Misadventures of a Civil War submarine [[electronic resource] ] : iron, guns, and pearls / / James P. Delgado
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Delgado James P
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Misadventures of a Civil War submarine [[electronic resource] ] : iron, guns, and pearls / / James P. Delgado
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, Tex., : Texas A&M University Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 623.82/05 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations Submarine |
| 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: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 successfu |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Misadventures of a Civil War submarine |
| ISBN: | 1-280-77240-9 |
| 9786613683175 | |
| 1-60344-381-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463527703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.