Shipwreck Potpourri

Shipwreck Potpourri

Shipwreck Potpourri

Gary J. Gentile

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Editorial:
Bellerophon Bookworks
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Historia marítima
ISBN:
9781883056544
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This book is a continuation of and addition to the Popular Dive Series. It contains newly discovered wrecks, newly identified wrecks, changes in wrecks, and wrecks that were not covered in the original series. The book is organized by State:New Hampshire: William H. MachenMassachusetts: Andrea Doria, Nezinscot, U-550, White SquallNew York: Herbert Parker, San DiegoNew Jersey: Lucy Evelyn, Montgomery (alias Max’s Wreck), Robert J. Walker (alias $25 Wreck)Pennsylvania: United States (and nearby museum vessels)Delaware: Amazing Grace, Pilgrim’s Progress, Northern PacificVirginia: Cuyahoga, Despatch, Francis E. Powell, Gere, Hermod, Juno (plus Galga), Menominee, Olinda, S. G. Wilder (plus Brunswick and Whitehaven), Saginaw, Unidentified WrecksNorth Carolina: Agnes E. Fry (plus Virginius), Alligator Creek Barges, Curlew, Estelle Randall, Home, Pulaski, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Mixed-up Merchant VesselsSouth Carolina: H. C. Brooks, Leif Eriksson, Ozama, Philadelphia, Ringborg (and Runa), Sailing Yacht, Valour.Plus special sections on the Mermaids that grace the front cover, and more perversions and annexations in the name of the United States of NOAA.

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