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UNINA9910463527703321 |
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Autore |
Delgado James P |
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Titolo |
Misadventures of a Civil War submarine [[electronic resource] ] : iron, guns, and pearls / / James P. Delgado |
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College Station, Tex., : Texas A&M University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-77240-9 |
9786613683175 |
1-60344-381-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Engineers - United States |
German Americans |
Submersibles - History |
Shipwrecks - Panama - Pearl Islands - History - 19th century |
Pearl industry and trade - United States - History - 19th century |
Pearl industry and trade - Panama - Pearl Islands - History - 19th century |
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations Submarine |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Kleindeutschland -- Americans discover the world below -- Rivals beneath the river -- A submarine engineer at war -- The Pacific Pearl Company -- Panama -- Requiem -- Archaeological examination of Sub Marine Explorer -- Sub Marine Explorer's context, condition, and options -- Appendix 1: Anatomy of Sub Marine Explorer -- Appendix 2: W.W.W. Wood's report on Sub Marine Explorer -- Appendix 3: Inventory of the personal effects of Julius Kroehl, 1867. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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