Shipwrecked in paradise : Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i / / Paul F. Johnston
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| Autore: |
Johnston Paul Forsythe <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Shipwrecked in paradise : Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i / / Paul F. Johnston
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, [Texas] : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 910.91649 |
| Soggetto topico: | Underwater archaeology - Hawaii - Hanalei |
| Historic ships - Hawaii | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Hanalei (Hawaii) Antiquities |
| Hawaii History To 1893 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Shipwrecked in paradise |
| ISBN: | 1-62349-284-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460384103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.