America And the Sea: Treasures from the Collections of Mystic Seaport

The history of America is largely a history of the sea. This marvelous book features a selection of more than two hundred of the finest objects from Mystic Seaport that tell the history of America and its maritime heritage. Presented with accessible texts and beautiful reproductions are masterpieces of maritime painting, exquisite photographs of classic yachts and powerboat races, and diverse prints and watercolors.

Stephen S. Lash is chairman, Christie’s America, and former chairman and current director of the New York City Landmarks Conservancy. Daniel Finamore is the Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Nicholas Whitman is the former Curator of Photography at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Erik A. R. Ronnberg, Jr., is a professional ship-model maker. William Fowler is director of the Massachusetts Historical Society and consulting editor to The New England Quarterly. Michael McManus is author of A Treasury of American Scrimshaw and was Director of Exhibitions, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, 1986-90. Llewellyn Howland III is a trustee of the New Bedford Whaling Museum and was a founding fellow for Mystic Seaport’s G. W. Blunt White Library. Ryan M. Cooper, a collector and dealer, is a leading historian on ship figureheads.