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Down East: An Illustrated History of Maritime Maine by Lincoln P Paine is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Down East: An Illustrated History of Maritime Maine about?
This engaging overview of Maine's maritime history ranges from early Native American travel and fishing to pre-Plymouth European settlements, wars, international trade, shipbuilding, boom-and-bust fisheries, immigrant quarrymen, quick-lime production, yachting, and modern port facilities, all unfolding against one of the most dramatic seascapes on the planet. Down East can be read in an evening but will be referred to again and again. When the first edition was published in 2000, Walter Cronkite
Who reads Down East: An Illustrated History of Maritime Maine?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lincoln P Paine
- Publisher
- Down East Books
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781684751396
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (19 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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