sammarco, Paul Buchanan

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN / ASIN0738512850

ISBN-139780738512853

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Sales Rank1,241,210

MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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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.