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The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois : A Flatboat on the Ohio River /

"Flatboats were the most prolific type of vessel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the early 1800s. Thousands of these boats descended the two rivers each year, carrying not only valuable cargo to New Orleans but also western-bound emigrants to newly opened territories. By the late 1800...

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Autor principal: Wagner, Mark J.
Autor Corporativo: America (Flatboat)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a "The discovery of the wreck of what is probably an early nineteenth-century flatboat in the bed of the Ohio River, the research conducted at the wreck site, and the possible causes of its sinking are described. Not a single intact original example of the flatboat vessel type has been known to exist. While the wreck is not completely intact, it provides new information about this boat form"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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