A Civil War gunboat in Pacific waters: life on board USS Saginaw
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1. Verfasser: Van Tilburg, Hans (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville University Press of Florida ©2010
Schriftenreihe:New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
A new ship for a new ocean -- Seasoning on the China station -- The Civil War on the Pacific Coast -- Hard times on coastal patrol -- Exploring Seward's icebox -- Hawai'i and the end of the archipelago -- The castaways of Ocean Island -- Afterword : legacy and shipwrecks
In 1870, the ship sank at one of the world's most remote coral reefs; her crew was rescued sixty-eight days later after a dramatic open-boat voyage. More than 130 years later, Hans Van Tilburg led the team that discovered and recorded the Saginaw' s remains near the Kure Atoll reef
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 361 pages)
ISBN:0813035163
0813036577
9780813035161
9780813036571

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