Shipwrecked in paradise : Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i / / Paul F. Johnston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797362203321
• Autore: Johnston Paul Forsythe <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, [Texas] : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-62349-284-X
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Collana: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
• Disciplina: 910.91649
• Soggetti: Underwater archaeology - Hawaii - Hanalei; Historic ships - Hawaii; Hanalei (Hawaii) Antiquities; Hawaii History To 1893
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The bleeding edge -- A million pounds of sandalwood -- The ship structure and equipment -- The finds -- Shipwrecked in paradise.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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