Robert J. Walker : 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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Delgado, James P. (Author), Nagiewicz, Stephen D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Subjects:
Robert J. Walker (Ship) > History.
Shipwrecks > New Jersey > Atlantic Coast.
Shipwrecks > North Atlantic Ocean.
Naufrages > Atlantique Nord.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Shipwrecks
New Jersey > Atlantic Coast
North Atlantic Ocean
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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