History Of The Chesapeake Bay

Author : Tangie Holifield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439673775

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A Culinary History of the Chesapeake Bay by Tangie Holifield Pdf

The four hundred years since colonization have brought European, African and Asian techniques, ingredients and tastes to the Chesapeake Bay. European colonists and Africans both enslaved and free were influenced by indigenous ingredients and Native American cooking and created uniquely New World foods. The nineteenth century saw the development of industries based on the bounty of the Bay and the rising popularity of oysters, blue crab and turtle soup throughout the greater Mid-Atlantic. Waves of immigrants brought their own cuisines to the mix, and colcannon, brisket, sauerkraut and fish peppers are now found on Chesapeake tables. Local author, scientist and blogger Tangie Holifield weaves together the unique food traditions of the Bay, telling the stories of each culture that has contributed to its bounty.

Author : Jamie L. H. Goodall
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467141161

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Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars by Jamie L. H. Goodall Pdf

The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates, the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are intimately tied to a fascinating history of intrigue, plunder and illicit commerce raiding. Author Jamie L.H. Goodall introduces infamous men like Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, as well as lesser-known local figures like Gus Price and Berkeley Muse, whose tales of piracy are legendary from the harbor of Baltimore to the shores of Cape Charles.

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812986280

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Chesapeake by James A. Michener Pdf

In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of America’s Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man’s dream, Michener tells intertwining stories of family and national heritage, introducing us along the way to Quakers, pirates, planters, slaves, abolitionists, and notorious politicians, all making their way through American history in the common pursuit of freedom. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Chesapeake “Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . An emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press

Author : Victor S. Kennedy
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421426549

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Shifting Baselines in the Chesapeake Bay by Victor S. Kennedy Pdf

Such knowledge can help illustrate the Bay’s potential fertility and stimulate efforts to restore this pivotal maritime system’s ecological health and productivity.

Author : Philip D. Curtin,Grace S. Brush,George W. Fisher
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801875175

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Discovering the Chesapeake by Philip D. Curtin,Grace S. Brush,George W. Fisher Pdf

With its rich evolutionary record of natural systems and long history of human activity, the Chesapeake Bay provides an excellent example of how a great estuary has responded to the powerful forces of human settlement and environmental change. Discovering the Chesapeake explores all of the long-term changes the Chesapeake has undergone and uncovers the inextricable connections among land, water, and humans in this unusually delicate ecosystem. Edited by a historian, a paleobiologist, and a geologist at the Johns Hopkins University and written for general readers, the book brings together experts in various disciplines to consider the truly complex and interesting environmental history of the Chesapeake and its watershed. Chapters explore a variety of topics, including the natural systems of the watershed and their origins; the effects of human interventions ranging from Indian slash-and-burn practices to changing farming techniques; the introduction of pathogens, both human and botanical; the consequences of the oyster's depletion; the response of bird and animal life to environmental factors introduced by humans; and the influence of the land and water on the people who settled along the Bay. Discovering the Chesapeake, originating in two conferences sponsored by the National Science Foundation, achieves a broad historical and scientific appreciation of the various processes that shaped the Chesapeake region. "Today's Chesapeake Bay is only some ten thousand years old. What a different world it was . . . when the region was the home of the ground sloth, giant beaver, dire wolf, mastodon, and other megafauna. In the next few thousand years, the ice may form again and the Bay will once more be the valley of the Susquehanna, unless, of course, human-induced changes in climate create some other currently unpredictable condition."—from the Introduction

Author : Richard Albright
Publisher : Wiley-Scrivener
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1118686276

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Death of the Chesapeake by Richard Albright Pdf

This unique book focuses attention on the failure of current efforts to cleanup the Chesapeake Bay and suggests an approach often used in cleaning up environmentally damaged sites While military munitions sources contribute significantly to the pollution and degradation of Chesapeake Bay, they have been completely overlooked in many of the efforts to restore the Bay. Death of the Chesapeake explores this important aspect of the nation's environmental health. The book also recognizes for the first time that efforts to restore the Bay have failed because of the violation of a fundamental precept of environmental cleanup; that is, to sample the site and see what's there. The Bay itself has never been sampled. Thus, this book presents a view of the environmental condition of Chesapeake Bay that is totally unique. It covers a part of the history of the Bay that is not widely known, including how the Bay was formed. It presents a mixture of science, military history, and novel solutions to the Bay's degradation. In so doing, the author examines the military use of the Bay and reveals the extent that munitions dumpsites containing nitrogen and phosphorus as well as chemical warfare material are affecting the environment. The book concludes with the author's own cleanup plan, which, if implemented, would go a long way toward restoring health to the Bay. The book is supplemented with many photographs and maps.

Author : Therese M. Shea
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433997754

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History of the Chesapeake Bay by Therese M. Shea Pdf

The historical significance of the Chesapeake Bay region stretches from the United States’ founding through the Civil War to the present day. Home to important research institutions, busy ports, and a growing population, the bay’s past has helped it build a bright future. Readers will follow the growth of Chesapeake Bay, beginning with its earliest settlements such as Jamestown. Sidebars add to the main content’s discussion of significant events, while readers travel through the bay’s past with the help of vivid photographs and historical images. Maps of the region will show readers where history happened and introduce the region’s major rivers, states, and landforms.

Author : Mark E. Jacoby
Publisher : University of Maryland Sea Grant Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
ISBN : 0943676533

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Working the Chesapeake by Mark E. Jacoby Pdf

In 1966 Congress passed the National Sea Grant College Program Act to promote marine research, education, and extension services in institutions along the nation's ocean and Great Lakes coasts. In Maryland a Sea Grant Program -- a partnership among federal and state governments, universities, and industries -- began in 1977, and in 1982 the University of Maryland was named the nation's seventeenth Sea Grant College. The Maryland Sea Grant College focuses its efforts on the Chesapeake Bay, with emphasis on the marine concerns of fisheries, seafood technology, and environmental quality. A description of the Chesapeake's waterman, this book details fishing for crabs, oysters, soft clams, hard clams, eels, cat-fish, menhaden, and other fish. Each chapter describes a day with a waterman, capturing the personality of the boat's crew as well as the techniques they use to catch their prey. Bay artist Neil Harpe has produced original lithographs for the book, and the combination of words and pictures helps to capture a slice of time in the lives of the watermen. The full-color cover reproduces an original lithograph by Neil Harpe of two skipjacks dredging the oyster beds of Tangier Sound.

Author : Arthur Pierce Middleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
ISBN : UOM:39015013257335

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Tobacco Coast by Arthur Pierce Middleton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Medicine
ISBN : MINN:30000008789087

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Research Awards Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Pierce Middleton,Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
ISBN : OCLC:1221444608

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Tobacco Coast by Arthur Pierce Middleton,Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.) Pdf

Author : James L. Foster
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439673997

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Icy Winters on the Chesapeake Bay by James L. Foster Pdf

Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay's myriad inlets in summer, it is hard to imagine that, come January, icebreakers may be plowing the waters you cruised in July. When portions of the Great Shellfish Bay are iced up, the flow of commerce is impeded. At the turn of the nineteenth century, with the center of the new nation's government established it its arms, a frozen Bay meant that the United States' emergence to a status on par with the foremost nations of the world might be painfully slow. James Foster chronicles the disasters and pitfalls, large and small, that come with the coldest of winters.

Author : William B. Cronin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0801874351

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The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake by William B. Cronin Pdf

An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

Author : Robert H. Burgess
Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015051117672

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This was Chesapeake Bay by Robert H. Burgess Pdf

Here is a collection of true accounts of the Chesapeake gathered from the lips and memories of the people who experienced them, from clipping files and ship registers, and from the author's own extensive collection -- people and places, shipbuilding, steamboating, oyster dredging, natural history -- the whole panoply of Bay lore.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309090520

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Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay Pdf

Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay discusses the proposed plan to offset the dramatic decline in the bay's native oysters by introducing disease-resistant reproductive Suminoe oysters from Asia. It suggests this move should be delayed until more is known about the environmental risks, even though carefully regulated cultivation of sterile Asian oysters in contained areas could help the local industry and researchers. It is also noted that even though these oysters eat the excess algae caused by pollution, it could take decades before there are enough of them to improve water quality.