Chances are, what you know about maritime history comes from a history book. This summer, you will have a rare opportunity to experience first-hand what it was like to be an explorer. Imagine yourself one of the sailors on the Tall Ship Alabama, a gaff rigged fore and aft wooden schooner, coursing your way along the New England Seacoast. As you learn the art of being a sailor, you will also make a connection, through readings and lectures, to the role that seafaring exploration had in the development of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. What was the catalyst to European exploration? How did this exploration lead to empires, to global networking? You will leave this intensive course with a new view of man's powerful relationship with the sea and a multidimensional respect for the sea's historical past. Summer Term 1: June 15 - June 29, 2002