The disappearing islands of the Chesapeake:

This book surveys the changing fortunes of the bay's forty-odd islands - from Garrett in the north to Gwynn's and James in the south. Retired oceanographer William B. Cronin used historical nautical charts, current data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and co...

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1. Verfasser: Cronin, William B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Calvert Marine Museum, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mariner's Museum, and the Maryland Historical Society 2005
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Zusammenfassung:This book surveys the changing fortunes of the bay's forty-odd islands - from Garrett in the north to Gwynn's and James in the south. Retired oceanographer William B. Cronin used historical nautical charts, current data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and colonial and state records to document the erosion, loss of marsh land, and islands that have completely disappeared beneath the water's surface. On Holland, rising water in the late 1910s forced townspeople to move their houses by barge to the mainland. On Barren, a sizable hunting lodge housed guests as late as the 1970s but by 1985 had become a wreck beneath the water. This book features photographs from celebrated Maryland photographer A. Aubrey Bodine.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. xii-xiii) and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 182 p. ill., maps 29 cm
ISBN:0801874351
9780801874352

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