- 100 years, the
Slooper community numbered at
least 1,000 persons. The
Sloopers came from Stavanger, Norway, to the U.S. in 1825 due to a
variety of the...
- In
modern usage, a
sloop is a
sailboat with a
single mast
generally having only one
headsail in
front of the mast and one
mainsail abaft (behind) the...
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, a
sloop-of-war was a
warship of the
British Royal Navy with a
single gun deck that
carried up to 18 guns. The rating...
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Prairie Lands of the
Sloopers (Fox
Valley Norwegian-American
Sesquicentennial ****ociation. 1975) Tjossem,
Wilmer L.
Quaker Sloopers: From the
Fjords to...
- The
Bermuda sloop is a
historical type of fore-and-aft
rigged single-masted
sailing vessel developed on the
islands of
Bermuda in the 17th century. Such...
-
Society Press) ISBN 978-0873519618 The
Sloopers -
Pioneers in
Norwegian Emigration. Norway-Heritage The
Sloopers.
Norwegian Emigration Center Scandinavian...
- Theater, 1980. In 1966,
Seeger and his wife
Toshi founded the
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a
nonprofit organization based in Beacon, New York, that sought...
- The
Sloop Period Faroese: Slupptíðin is a
period in
Faroese history,
where the
Faroese society transformed from a
feudal society to a semi-industrial...
- "
Sloop John B" (Roud 15634,
originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a
Bahamian folk song from N****au. A
transcription was
published in 1916 by...
- The
Black Swan
class and
Modified Black Swan
class were two
classes of
sloop of the
Royal Navy and
Royal Indian Navy.
Twelve Black Swans were launched...
