Traditional Wooden Shipbuilding on the Chesapeake Bay & the Maryland Dove

This lecture is part of Annapolis Maritime Museum’s 2021 Winter Lecture Series.

Covered topics:

• Examine Maryland’s rich heritage of wooden shipbuilding over the course of more than three centuries developed with regionally specific designs, materials, and techniques.
• Review the regional aspects of this once-vital industry and shed light on the significance of the construction of the Maryland Dove, the vessel that accompanied the first Maryland colonists to the new world in 1634.

Presenter: Pete Lesher | Chief Curator at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

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