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in other ways some understanding of ships and the sea. The Hst would 

 be too long to mention in full. It would begin with quiet, simple people 

 like the ex-whaler captain who taught me how to "hand, reef, and 

 steer" in the waters of Nantucket; Captain Schwartz of Hickory on 

 Biscayne Bay; Jimmie Thompson with whom I sailed the Gulf Stream 

 and explored the keys, cuts and banks of lower Florida. It would in- 

 clude old shipmates like Henry Anderson, Michael Cumberlege, 

 Oliver Hazard Perry and crews, amateur and professional, of my little 

 ships, and inventive and technical fellows, interested in the aerody- 

 namics of sail, like Jasper Morgan, Manfred Curry and C. Townsend 

 Ludington, and "Skipper" Herbert Stone of Yachting, who in his quiet 

 way knew so much of so many subjects. I could not omit memorable 

 but all-too-brief talks with some of the great men of the sea of our 

 time, William McFee, H. M. Tomlinson, Captain Sir David Bone, 

 Joseph Conrad and John Masefield. 



I acknowledge also a debt of gratitude to institutions that maintain 

 museums and libraries dealing in whole or in part with ships and the 

 sea, and to some of their officials who have aided my study, as follows: 



The Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, and Captain 

 R. N. S. Clark who secured for me permission to use its library 

 and map collections, with particular thanks to Miss HefTernan, 

 Librarian; 



The Mariner's Museum of Newport News, Virginia, for opportu- 

 nities to study its extensive exhibits of ships and engines, and to 

 utilize its well-organized library; 



Marine Historical Society and Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, 

 for study of its exhibits and use of volumes in its library; 



The Model Collections and Library of the New York Yacht Club, 

 with special thanks to Critchell Rimington; 



The Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts; 



the library of the American Museum of Natural History, with spe- 

 cial thanks to Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy; 



the library of the Union Club, with special thanks to its Librarian, 

 Miss Irwin; 



Of American institutions, last, but by no means least, 



the library and map collection of The American Geographical 

 Society of New York City, with special thanks for encouragement 

 and assistance to its director, Dr. Charles Hitchcock. 



Of institutions abroad, special reference should be made to: 



