Nantucket Harbor
English settlement of Nantucket began in 1659 when the island was purchased for £30 and two beaver hats (one for the purchaser, Tristram Coffin, and one for his wife). It's harbor and location near a whale fishery lead it to become the dominant force in whaling; Herman Melville commented in Moby Dick, "Two thirds of this terraqueous globe are the Nantucketer's. For the sea is his; he owns it, as Emperors own empires." Both Ahab and Starbuck were Nantucketers.
Today Nantucket's harbor greets throngs of summer residents and tourists
Nantucket Harbor
English settlement of Nantucket began in 1659 when the island was purchased for £30 and two beaver hats (one for the purchaser, Tristram Coffin, and one for his wife). It's harbor and location near a whale fishery lead it to become the dominant force in whaling; Herman Melville commented in Moby Dick, "Two thirds of this terraqueous globe are the Nantucketer's. For the sea is his; he owns it, as Emperors own empires." Both Ahab and Starbuck were Nantucketers.
Today Nantucket's harbor greets throngs of summer residents and tourists