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The ships and sailors of old Salem

by Ralph Delahaye Paine

Chapters (27)

THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM 0:00
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 1:18
CHAPTER I A PORT OF VANISHED FLEETS 5:07
CHAPTER II PHILIP ENGLISH AND HIS ERA (1680-1750) 33:29
CHAPTER III SOME EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PIRATES (1670-1725) 1:03:05
CHAPTER IV THE PRIVATEERSMEN OF ’76 1:36:16
CHAPTER V JONATHAN HARADEN, PRIVATEERSMAN (1776-1782) 2:08:05
CHAPTER VI CAPTAIN LUTHER LITTLE’S OWN STORY (1771-1799) 2:42:22
CHAPTER VII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (1776-1783) 3:14:44
CHAPTER VIII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (concluded) (1779-1783) 3:42:11
CHAPTER IX RICHARD DERBY AND HIS SON JOHN (1774-1792) 4:06:27
CHAPTER X ELIAS HASKET DERBY AND HIS TIMES (1770-1800) 4:47:25
CHAPTER XI PIONEERS IN DISTANT SEAS (1775-1817) 5:29:43
CHAPTER XII THE BUILDING OF THE ESSEX (1799) 6:21:33
CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST AMERICAN VOYAGERS TO JAPAN (1799-1801) 6:58:22
CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST YANKEE SHIP AT GUAM (1801) 7:33:14
CHAPTER XV NATHANIEL BOWDITCH AND HIS “PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR” (1802) 8:04:16
CHAPTER XVI THE VOYAGES OF NATHANIEL SILSBEE (1792-1800) 8:40:44
CHAPTER XVII THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN RICHARD CLEVELAND (1791-1820) 9:13:14
CHAPTER XVIII THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812 9:52:49
CHAPTER XIX THE TRAGEDY OF THE “FRIENDSHIP” (1831) 10:38:21
CHAPTER XX EARLY SOUTH SEA VOYAGES (1832) 11:27:32
CHAPTER XXI THE LAST PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN (1832) 12:11:27
CHAPTER XXII GENERAL FREDERICK TOWNSEND WARD (Leader of the Chinese “Ever Victorious Army”) 12:46:19
CHAPTER XXIII THE EBBING OF THE TIDE 13:40:41
APPENDIX 14:05:17
INDEX 14:07:35

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Narrator: Marlow — Conrad's Raconteur (en-GB)
Length: 14 hr 8 min
Language: English
Added: October 23, 2026
Source ebook: Project Gutenberg
License: Public domain