<i>Robert J. Walker</i> : The History and Archaeology of a U.S. Coast Survey Steamship /

"This book tells the story of the steamship Robert J. Walker, a coastal survey ship that sank with loss of 21 crew off the coast of New Jersey in 1860. Leaders in the efforts to document the shipwreck describe the history of the ship and the archaeology of the wreck, emphasizing the collaborati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Delgado, James P. (Autor), Nagiewicz, Stephen D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Robert J. Walker (Ship) > History.
Shipwrecks.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Naufrages > Atlantique Nord.
Shipwrecks > North Atlantic Ocean.
Shipwrecks > New Jersey > Atlantic Coast.
North Atlantic Ocean.
New Jersey > Atlantic Coast.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A Dark and Stormy Night
  • The U.S. Coast Survey, 1807-1844
  • The Coast Survey Expands and Acquires Steamships
  • Charting America's Coast: Walker's Early Surveys
  • Walker's Survey Career, 1849-1860
  • "A Most Disastrous Accident"
  • Walker's Lost Crew
  • The $25 Dollar Wreck
  • Wreck Divers and Rediscovery
  • The Robert J. Walker Shipwreck Project
  • The Archaeology and Appreciation of a Steamship and Its Crew

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