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Paperback Maryland's Skipjacks Book

ISBN: 0738553638

ISBN13: 9780738553634

Maryland's Skipjacks

(Part of the Images of America: Maryland Series)

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Chesapeake is an Algonquian word meaning "great shellfish bay," and for decades, the oyster was the undisputed king of Chesapeake Bay shellfish. Early settlers reported them to be as large as dinner plates, and the reefs or rocks in which they lived
were large enough to be hazards to navigation. In 1884, fifteen million bushels of oysters were harvested and shipped around the world. The skipjack was the perfect vessel for sailing into the Chesapeake...

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