Download or read book Ships and Shipmasters of Old Providence written by Providence Institution for Savings and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ships and Shipmasters of Old Providence: A Brief Account of Some of the Famous Merchants, Sea Captains, and Ships of the Past, Together With Reminiscences of a Few Notable Voyages Made in Providence Ships The last Whaler and the last clipper-ship passed a half - century ago, and the last indomitable sea-captain long since turned his compass towards the ocean of the Great Unknown. If this portrayal of their day brings back for ever so brief a moment the smack of the salt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.