A four-hundred-year saga of America's Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man's dream,...

"North America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, is fed by more than 150 major rivers and streams from parts of six states and the District of Columbia. Two hundred miles long, with a shoreline that includes more than 11,500 miles of tributaries, the bay has been a major economic lifeline since pre-Columbian times. As such, it is not surprising that the bay has seen its share of shipwrecks over the centuries-from small and large vessels foundering...

The Chesapeake 20 is one of the five original sailboat classes on the Chesapeake Bay which has been continually raced since the early 1930s. This history of the fleet recounts the classes origins, formal establishment in 1939 and decade by decade history. Today, the class remains active at the West River Sailing Club in Galesville, Maryland.

This pass is good for up to four (4) admissions to the Annapolis Maritime museum & Park during regular public hours. The Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park (AMM) has interactive exhibits about the history of the Chesapeake Bay, including industries, local heritage, and environmental changes.

Gentlemen of the Harbor gives an interesting and informative picture of the famous tugboat industry and its colorful and entrepreneurial people in the Baltimore Harbor. It explains through interesting stories and photographs, how the industry works in tandem with the foreign ships and US barges, the Bay pilots and the tug boats. Tugboats play and always have, an incredible role in the Chesapeake Bay's commerce and econony. Tugboats evoke an emotional...

"The islands of the Chesapeake Bay are slipping from sight, flooding into oblivion as water levels rise at alarming rates." "This book surveys the changing fortunes of the bay's forty-odd islands - from Garrett in the north to Gwynn's and James in the south. Retired oceanographer William B. Cronin used historical nautical charts, current data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and colonial and state records to document...