The World of the EssexFall 2014

Volume 64, No. 2

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • All research is a kind of time travel
    by Nathaniel Philbrick (p.3)
  • Nantucket 1819 (p.4)
    by Betsy Tyler
  • Pacific Parallels: Marquesas Islanders and the Essex Crew
    by Emily Donaldson (p.6)
  • Of Melville, Tortoises, and the Galápagos
    by Mary K. Bercaw Edwards (p.12)
  • “I know him not, and never will.”
    by Philip Hoare (p.16)
  • A Sounding Lead on a Distant Reef:
    Captain Pollard’s Lessons Learned
    by Kelly Gleason (p.20)
  • NHA Research Fellows New Nantucket Books (p.26)
    News 28 Notes & Highlights (p.28)

The Nantucket Historical Association preserves and interprets the history of Nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island’s significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.

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