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Excerpt from Salem: Maritime Salem in the Age of Sail
In the years following the American Revolution, sail ing vessels from Salem opened new markets to Amer ican trade from Bordeaux to Sumatra. In its peak years between 1790 and 1807 the port was identified with the Eastern luxuries trade, as tea, coffee, pep per, and other goods made the port one of the most prosperous cities in America. Salem is a history of the port's seafaring era and a guide to the Salem institutions that preserve its maritime heritage. The introduction recalls the vitality of the port. The main narrative in Section 2, based on a text by K. David Goss of the Essex Institute, documents the port's rise and decline and looks in some detail at the mer chants, crews, ships, and Salem's world trade net work. A guide to the historic maritime sites of Salem is provided in Section 3.
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