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in modern landscapes, should find their library without this book. At the end, one finds oneself disappointed that the presentation ends. With so much of the maritime heritage of the region laid out before us, with so many issues raised or hinted that strike at the core of arc haeological preservationissues vital to the survival of the underwater hi story we have all inherited--one wishes the di scussion could go on. PHILIP LORD , JR .
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evolution from an agrarian to an industrial soc iety . This impress ively researched and lucidly written book will be a standard source for a long time to come. FREEMAN M. TOYELL Victoria, British Columbia A Heritage in Wood; the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's Small Craft Collection, ed. Richard J. S. Dodds and Pete Lesher (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels MD, 1992, l 32pp, illus, photos & drawings; $19.95pb) The first craft built in North America were fashioned after those European models with which co lonists were familiar, the most common being small sloops, shall ops and pinnaces. Under the unique conditions of the Chesapeake Bay, however, influences both env ironmental and economical quickly conspired to give a distinct character to the reg ion 's watercraft. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is home to the largest collection of these indi genous vessels, now fully catalogued in the museum 's new publication A Heritage in Wood. Rare photos from the museum archives a nd careful line drawings enrich thi s s urvey of the museum 's 76 vessels which, in this ana lysis, are divided into the categories of log-built boats , roundbilge boats, V-bottom boats, flat-bottomed boats, gunning boats and onedesig n boats. They represent all types of construction methods and span a century of boatbuilding tradition . The pride of the collection is the nine-log bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, built 1889, a direct descendent of the Indian dugouts that predate the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. The book serves as more than just a catalog, as each section begins with an insightful overview of the reasons why Chesapeake builders created native types of boats for local uses in fi shing, oystering and transportation. Heritage in Wood is in equa l parts a valua ble expression of the maritime charac ter of the Chesapeake Bay and a testimony to the museum 's 25 years of acquisition , research and restoration. KH
Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods: The Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785-1841 , by James R. Gibson (McG ill-Queen 's University Press, Montreal , and University of Washington Press, Seattle WA, 1992, 420pp, maps, illus, biblio, tables, index; $45hb) This major work by a di sting ui shed Professor of Geography at York Uni versi ty, Toronto, is the first comprehensive account of the maritime fur trade which dominated the hi story of the Pacific Northwest from the first European contact with the indi genous population until well into the 19th century. With emphasis on the economic and social aspec ts, Gibson records in cons iderable detail the constantly chang ing nature of the trade and how it involved and affected four wide ly se parated regions and peoples: the Northwest Coast and its Indians, the Hawaiian Islands and their Polynesian s, South China a nd it s Cantonese, and New England and its Yankees. Fu ll use is made of the logs and diaries of sh ips' captains, com pan y records and national arc hi ves, including arc hi ves of the former USSR. Gibson contends that the impact of the trade on the Northwest Coast was both positive and negative. New goods and new ideas we re introduced, which the Indians adapted to their needs. Their culture was stimulated by the introduction of new tool s and their li ves improved by a measure of more material prosperity. But the negative impact included disease, a rapid decline in population , and the cond itioning of Euroamerican native relations along antago- Bering Sea Escort: Life Aboard a Coast ni stic lines. The political , economic and Guard C utter in World War II, by social effects were even more marked on Robert Erwin Johnson (Naval Institute the Hawaiian Islands , although the fur Press , Annapolis MD, 1992, I l 6pp, illus, trade helped unite the islands under appemd , index; $ 19.95hb) Kamehameha I. For New England, he This book is two stories in one: a says, the fur trade contributed to the hi story of US Coast Guard Cutter Haida formation of the capita l that led to its from its launching in 1921 to its scrapSEA HISTORY 64, WINTER 1992- 1993