News Release

Annapolis Maritime Museum / 723 Second St / Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: Jeff Holland / 410-295-0104

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Dec. 22, 2010

Author of  Maritime Maryland, a History to lead off
Annapolis Maritime Museum’s 2011 Maritime Seminar Series, January 13

The Annapolis Maritime Museum’s 2010 Maritime Seminar Series opens with author William S. Dudley speaking on his new book, Maritime Maryland, a History, on Thursday, January 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This is the first of ten weekly seminars covering a range of fascinating topics to commemorate our unique maritime heritage.

There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.

Who:              William S. Dudley, author of Maritime Maryland, a History
What:             Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When:             Thursday, January 13 
Time:             7 - 8:30 p.m.
Where:            Annapolis Maritime Museum
                  723 Second Street
                  Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact:          410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org

Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region’s populations. Historian William S. Dudley explores that history in an engaging and comprehensive account of Maryland’s storied maritime heritage as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series that begins on Thursday, January 13 at 7 p.m.

Dudley paints a vivid picture of Maryland’s maritime past in its broadest scope, exploring the complex and nuanced interactions of humans, land and water through descriptions of shipbuilding, steam technology, agricultural pollution, commercial and passenger transportation, naval campaigns, watermen, crabbing, and oystering. He also discusses the evolution of recreational boating—yachting, cruising, and racing—and the role of underwater archaeology in uncovering the bay’s shipwrecks. These interactions become chapters in the larger story of Maryland’s waterways, a story that Dudley tells through insightful prose and stunning illustrations.
           
William S. Dudley has long been associated with the naval and maritime history of Maryland and currently serves in positions with the Maryland Historical Society, the Naval Historical Foundation, and Sea History magazine. He is the historian general of the Naval Order of the United States and is author and editor of numerous works, including Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, James Fenimore Cooper’s Ned Myers, or A Life before the Mast, and The Early Republic and the Sea: Essays on the Naval and Maritime History of the Early United States. Dr. Dudley was director of the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., from 1995 to 2004. He currently serves on the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Advisory Board.

There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.

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