Lincoln Paine

Author: Lincoln Paine

Lincoln Paine is a maritime historian, author, editor, and curator whose chief aim is to engage people in the wonder of the maritime world in all its manifestations. He has published more than 100 articles and reviews for popular and academic audiences, and his books include the award-winning Down East: An Illustrated History of Maritime Maine (2018), The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (2013), and Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia (1997). He is currently writing a book entitled Global America and How It Got that Way: The United States in Maritime Perspective. Paine has lectured on a wide range of maritime-oriented subjects, including literature of the sea, exploration, oceans and seas in world culture, the history of maritime law, trade, naval history, rivers, decorative arts, and museum curatorship in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

February 9, 2021 Lincoln Paine Bibliographies, Online Learning, Resources

Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America

Elizabeth Donnan's four-volume Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America (Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1930–35). Volume 1, 1441–1700 (1930) Volume 2, The Eighteenth Century (1931) Volume 3, New England and the Middle Colonies (1932) Volume 4, The Border Colonies and the Southern Colonies (1935)

January 18, 2021February 15, 2021 Lincoln Paine Uncategorized

Race, Class, Labor, and Gender in American Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography

This bibliography has been developed as part of the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH)'s efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of maritime history as well as within its own membership. Please consider this a collaborative work in progress to which additions, annotations, and other suggestions are welcome. The Black … Continue reading Race, Class, Labor, and Gender in American Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography

November 11, 2020 Lincoln Paine Maine

Getting the Story Right

To get the stories right, we have to get the right stories.