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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Published: 1877
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Published: 1855
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shipwreck
Author: Dave Horner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-11-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1493064878
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a seventeenth-century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of two immense galleons that were lost (along with hundreds of passengers and millions of pesos in treasure) to disasters at sea. Shipwreck is an extraordinary literary adventure which interweaves accounts of the many attempts throughout the past three centuries to recover the sunken treasure, including the recent discovery and salvage of one of the galleons by Dave Horner himself. Shipwreck is an outstanding history of true adventure on the high seas, past and present, which is wonderfully enhanced for the reader with 50 photographic illustrations, six maps, four line drawings, seven appendices, as well as bibliographies of archival sources, institutions, original documents or primary works, and a general listing of thematically appropriate titles for further suggested readings.
Around the World Submerged
Author: Edward L. Beach
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2012-04-15
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1612511988
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Captain Edward L. Beach, planned a routine shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic. Two weeks before the scheduled cruise, however, Beach was summoned to Washington and told of the immediate necessity to prove the reliability of the Rickover-conceived submarine. His new secret orders were to take the Triton around the world, entirely submerged the total distance. This is Beach's gripping firsthand account of what went on during the 36,000 nautical-mile voyage whose record for speed and endurance still stands today. It brings to life the many tense events in the historic journey: the malfunction of the essential fathometer that indicated the location of undersea mountains and shallow waters, the sudden agonizing illness of a senior petty officer, and the serious problems with the ship's main hydraulic oil system. Intensely dramatic, Beach's chronicle also describes the psychological stresses of the journey and some touching moments shared by the crew. A skillful story teller, he recounts the experience in such detail that readers feel they have been along for the ride of a lifetime.
Wrecks Around Nantucket Since the Settlement of the Island, and the Incidents Connected Therewith, Embracing Over Seven Hundred Vessels
First [and Second] Report[s] of the Commissioners
Author: Great Britain. Tidal harbours commission
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Published: 1846
Total Pages: 796
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shipwrecks of Florida
Author: Steven D Singer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-10-17
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1561648965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Shipwreck Narratives: Out of our Depth
Author: Michael Titlestad
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-01-01
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 3030870413
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shipwreck Narratives: Out of Our Depth studies both the representation of shipwreck and the ways in which shipwrecks are used in creative, philosophical, and political works. The first part of the book examines historical shipwreck narratives published over a period of two centuries and their legacies. Michael Titlestad points to a range of narrative conventions, literary tropes and questions concerning representation and its limits in narratives about these historic shipwrecks. The second part engages novels, poems, films, artwork, and musical composition that grapple with shipwreck. Collectively the chapters suggest the spectacular productivity of shipwreck narrative; the multiple ways in which its concerns and logic have inspired anxious creativity in the last century. Titlestad recognizes in weaving in his personal experience that shipwreck—the destruction of form and the advent of disorder—could be seen not only as a corollary for his own neurological disorder, but also an abiding principle in tropology. This book describes how shipwreck has figured in texts (from historical narratives to fiction, film and music) as an analogue for emotional, psychological, and physical fragmentation.
Triton
