Shipwrecked in paradise :: Cleopatra's Barge in Hawaiʻi /

The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra's Barge, endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king's personal yacht. The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary transport, pirate ship, getaway vehicle, in...

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1. Verfasser: Johnston, Paul Forsythe, 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Regierungsdokument Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:First edition.
Schriftenreihe:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
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Zusammenfassung:The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra's Barge, endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king's personal yacht. The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary transport, pirate ship, getaway vehicle, instrument of diplomacy, and racing yacht, wrecked on a reef in Hanalei Bay on April 6, 1824. Obtaining the first underwater archaeological permits ever issued by the state of Hawai'i, a team of divers from the Smithsonian Institution located, surveyed, and excavated the wrecked ship from 1995 to 2000. The 1,25.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781623492847
162349284X

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