Come learn about the history and exploits of the oldest Grand Banks fishing schooner, the historic Schooner Ernestina (ex Effie M. Morrissey), homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the Nation's leading fishing port. Used for twenty years by famed Newfoundland "Ice Captain" Robert Bartlett, the schooner then served as a trade and immigration packet connecting the Cape Verde islands and New England. Now a tall ship training and education vessel, tourism attraction and embodiment of the Massachusetts' and New England maritime heritage.
Keywords: historic ship, tall ship, schooner, Cape Verde, shipbuilding, New Bedford, exploration,
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