Have you ever wanted to know more about pirates off the Chesapeake Bay? What about shipwrecks in the Bay? Or the shift from wind power to steam power in ocean navigation? Ask us your most pressing questions about American maritime history in the comments, and check back next Tuesday for our next
#AskaHistorian video with answers from our Digital Projects Specialist, Katie Brown.
Image Source: Schooner Patapsco Making Escape, watercolor on paper by unidentified artist, September 21, 1814, M1986.88. Museum Department, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore.