Tag: whaling history

Posted on 1/30/2009

Village Spotlight: Edgartown

Image courtesy of asterix611 Before Martha’s Vineyard was an extraordinary summer vacation destination, it was a whaling industry mecca. And, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Edgartown was the whaling hub. Built around the whaling trade, hundreds of whaling captains constructed beauti...

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