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New American Memory collection: Westward By Sea



The G.W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport is proud to announce the
addition of "Westward By Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion,
1820-1890" to American Memory at the Library of Congress. This multi-format
digital collection was funded by an award from the Library of
Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.  The collection is
available at http://memory.loc.gov:8081/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/mymhihome.html.

From the days of Lewis and Clark, part of whose mission was to discover an
all-water route to the Pacific, maritime endeavors were critical to the
progress of American westward expansion. The Westward by Sea collection is
an online resource of nineteenth-century materials focused on the topic of
how and why people made their way to such places as California, Texas,
Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest, and what they did once they got there.
The collection touches upon a wide variety of themes, including whaling,
life at sea, shipping, women at sea, and native populations.

The materials are drawn from the manuscript and imprint collections of the
G. W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport (http://www.mysticseaport.org).
Together, the items comprise a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs,
and personal experiences associated with westward expansion from the
maritime perspective.

A companion site, American Maritime Westward Expansion, is currently under
construction at Mystic Seaport.

Maria Bernier
Digital Imaging Supervisor
G.W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT  06355
http://www.mysticseaport.org
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