“But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands of the Portuguese who emigrated to the Cape some fifty years ago.” YearsDoneHandsYears AgoDiedMajorityFiftyFishingMarineMerchantsCapesPortugueseMarine LifeMerchant Marine Author:Joseph C. Lincoln
“My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.” PeopleIfsYearsMotherFatherBornMy OwnSeaShipsCaptainsUncles Author:Joseph C. Lincoln
