Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine : Iron, Guns, and Pearls

Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine : Iron, Guns, and Pearls

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delgado, James P
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology
Subjects:
Engineers > United States > Biography.
German Americans > Biography.
Kroehl, Julius, > 1820-1867.
Pacific Pearl Company > History.
Shipwrecks > Panama > Pearl Islands > History > 19th century
Sub Marine Explorer > History.
Submersibles > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: Captain Nemo's Submarine on Robinson Crusoe's Island
  • 1 Kleindeutschland
  • 2 Americans Discover the World Below
  • 3 Rivals beneath the River
  • 4 A Submarine Engineer at War
  • 5 The Pacific Pearl Company
  • 6 Panama
  • 7 Requiem
  • 8 Archaeological Examination of Sub Marine Explorer
  • 9 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
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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