Sources and Bibliography
Museums, Archives, Historians and Historical Societies
Braintree Museum, Braintree, Essex, England (braintreemuseum.co.uk)
Braintree Historical Society, Braintree, Massachusetts (townofbraintreegov.org/about_history.html)
British National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England (nationalarchives.gov.uk)
British Public Library, London, England (bl.uk)
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts (bpl.org)
California State Library - Sutro Library, San Francisco, California
California State University Maritime Academy Library, Vallejo, California (csum.edu)
Canadian Museum of History / Musée Canadien de l’Histoire (historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/fr57602e.shtml)
Canadian Museum of History / The Meta Incognita Project
http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frpro01e.shtml
Historical Museum of Braga, Portugal
Historical Museum of Coimbra, Portugal
Martha’s Vineyard Museum and Historical Society (Bowdoin Van Ripper, Historian) (www.marthasvineyardhistory.org)
Massachusetts Archives, Boston, Massachusetts (sec.state.ma.us/arc)
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts (masshist.org)
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts (newenglandancestors.org)
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts (www.pem.org/)
Salem Public Library, Salem, Massachusetts (noblenet.org/salem)
San Rafael Public Library, San Rafael, California (http://srpubliclibrary.org)
Society of Mayflower Descendants Library, Oakland, California (camayflower.org) (Historians: Pat Friesen, Myrtle Savage and Linda Longley)
Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut (library.yale.edu)
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Adams, Charles Francis. Three Episodes of Massachusetts History. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1892. (Digitized by Google.)
Arts and Entertainment (A&E): The History Channel. “The Great Ships, The Galleons,” video no. AAE-40042
Bancroft, George. History of the Colonization of the United States. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. (Digitized by Google.)
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Doherty, Kieran. Sea Venture. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007
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White, Katie, and Gallop, Roy. A Celebration of the Avon New Cut. Great Britain: Doveton Press, Fiducia Press, 2006
World Book Encyclopedia. Software MacKiev’s, 2008
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Internet Resources
Aztecs: http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/5-ancient-aztec-inventions.htm#page=2
Cabot, John. Mariner’s Museum: http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=74
Columbus: http://www.christopher-columbus.eu/voyage-4.htm
Incan bridges: howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/5-ancient-incan-inventions.htm#page=2
Maps: Cartographic-images.net [compiled by Jim Siebold]
Mayans: http://www.history.com/topics/mayan-scientific-achievements, http://www.theoldexplorer.com/index.php/maya-technology
Measurements: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_brewery_cask_units
Ships: www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Wampanoag Indians: http://www.mashpeewampanoagtribe.com/historyculture
General Internet Resources
Dictionary: www.dictionary.com
Distances between places: www.indo.com/distance
Facts and Trivia: www.google.com
Facts and Trivia: www.wikipedia.org
Maps - Old: www.jpmaps.co.uk [Jonathan Potter Limited]
Old Books: www.abebooks.com
Rare Books: www.alibris.com