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The Technological and Cultural Context of the North Carolina Shad Boat
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
The North Carolina shad boat was first built on Roanoke Island at the end of the 19th century and grew in popularity over the following half century among small fishermen in eastern North Carolina. Through documentation ...
Waterways of Innovation: The Marine Technological Advancements of America's Prohibition Era
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-19)
Prohibition opened the door to the United States for individuals or groups to smuggle alcohol by waterways. These people came from all walks of life and were known as rumrunners. The United States Coast Guard was charged ...
WARSHIPS OF THE FIRST PUNIC WAR: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AND CONTRIBUTORY RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EGADI 10 WARSHIP FROM THE BATTLE OF THE EGADI ISLANDS (241 B.C.)
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Oared warships dominated the Mediterranean from the Bronze Age down to the development of cannon. Purpose-built warships were specifically designed to withstand the stresses of ramming tactics and high intensity impacts. ...
PROPRIETARIES, PRIVATEERS, AND PIRATES: America’s Forgotten Golden Age
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Scholars have usually treated all pirates as the same, regardless of class and education. Gentleman privateers and merchants from Jamaica, Bermuda, and other English cities of the West Indies, however, varied in cultivation, ...
Navigating Historical Waters: A Study of the Pilots and Original Settlers of Ocracoke Island
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
Ocracoke Inlet and the surrounding islands have a long and rich history, stretching back to the Europeans' first settlements of the Carolinas, and is the only inlet that has remained open since the colonial period. The ...
Making Land With Pirates
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Privateer and pirate islands required four basic components to make them successful. First, the islands needed to lack economic potential for the imperial powers. The lack of economic potential led to governmental neglect ...
Vernacular in Curves: The Mythologizing of the Great Lakes Whaleback
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
The "whaleback" type of bulk commodity freighter, indigenous to the Great Lakes of North America at the end of the nineteenth century, has engendered much notice for its novel appearance; however, this appearance masks the ...
The EBM-DPSER Conceptual Model: Integrating Ecosystem Services into the DPSIR Framework
(2013)
There is a pressing need to integrate biophysical and human dimensions science to better inform holistic ecosystem management supporting the transition from single species or single-sector management to multi-sector ...
Observations on spiny dogfish () captured in late spring in a North Carolina estuary
(2014-10)
Five spiny dogfish were captured in early-mid May during gillnet and longline sampling targeting juvenile coastal sharks in inshore North Carolina waters. Dogfish captures were made within Back Sound and Core Sound, North ...
The Shifting Sands: a Study of the Maritime Cultural Landscape of New Bern, North Caorlina
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-09)
The history of North Carolina’s ongoing settlement and the process of developing a future is a fascinating part of the state’s rich history. And New Bern, North Carolina had a strong maritime tradition and a unique history ...