When we think of Native Americans, many of us think of inland dwellers. People adept at navigating forests and rivers and the skilled hunters and horsemen who lived and hunted on the American Plains.

But did you know that Native Americans were seafaring mariners too?

Today, Andrew Lipman, an Assistant Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and author of The Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast, leads us on an exploration of the northeastern coastline and of the Native American and European peoples who lived there during the seventeenth century.

Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/104

 

Helpful Show Links

Help Support Ben Franklin's World Crowdfunding Campaign

 

Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page

Join the Ben Franklin's World Community

Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter

Ben Franklin's World iOS App

Ben Franklin's World Android App

 

Complementary Episodes

• Episode 082: Alejandra Dubcovsky
, Information & Communication in the Early American South
• Episode 095: Rose Doherty, Tale of Two Bostons

 

*Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices