Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Sunshine State written by Michael C. Barnette and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florida s Shipwrecks written by Michael Barnette and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunshine State has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries. Tragically, part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in Florida waters. Potentially more than 5,000 shipwrecks reside off Florida's 1,200 miles of coastline, with hundreds more lost in the state's interior rivers. In and of itself, the Florida Keys archipelago, consisting of approximately 1,700 islands stretching 200 miles, is littered with the remains of close to 1,000 shipwrecks. In fact, many features of the Florida Keys were named after various shipwreck events, such as Fowey Rocks, which earned its name after the 1748 wrecking of the British warship HMS Fowey, and Alligator Reef, where the schooner USS Alligator met her demise in 1822. Florida's Shipwrecks utilizes captivating images to illustrate dramatic stories of danger and peril at sea, introducing readers to a fascinating cross-section of Florida's shipwreck history.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Florida Shipwrecks Volume I written by Michael C. Barnette and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A foremost authority on Florida shipwrecks and maritime history indexes more than 1,300 Atlantic coast shipwrecks and artificial reefs, and provides 330 archival and underwater images, and 1,000 Atlantic coast shipwreck coordinates.
Download or read book Shipwrecks of Florida written by Steven D. Singer and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 1998 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,100 shipwrecks from the 16th century to the present; the most comprehensive listing now available. Wrecks are arranged primarily by geographical section of the state. Within sections, wrecks are arranged chronologically. Extensive and heavily illustrated appendices offer a wealth of information on topics of interest to divers and researchers alike. A companion volume, More Shipwrecks of Florida, is now available from Pineapple Press.
Download or read book Shipwrecks and Submerged Cultural Resources In and Around Pensacola Florida written by Douglas E. Campbell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maritime Education and Research Society (MERS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose aims and objectives are to research and to advance education and training in the techniques pertaining to the study of various maritime fields of endeavor for the benefit of the public. This MERS Research Publication No. 003 (MRP 003) researches and catalogs the ships, aircraft and other items of interest that now mostly rest underwater along Florida's Gulf Shores from Perdido Bay to Cape San Blas - across six Florida counties. The book is in chronological order, beginning with the possible wreck of some Spanish ships in 1533 "between Pensacola and Mobile Bay" to the present. This research describes more than 700 individual seafaring vessels and aircraft wrecks as well as hundreds of other items used in making artificial reefs - automobile hulks, reef balls, bridge rubble, dismantled oil rigs, etc.
Download or read book Historic Shipwrecks of the Sunshine Coast written by Rick James and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shipwrecks and Mishaps written by Anne Wensley and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport Diver written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast written by James Atwood Gibbs and published by Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort. This book was released on 1989 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed account of all major marine disasters off the west coast of the U.S.
Download or read book Sunken Treasure written by Gail Gibbons and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1990-03-16 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rotting hull of a ship...lost gold...coins...gems...Sunken Treasure! Today treasure hunting is a big business. Searchers use metal detectors and sonar to locate treasure on the ocean floor. Divers use high-powered machinery to uncover objects buried in the sand and to raise them to the surface. And more than just treasures are discovered. A whole window into the past is opened up. A salvage can take months or even years. But it's worth it!
Download or read book Shipwrecks of Florida s West Coast written by Leon Watts and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast written by Robert C. Belyk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-08-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating, never-before-documented stories of the worst shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast during the golden age of coastal transportation, 1854 to 1929 In this intriguing chronicle, author Robert Belyk closely examines ten significant maritime disasters that occurred during one of the most turbulent eras in the history of travel. Discover the real-life drama endured by those caught in the terrifying midst of disaster at sea??and the real causes behind the tragedies. Vividly re-created and painstakingly researched, the shipwrecks accounted for here include: 1854: the Yankee Blade runs aground off Point Arguello, California.Twenty-eight passengers lose their lives. 1875: The old side-wheeler Pacific rams another passenger ship off the coast of Cape Flattery, Washington. Two hundred and seventy-seven people perish when her rotting hull gives way. 1906: The Valencia strikes a reef off the Washington coastline. Before dozens of dazed onlookers on the shore, the ship goes down, taking 117 passengers and crew with her.
Download or read book S S Inchulva written by Linda Reeves and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: S. S. Inchulva A Florida Shipwreck Rediscovered Lost in a hurricane in 1903, the S. S. Inchulva was hidden under the surface of the water a short distance from Florida's shore. For decades, divers visited the mysterious wreck and townspeople told stories about the ghost ship, but the stories varied and the ship's true origin and identity were not known. A ten-year research project turned up a great deal of history and facts about the popular shipwreck. In the 1990's, a state marker with a plaque telling the true history of the vessel was erected near the wreck's site for visitors to enjoy. A decade passed before a bizarre set of twists and turns in January 2002 brought the ship's history to life. A British captain, searching for information about his missing grandfather, connected his long-lost relative with this ship after finding a bundle of letters, which had been secretly hidden away in a trunk for nearly a century. The letters written by the man's grandfather opened a window into the family's past and revealed the name of the missing forefather's ship; but, unfortunately, no clue was revealed as to where or how the ship perished or what had become of the grandfather. The letters intrigued the grandson, a professional seaman himself, and peaked his interest enough to begin a search and investigation to find out more. The captain spent a year digging for information. He searched books, libraries and museums. He came up with some interesting information and some fascinating ideas of his own about the ship's wreck. By chance, a few weeks after the letters turned up in England, an underwater discovery was made near the site where the ship wrecked in Florida. Amazingly, the findings uncovered at the bottom of the ocean linked to the grandson's discovery in the trunk. The seafloor findings also connected to the concerns written about in letters by the grandfather. This story is something more human than historical facts and figures. It is a story that sheds a little light on life at sea in the early 1900's and on the days leading up to the last voyage of the Inchulva. This story tells of the ship's crew and about the nine men whose lives were so abruptly taken on the day of the ship's demise. It is also a tale of a town landmark and an underwater treasure, of which many of the city's families have grown fond over the decades. When the S. S. Inchulva wrecked September 11, 1903, the tragedy touched many lives at the time. But, the wreck would continue to make an impact straight through to present day on the city where it crashed ashore so long ago.
Download or read book Shipwrecks in Florida Waters written by Robert F. Marx and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport Diver written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Flick of Sunshine written by Alexander Jackson Hill and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true and remarkable life of Richard Willis (Will) Jackson, an intrepid seaman from one of the leading shipbuilding families in 19th century Maine, whose exploits and adventures in the oceans of the world would rival characters straight out of the lives and imaginations of Joseph Conrad and Jack London. Will Jackson survived a harrowing shipwreck in the Marshall Islands, being washed overboard rounding Cape Horn and running down Alaskan glaciers over a tragically shortened life that ended in a most bizarre and pedestrian incident on the eve of realizing his life's ambition: appointment as master of a ship. After nine months of sometimes perilous life among natives in the South Sea islands in 1884, captured in chapters of a book he helped write, Jackson served on a series of large ships and coastal schooners - all based in the post-Gold Rush boomtown of San Francisco - that took him up and down the west coast from Alaska to Mexico and to the four corners of the earth. His faithful letters to his family in Maine and a diary offer a compelling portrait of an extraordinary young man of character and independent spirit, intellect and curiosity, no small ambition and that most admirable of traits, an abiding sense of humor.
Download or read book Sunshine State Almanac and Book of Florida related Stuff written by Phil Philcox and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chock-full of statistics, recipes, photos, and helpful, fascinating stuff of, from, and about Florida.
