<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Muscongus Bay sloops</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31464926</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:05:08</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Morse sloops</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Muscongus Bay boats</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Muscongus Bay lobster boats</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Muscongus Bay sloop</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">boats, Muscongus Bay</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">lobster boats, Muscongus Bay</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sloops, Morse</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sloops, Muscongus Bay</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Centerboard sloops with mainsail and jib, usually 16 to 26 feet LOA (length overall), developed during the mid-nineteenth century around Muscongus Bay, Maine, for lobstering and fishing off the Maine and Massachusetts coasts; forerunners of Friendship sloops. ]]></dc:description></metadata>