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vessels led the way from New England to the Isles of France, 

 India and China, and were the first from this country to dis- 

 play the American flag and open trade at St. Petersburg, Zan- 

 zibar, Sumatra, Calcutta, Bombay, Batavia, at Arabia, Mada- 

 gascar and Australia, and at many other distant ports. Well 

 may she proudly inscribe on her city seal 'Divitis Indiae Usque 

 ad Ultimum Sinum.'" C. S. Osgood, Hist, of Essex County : 

 Salem : p. 63. 



EXHIBIT OF THE PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 

 Ship "America" Oil painting. Artist unknown. 



The America was built for George Crowninshield and Sons by Retire Becket in 

 1804. She registered 450 tons. Cut down and fitted as a privateer during the war 

 of 1812, she was noted for her great speed and good fortune. She made four cruises, 

 the first under command of Joseph Ropes, the third and fourth under command of 

 James Cheever, Jr. She brought in prizes to the value of upwards of one million 

 of dollars. 



Ship "Margaret" An oil painting by Benjamin West, a 

 local artist of Salem ; made about 1838 from an original 

 picture. 



The Margaret was built by Retire Becket in 1800 and registered 295 tons. Owned 

 by George Crowninshield and Sons and commanded by Samuel Derby she was tlie 

 first Salem and second American vessel to visit Japan where she went with the 

 Dutch East India Company's freight from Batavia in 1801. Mr. George Cleveland 

 the clerk of the ship published a most interesting narrative of this voyage. The 

 Margaret was lost under peculiarly distressing circumstances in 1810. 



Ship "Hazard." An original water color by E. Corne" 

 painted in 1805. 



This was the second vessel bearing the same name and was built by Retire 

 Becket for J. & R. Gardner in 1799. She proved one of the best ships built in Salem 

 at the time and was engaged in the East India trade. 



Ship "Propontis." Owned by Tucker Daland of Salem 

 in 1844. 



A characteristic model of vessels of that period. She was engaged in the Zanzi- 

 bar trade. 



Ship " Panay." A photograph of the ship leaving port. 



The Panay was built in 1877 for Silsbee and Pickman and registered 1131 tons. 

 She was engaged in the Manila trade and was lost a few years since in that region. 



Photographs of models of the hulls of European vessels 

 of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including one of 

 the vessels of the fleet of Columbus. 



