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| | The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Books, 19th Century Reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mark Twain |
 | | He describes the main types of steam and sailing vessels; wooden and iron hulls; propulsion machinery; anchors and related equipment; masts and spars; standing and running rigging, as well as sails, tackle, blocks, ropes and knots, bends, hitches and splices. |
 | | They have given us a copy of the listings of 762 Gold Rush vessels that left Eastern seaboards for California between December 1848 through 1849. |
 | | The list includes the number of passengers and sometimes the number of crew, but not their names. |
| www.maritimeheritage.org /books.htm (3630 words) |
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