Ship Model, Sloop Mediator
Object Details
- Description
- During the period of North American colonization and early settlement, coastal commerce linked North America’s largest cities and towns. Fast Chesapeake Bay sloops such as the Mediator regularly called at ports from New Hampshire to Georgia, and in many British, French, and Dutch harbors in the Caribbean.
- Dating from around 1741, the sloop’s design was adapted from small, swift vessels developed in the West Indies. These maneuverable little shallow-draft vessels carried general cargoes, ranging from dried fish, timber products, slaves, rum, mail, wines, tobacco, sugar, molasses, and whatever paid the owners to transport.
- 1962
- ID Number
- TR.319818
- catalog number
- 319818
- accession number
- 241529
- Object Name
- Ship
- ship model
- sloop, rigged ship model
- Other Terms
- Ship; Maritime
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 in x 36 in x 10 in; 63.5 cm x 91.44 cm x 25.4 cm
- Related Publication
- On the Water online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- On the Water
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Fishing
- related event
- Colonization and Settlement
- Record ID
- nmah_844169
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8dab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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