Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, Voyages covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers.

Joshua Smith is associate professor of humanities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Preface	p. xiii
America and the Atlantic World	p. 1
Age of Reconnaissance	p. 2
"Islands of the Indian Sea" (1493)	p. 3
"The Abundant New World" (1584)	p. 9
"Visualizing Virginia" (circa 1588-1595)	p. 15
"Hudson Explores a River" (1609)	p. 20
Mercantilism in the 1600s	p. 27
"New England Fisheries" (1614)	p. 28
"Preservation and Prosperity" (1629) Dutch West India Company	p. 33
"England's Treasure by Forraign Trade" (circa 1630s)	p. 37
Parliament, "Encourageing and Increasing of Shipping and Navigation" (1660)	p. 47
Colonial Merchants and Trade	p. 51
"Navigation Discourag'd" (1714)	p. 52
"Accounting for the Slave Trade" (1774)	p. 56
"Never See Cash So Scarce" (1768)	p. 64
"A Nantucket She-Merchant" (1782)	p. 66
Atlantic Crossings	p. 70
"Letter from James Town" (1609)	p. 70
"Margaret's Ship" (1679)	p. 73
"Journey to Pennsylvania" (1750)	p. 77
"Dispers'd Among His Majesty's Colonies" (1755)	p. 82
Colonial Seafarers	p. 87
"Runaways and Deserters" (1695)	p. 87
"The Sea Is a School of Vice" (1700)	p. 90
"Simple Whalemen" (1782)	p. 93
Piracy and Colonial America	p. 100
"Piracy Proclamation" (1699)	p. 101
"Pirates on the James River" (1720)	p. 103
"The Life of Mary Read" (1724)	p. 106
"Pirate Articles" (circa 1720s)	p. 113
Enslaved Africans and Seafarers	p. 116
"Galling of the Chains" (circa 1750s)	p. 117
"Out of the Paw of the Lion" (1760)	p. 123
"Run Away" (1745-1766)	p. 130
Unruly Jack Tars	p. 136
"Knowles Riot" (1747)	p. 137
"Burning the Gaspee" (1773)	p. 144
"Philadelphia Resolves" (1773)	p. 148
Revolution And Republic	p. 154
Revolution Afloat	p. 155
"Common Sense" (1776)	p. 156
"The Present State of Our Navy" (1776)	p. 159
"Instructions to Commanders of Privateers" (1776-1778)	p. 162
"Log-book of the Oliver Cromwell" (1778)	p. 165
Maritime Political Economy	p. 171
"Occupation of the Ocean" (1785)	p. 172
"Federalist No. 11" (1787)	p. 174
"A Navigating People" (1793)	p. 180
"Free Navigation of the Mississippi" (1793)	p. 185
Merchants and Entrepreneurs	p. 189
"A Little Particular in These Orders" (1789)	p. 190
"Pepper Trade" (1802)	p. 194
"The Steamboat Business" (1807)	p. 197
Protecting American Shipping and Seamen	p. 202
"Instructions to Revenue Cutter Commanders" (1791)	p. 203
"Barbary Corsairs" (1793)	p. 207
"Naval Armament Act" (1794)	p. 209
"Impressment of American Seamen" (1803)	p. 212
The War of 1812	p. 218
"War Message" (1812)	p. 218
"Surgical Account of the Battle on Lake Erie" (1813)	p. 224
"Sailors' Rights and Free Trade" (1814)	p. 228
Westward by Boat	p. 232
"Memorial to the Legislature of the State of New York" (1816)	p. 233
"By Steamboat to Cincinnati" (1825)	p. 240
"Launching the Henry Clay" (1825)	p. 243
Racial Divisions in the Early Republic	p. 246
"Trading on the Tonquin" (1811)	p. 247
"His Voyages Are All Over" (1817)	p. 251
"South Carolina vs. Daley" (1824)	p. 256
Antebellum Seafaring	p. 261
The Golden Age	p. 262
"A Commercial and Enterprising People" (1828)	p. 263
"Born to Rule the Seas" (1831)	p. 267
"Memorial to Congress" (1851)	p. 270
"The Present Spirit of Navigation" (1855)	p. 274
Perils of Seafaring	p. 277
"Explosion on the Helen McGregor" (1830)	p. 278
"Lexington Testimony" (1840)	p. 283
"Wreck of the St. John" (1849)	p. 286
"Whaling Journal" (1849)	p. 292
Launching Social and Labor Reform	p. 299
"Temperance Ship" (1828)	p. 300
"Flogging on the Pilgrim" (1840)	p. 305
"The Fisherman's Song" (1851)	p. 311
"Arbitrary and Unjust Demands" (1863)	p. 314
Sailors and Women	p. 317
"The Wives of Nantucket" (1843)	p. 318
"Sailor's Adieu and Return" (1847)	p. 321
"Land Sharks" (1848)	p. 323
Pacific Expansion	p. 328
"Whaling Wife" (1851)	p. 329
"The Winds and Currents of the Seas-Fast Sailing" (1853)	p. 336
United States "Treaty of Kanagawa" (1854)	p. 341
New York Daily Tribune, "A Heroine of the Sea" (1857)	p. 344
Slaves and Sailors	p. 348
"Escape from Slavery" (1838)	p. 349
"The Suspicious Looking Schooner" (1839)	p. 354
"Escape on the Pearl" (1848)	p. 360
"A Suspected Slaver" (1853)	p. 372
Civil War	p. 376
"Battle of Hampton Roads" (1862)	p. 377
"Battle at Plum Point Bend" (1862)	p. 383
"Blockade Runners" (1863)	p. 387
"CSS Shenandoah Logbook" (1864-1865)	p. 390
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