American Neptune

The American Neptune: a quarterly journal of maritime history and arts was the leading academic journal for the field of American maritime history from its establishment in 1941 until it ceased publication in 2002.

History

Established by Samuel Eliot Morison and Walter Muir Whitehill, the Peabody Museum of Salem published the journal form 1941 to 1992. In 1992-93, it was jointly published by the Peabody and the Essex Museums, and from 1993 until 2002 by the successor organization, the Peabody Essex Museum. The journal was originally subtitled as "A quarterly journal of maritime history" and later in 1995 added "and arts".

"The American Neptune"'s final issue was Volume 62, number 1 (Winter 2002). After a hiatus, its place as the premier journal for American scholarship on maritime history was taken by Northern Mariner.

References

* Ernest S. Dodge, "Thirty Years of the American Neptune", Cambridge. MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.

* "The American Neptune: Fifty-year index, volumes I-L, 1941-1990", Salem, Mass.: Peabody Essex Museum, 1997.