New Bedford
Released: Jul 17, 2003
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Format: Hardcover, 130 pages
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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.
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