New Bedford (MA) (Images of America)
Book Details
Author(s)
Anthony Sammarco, Paul Buchanan
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN / ASIN
0738512850
ISBN-13
9780738512853
Availability
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Sales Rank
#1,241,210
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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.
