Ghost fleet awakened : Lake George's sunken bateaux of 1758 /

""Ghost Fleet" Awakened is the untold story of a little recognized sunken fleet of British warships from the French and Indian War (1755-1763). In the autumn of 1758, the British command at Lake George, New York made a daring decision. Without a fortification to protect their battle c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zarzynski, Joseph W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Colección:Excelsior editions
Temas:
1754-1763
Bateaux > New York (State) > George, Lake (Lake)
Shipwrecks > New York (State) > George, Lake (Lake)
Excavations (Archaeology) > New York (State) > George, Lake (Lake)
Bateaux > New York (État) > George, Lac.
Naufrages > New York (État) > George, Lac.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > New York (État) > George, Lac.
Military operations, Naval > British
Bateaux
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Shipwrecks
George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake) > Antiquities.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Naval operations, British.
New York (State) > Lake George (Lake)
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early history of bateaux
  • The bateau watercraft
  • Techniques of building a bateau
  • Discovery of Lake George's sunken bateaux of 1758
  • The 1950s and early 1960s
  • rediscovery of the sunken bateaux of 1758
  • Toward the better management of Lake George's sunken bateaux
  • Underwater archaeology of Lake George's sunken bateaux of 1758
  • A renaissance of interest in Lake George's sunken bateaux of 1758
  • The mortar bateau
  • What lies beneath, an inventory of Lake George's sunken bateaux of 1758
  • Missing bateau shipwrecks
  • Lake George's baby whale submarine
  • Wiawaka bateaux and the National Register of Historic Places
  • Submerged heritage preserves
  • Stabilizing a bateau shipwrecks site
  • Secondary school students build underwater archaeology equipment and replica bateaux
  • Raising the fleet
  • an art/science initiative
  • Documentary filmmaking, bateaux, and archaeologists
  • Public education programs
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices: Crandall bateau articles (part 1 and part 2), Peckham bateau article, and a list of bateau shipwreck divers.

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