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Stroll down Main Road and admire houses representing every era of Westport’s long colonial and maritime history, from Cape Cod cottages and colonial saltboxes to showy Greek Revival sea captains’ homes.
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Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
Former Northwestern Mutual President and Chairman Edmund Fitzgerald, who commissioned the ship and paintings of it to be created, came from a long line of sea captains.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The actor, star of Netflix’s Undercover and Ferry, will portray Jan Janszoon, also known as Murat Reis, a real-life Dutch sea captain who converted to Islam and became one of the most powerful pirate admirals in the North African city of Salé.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Historic downtown Mystic looks every part a New England village: pretty clapboard homes and storefronts, colonial-era steeples, and old sea captains’ residences.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
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Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
Former Northwestern Mutual President and Chairman Edmund Fitzgerald, who commissioned the ship and paintings of it to be created, came from a long line of sea captains.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The actor, star of Netflix’s Undercover and Ferry, will portray Jan Janszoon, also known as Murat Reis, a real-life Dutch sea captain who converted to Islam and became one of the most powerful pirate admirals in the North African city of Salé.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Historic downtown Mystic looks every part a New England village: pretty clapboard homes and storefronts, colonial-era steeples, and old sea captains’ residences.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20captain. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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