Ships Through the Ages: Topsail Schooner - "Enterprise," Brig - "Sommers," Old Salem Bark
Ships Through the Ages: Topsail Schooner - "Enterprise," Brig - "Sommers," Old Salem Bark
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Ships Through the Ages: Topsail Schooner - "Enterprise," Brig - "Sommers," Old Salem Bark
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Topsail Schooner Enterprise: The Enterprise was a familiar type of 19th-century coasting vessel of four hundred and seventy tons. It made the passage from London to Calcutta via the Cape of Good Hope in 113 days. / Brig Sommers: A ship that has only two masts, both square-rigged, is a brig, a type of vessel that is now non-existent. The name "brig" is an abbreviated term for "brigantine," A term that originated in the Mediterranean, where it was applied to a small vessel, lateen-rigged, but intended mainly for rowing. At one time, it was a popular type for small coasting vessels and was used for carrying coal as late as the 19th century. / Old Salem Bark: The bark was a typical vessel used between the War of 1812 and the heyday of the clipper ship in the 19th century.
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Description of ships written in 1935.
Notes (historical):
Ships Through the Ages, originally four murals painted by Frederic Leonard King between 1934 and 1935, was commissioned as part of the Public Works of Art Project for the Jeffries Point Branch of the Boston Public Library. In 1956, the Jeffries Point Branch closed, and the murals were divided into smaller paintings and relocated to the East Boston Branch Library where they are currently on display; however, several sections of the murals are missing.
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