David Littlefield worked at Mystic Seaport for twenty-four years in the Interpretation Department as a chanteyman and interpreter of historic vessels and exhibits. He conducted extensive research on the lives of sailors aboard whale ships with a focus on the Charles W. Morgan. He also sailed on the Mystic Whaler… Read more…
Maritime
Note
- “Robinson Crusoe” is published 1719
Front piece for Daniel Defoe’s "Robinson Crusoe". Daniel Defoe’s fictional work The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island, is based on the experiences of shipwreck victims and of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years on a small island off the coast of South America in the early 1700s.
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Groups and Solo Performers
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- 2022/07/26
Castlebay
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- 2022/07/26
Short Drag Roger
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- 2022/07/26
Sharp as Razors
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- 2022/07/26
Marc Bernier
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- 2023/12/14
Colm R. McGuinness
Venues and Events
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Tall Ship Summer Wind
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- 2022/07/25
Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum
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- 2023/07/12
Songs of the Sea Singalong
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- 2022/09/17
LA Fleet Week 2022
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- 2022/07/25