03473nam 2200733 a 450 991046352770332120200520144314.01-280-77240-997866136831751-60344-381-9(CKB)3170000000046307(EBL)1100911(OCoLC)794240616(SSID)ssj0000600866(PQKBManifestationID)11393419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600866(PQKBWorkID)10601116(PQKB)11073613(MiAaPQ)EBC1100911(MdBmJHUP)muse15846(Au-PeEL)EBL1100911(CaPaEBR)ebr10561942(CaONFJC)MIL368317(EXLCZ)99317000000004630720111201d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMisadventures of a Civil War submarine[electronic resource] iron, guns, and pearls /James P. Delgado1st ed.College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press20121 online resource (314 p.)Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60344-472-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 successfuEd Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.EngineersUnited StatesBiographyGerman AmericansBiographySubmersiblesHistoryShipwrecksPanamaPearl IslandsHistory19th centuryPearl industry and tradeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPearl industry and tradePanamaPearl IslandsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Naval operationsSubmarineElectronic books.EngineersGerman AmericansSubmersiblesHistory.ShipwrecksHistoryPearl industry and tradeHistoryPearl industry and tradeHistory623.82/05Delgado James P928409MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463527703321Misadventures of a Civil War submarine2086736UNINA