The Maritime History Channel By The North American Society For Oceanic History

Jul 15 2021 29 ep. 44 mins 159
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Welcome to the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) Podcast. The aim of NASOH is to create a diverse organization to study maritime history. NASOH will showcase the newest in maritime history research, along with interviews with winners of this year's John Lyman Book Awards.

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Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill: 1550-1800, Margaret Schotte

Jul 15 2021 50 mins  
Margaret E. Schotte’s “original, perceptive, and scholarly” comparative study focuses on early modern navigators and their contributions to modern science. Sailing School investigates how early modern sailors developed mathematical and technical expertise in the age of exploration and the print revolution. Schotte’s monograph draws upon hundreds of dog-eared textbooks and s

NASOH #024 - Kevin Bertram, The Shores of Tripoli: U.S. Navy & Marine Corps vs The Pirates of Tripoli

Dec 15 2020 40 mins  
From the end of the American Revolution, commercial vessels of the young United States republic were easy prey for the pirates of the Barbary coast. In 1801, newly inaugurated President Thomas Jefferson was eager to put an end to this threat and sent a “squadron of observation” to the Mediterranean. As the squadron arrived in Gibraltar, they learned that the bashaw of Tripoli h

NASOH #023 - Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick

Nov 08 2020 45 mins  
Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing—or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Dillard avers Moby-Dick is the "best book ever written about nature," and nearly the entirety of the story is set on the waves, with scarcely a whiff

NASOH #022 - Corbin Williamson, The U.S. Navy and Its Cold War Alliances, 1945-1953

Oct 22 2020 46 mins  
After World War I, the U.S. Navy’s brief alliance with the British Royal Navy gave way to disagreements over disarmament, fleet size, interpretations of freedom of the seas, and general economic competition. This go-it-alone approach lasted until the next world war, when the U.S. Navy found itself fighting alongside the British, Canadian, Australian, and other Allied navies until

NASOH #021 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The South Street Seaport & Conclusion

Oct 04 2020 44 mins  
The final of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums.  In this episode we discuss New York City's South Street Seaport and Dr. Lindgren includes his conclusion on the state of America's maritime museums and history.      The Unite

NASOH #020 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The San Francisco Maritime Museum

Aug 29 2020 24 mins  
The fifth of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums.  In this episode we discuss San Francisco Maritime Museum.    The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain

NASOH #019 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The Mariner's Museum

Aug 22 2020 22 mins  
The fourth of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums.  In this episode we discuss The Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia .    The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime his

NASOH #018 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: Mystic Seaport

Aug 13 2020 18 mins  
The third of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss Mystic Seaport. The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain and other countries have establi

NASOH #017 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: The New Bedford Whaling Museum

Aug 09 2020 19 mins  
The second of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we discuss the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain and other countr

NASOH #016 - James Lindgren, Preserving Maritime America: Introduction & Peabody Essex Museum

Aug 02 2020 26 mins  
The first of six parts of our interview with James Lindgren, an Honorable Mention in this year's John Lyman Prize, his book Preserving Maritime America looks at six maritime museums. In this episode we introduce the background for the book and the Cabinet for the East India Marine Society of Salem, today known as the Peabody Essex Museum. The United States has long been dependent