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| "Far from being a barrier between colonies,
the ocean and rivers were the highways down which communication
and trade flowed. Small or medium-sized craft like shallops were
extremely important in the colonies, but very few vessels dating
from this period have been examined in America. . . . vessel[s]
were used for fishing in the inshore waters, trading voyages
throughout the colonies, defense, and general transportation.
. . . it is possible that the shallop had traveled as far south
as Bermuda. Craft like this one were the threads that stitched
widely-spaced colonies together, and the study of their remains
allows some insight into the lives of seventeenth century settlers".
see Brendan Foley web-site The Hart's Cove Shallop: A Late Seventeenth Century Colonial Vessel by Prof. David C. Switzer, Plymouth State College  |
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