Author: Ephraim George SquierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua
Author: Ephraim George SquierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, PARTICULARLY IN NICARAGUA:
Author: E. G. SQUIERTravels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua
Author: Ephraim George SquierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua
Author: Ephraim George SquierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft ...: History of Central America. 1882-87
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Central America. 1886-1887
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338547535X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Warship under Sail
Author: Lorraine McConaghyPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego. One of only five ships in the squadron, the Decatur participated in numerous imperial adventures in the Far West, enforcing treaties, fighting Indians, suppressing vigilantes, and protecting commerce. With its graceful lines and towering white canvas sails, the ship patrolled the sandy border between ocean and land. Warship under Sail focuses on four episodes in the Decatur's Pacific Squadron mission: the harrowing journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan; a Seattle war story that contested American treaties and settlements; participation with other squadron ships on a U.S. State Department mission to Nicaragua; and more than a year spent anchored off Panama as a hospital ship. In a period of five years, more than 300 men lived aboard ship, leaving a rich record of logbooks, medical and punishment records, correspondence, personal journals, and drawings. Lorraine McConaghy has mined these records to offer a compelling social history of a warship under sail. Her research adds immeasurably to our understanding of the lives of ordinary men at sea and American expansionism in the antebellum Pacific West.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. History of Central America
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338548586X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.
West American History
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description