Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Comptroller's Annual Report of the Revenues and Expenditures
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Report of the Librarian and Annual Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine
Author: James P. DelgadoPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603444726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
In 2001, while vacationing on Panama’s Pacific coast, maritime archaeologist James P. Delgado came upon the hulk of a mysterious iron vessel, revealed by the ebbing tides in a small cove at Isla San Telmo. Local inquiries proved inconclusive: the wreck was described as everything from a sunken Japanese "suicide" submarine from World War II to a poison-laden "craft of death" that was responsible for the ruin of the pearl beds, decades before. His professional interest fully aroused, Delgado would go on to learn that the wreck was the remains of one of the first successful deep-diving submersibles, built in 1864 by Julius H. Kroehl, an innovator and entrepreneur who initially sought to develop his invention for military use during the Civil War. The craft’s completion coming too late for that conflict, Kroehl subsequently convinced investors that it could be used to harvest pearls from the Pacific beds off Panama, in waters too deep for native pearl divers to reach. In Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine, Delgado chronicles the confluence of technological advancement, entrepreneurial aspiration, American capitalist ambition, and ignorance of the physiological effects of deep diving. As he details the layers of knowledge uncovered by his work both in archival sources and in the field excavation of Kroehl’s ill-fated vessel, Delgado weaves the tangled threads of history into a compelling narrative. This finely crafted saga will fascinate and inform professional archaeologists and researchers, naval historians, students and aficionados of maritime exploration, and interested general readers.
Report of the Librarian of the State Library
Author: Massachusetts State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Inventory of the Town and City Archives of Rhode Island
Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.). Rhode IslandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Sale Catalogues of British Government Publications, 1836-1921
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881
Author: Benjamin Perley PoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
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