In this vivid retelling of a classic naval shipwreck and its archaeological discovery, Hans Van Tilburg provides a fascinating perspective on the watershed events in history that reshaped the Pacific between 1860 and 1870.
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One of the Coast Guard’s great heroes and the secret he kept hidden
Peter Nash compares the methods the British and American navies developed to supply their ships across the vast reaches of the Pacific Ocean during the first part of the twentieth century.
A detailed history and technical design information on every type of small rescue craft ever used by the United States Life-Saving Service and United States Coast Guard, from the early 1800s to current day.
The story of several vessels in a Spanish convoy wrecked by a hurricane along the Virginia/North Carolina coastline, the discovery of the wreckage of the convoy's flagship two and a half centuries later, and the legal battle over salvage rights.
