LEADER 04526nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910788388203321 005 20230320181036.0 010 $a1-280-77240-9 010 $a9786613683175 010 $a1-60344-381-9 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046307 035 $a(EBL)1100911 035 $a(OCoLC)794240616 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11393419 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601116 035 $a(PQKB)11073613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1100911 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1100911 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10561942 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368317 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046307 100 $a20111201d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMisadventures of a Civil War submarine $eiron, guns, and pearls /$fJames P. Delgado 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCollege Station, Tex. :$cTexas A&M University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (314 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aEd Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-60344-472-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aKleindeutschland -- 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. 330 $aIn 2001, while vacationing on Panama's Pacific coast, maritime archaeologist James P. Delgado came upon the hulk of a mysterious iron vessel, revealed by the ebbing tides in a small cove at Isla San Telmo. Local inquiries proved inconclusive: the wreck was described as everything from a sunken Japanese ""suicide"" submarine from World War II to a poison-laden ""craft of death"" that was responsible for the ruin of the pearl beds, decades before. His professional interest fully aroused, Delgado would go on to learn that the wreck was the remains of one of the first successful deep-diving submersibles, built in 1864 by Julius H. Kroehl, an innovator and entrepreneur who initially sought to develop his invention for military use during the Civil War. The craft's completion coming too late for that conflict, Kroehl subsequently convinced investors that it could be used to harvest pearls from the Pacific beds off Panama, in waters too deep for native pearl divers to reach. In Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine, Delgado chronicles the confluence of technological advancement, entrepreneurial aspiration, American capitalist ambition, and ignorance of the physiological effects of deep diving. As he details the layers of knowledge uncovered by his work both in archival sources and in the field excavation of Kroehl's ill-fated vessel, Delgado weaves the tangled threads of history into a compelling narrative. This finely crafted saga will fascinate and inform professional archaeologists and researchers, naval historians, students and aficionados of maritime exploration, and interested general readers. 410 0$aEd Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. 606 $aEngineers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aGerman Americans$vBiography 606 $aSubmersibles$xHistory 606 $aShipwrecks$zPanama$zPearl Islands$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPearl industry and trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPearl industry and trade$zPanama$zPearl Islands$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xNaval operations$xSubmarine 615 0$aEngineers 615 0$aGerman Americans 615 0$aSubmersibles$xHistory. 615 0$aShipwrecks$xHistory 615 0$aPearl industry and trade$xHistory 615 0$aPearl industry and trade$xHistory 676 $a623.82/05 700 $aDelgado$b James P$01097386 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788388203321 996 $aMisadventures of a Civil War submarine$93839594 997 $aUNINA