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Author : Nathan Richards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781957402000
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Ships' Graveyards written by Nathan Richards and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Graysmith
Publisher : Monkey's Paw Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1736580086
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Graveyard Harbor written by Robert Graysmith and published by Monkey's Paw Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Zodiac, Auto Focus, and Black Fire. SO CLOSE TO SHORE, SO FAR FROM FORTUNE. WITH THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD, THEY CAME. San Francisco, 1849. Some arrived by land, but most came by sea. From packet to clipper, the first steamers, and even a stolen paddlewheeler, ships of every kind poured in through the Golden Gate. Packed to the gills with passengers and bursting to the brim with valuable cargo, they crowded Yerba Buena Cove. The perfect harbor in every way except one fatal flaw—its shallow waters offered no passage to shore. Fever overtook even the heartiest of men. Passengers and crew alike jumped ship and swam ashore. Within sight of their prize destination, a thousand majestic vessels were left adrift. Each incapacitated vessel’s fate locked in by the next. Some dedicated captains remained aboard these derelict hulks, in a short time forming a fantastic floating city, Graveyard Harbor. Families, commerce, intrigue, and crime all thrived and died within its skeletal framework. Among them were captains held hostage by their own cargo, families that could not afford nor find housing on land, criminals hiding out from the law, and their pursuers hot on their heels. A LANDLOCKED CAPTAIN. A KILLER WHO LOOKED LIKE CHRIST. HIS UNFORTUNATE DOPPELGÄNGER. THE BLOODTHIRST OF SAN FRANCISCO’S FIRST VIGILANTE SOCIETY. AND THE TEXAS RANGER TURNED SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF. WOULD CRIME, JUSTICE OR VIGILANTISM PREVAIL? Illustrations by the author.
Author : Mark L. Thompson
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814332269
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (322 download)
Download or read book Graveyard of the Lakes written by Mark L. Thompson and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historically accurate, well-rounded picture of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.
Author : Alexis Catsambis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199336008
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology written by Alexis Catsambis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a comprehensive survey of maritime archaeology as seen through the eyes of nearly fifty scholars at a time when maritime archaeology has established itself as a mature branch of archaeology.
Author : Nathan Richards
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146147342X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment written by Nathan Richards and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical importance and archaeological potential of deliberately discarded watercraft has not been a major feature of maritime archaeological enquiry. While research on the topic has appeared since the 1970s as books, chapters, and articles, most examples have been limited in focus and distribution, and in most cases disseminated as unpublished archaeological reports (i.e. the “gray literature”.) So, too, has there been a lack of a single source representing the diversity of geographical, historic, thematic, and theoretical contexts that ships’ graveyard sites and deliberately abandoned vessels represent. In contrast with much of the theoretical or case-specific literature on the theme of watercraft discard, this volume communicates to the reader the common heritage and global themes that ships’ graveyard sites represent. It serves as a blueprint to illustrate how the remains of abandoned vessels in ships' graveyards are sites of considerable research value. Moreover, the case studies in this volume assist researchers in understanding the evolution of maritime technologies, economies, and societies. This volume is intended to expose research potential, create discussion, and reinforce the significance of a prevalent cultural resource that is often overlooked.
Author : Holly Smith
Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1588437787
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (884 download)
Download or read book Adelaide & South Australia Travel Adventures written by Holly Smith and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a native Australian, covers everything you might want to know about Australia - guaranteed! The places to stay, from budget to luxury, rentals to B&Bs, the restaurants, from fast food to the highest quality, the beachwalks and bushwalks, the wildlife and how to see it, exploring the country by air, on water, by bike, and every other way. This guide zeroes in on Adelaide and the Southern part of Australia, but a detailed introduction covers all aspects of travel to and around the continent as well, plus the history, culture and sightseeing.
Author : Nathan Richards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813045887
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (458 download)
Download or read book Ships' Graveyards written by Nathan Richards and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explicitly theoretical, this study avoids the single site bias of much underwater archaeology research and also eschews the traditional examination of shipwreck sites as the core component of studies in this field. Using Australian waters as a case study, Nathan Richards examines the sites of vessels which have been deliberately abandoned.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1945-11-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Author : Charles E. Orser Jnr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134608616
Total Pages : 1058 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology written by Charles E. Orser Jnr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology is a ground-breaking compendium of information about this ever-growing field. Concentrating on the post-1400 period as well as containing generic explanations of historical archaeology where needed, the encyclopedia is compiled by over 120 experts from around the world and contains more than 370 entries covering important concepts and sites.
Author : Susan Lawrence
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441974857
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)
Download or read book An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788 written by Susan Lawrence and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an important new synthesis of archaeological work carried out in Australia on the post-contact period. It draws on dozens of case studies from a wide geographical and temporal span to explore the daily life of Australians in settings such as convict stations, goldfields, whalers' camps, farms, pastoral estates and urban neighbourhoods. The different conditions experienced by various groups of people are described in detail, including rich and poor, convicts and their superiors, Aboriginal people, women, children, and migrant groups. The social themes of gender, class, ethnicity, status and identity inform every chapter, demonstrating that these are vital parts of human experience, and cannot be separated from archaeologies of industry, urbanization and culture contact. The book engages with a wide range of contemporary discussions and debates within Australian history and the international discipline of historical archaeology. The colonization of Australia was part of the international expansion of European hegemony in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The material discussed here is thus fundamentally part of the global processes of colonization and the creation of settler societies, the industrial revolution, the development of mass consumer culture, and the emergence of national identities. Drawing out these themes and integrating them with the analysis of archaeological materials highlights the vital relevance of archaeology in modern society.
Author : Amanda M. Evans
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493935631
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of Vernacular Watercraft written by Amanda M. Evans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents multiple idiographic, archaeological studies of vernacular watercraft from North America and the Caribbean. Rather than attempt to synthesize all vernacular types, this volume focuses on ship construction data recovered through archaeological investigations that has been used to make inferences about culture. This collection of case studies, including many examples from cultural resource management and graduate student theses, presents a thematic exploration of cultural adaptation as expressed through ship construction.
Author : Adrian Vigliano
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1410937909
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecks written by Adrian Vigliano and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces readers to shipwrecks by explaining how they happen and sharing examples of famous or mysterious shipwrecks.
Author : Paul Monin
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1927131456
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)
Download or read book Matiatia written by Paul Monin and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matiatia Bay is the gateway to Waiheke Island. Lying beside the island's best natural harbour, it has been the landing place for Maori waka, settler barges, tourist yachts and commuter ferries today. This beautiful heritage site is threatened by development - a marina is proposed, and intensive parking. Establishing the significance of the past, historian Paul Monin tells Matiatia's story from early Maori occupation to the present day. Here in a fertile bay in the magnificent setting of the Hauraki Gulf is a microcosm of New Zealand's history. Charmingly written, MATIATIA: GATEWAY TO WAIHEKE includes a rich array of photographs and maps.
Author : Patrick Ahern
Publisher : Patrick Ahern
ISBN 13 : 0980515505
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Full Sail Beyond the Three Capes written by Patrick Ahern and published by Patrick Ahern. This book was released on 2008 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Author : Heide Gerstenberger
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004522638
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Market and Violence written by Heide Gerstenberger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** Winner of the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2023. ** Despite their many disagreements when it comes to the subject of capitalism, Marxist and market-liberal approaches seem to agree about one thing: the economic structures of capitalist market society have made direct violence against the person not only superfluous, but economically counterproductive. Heide Gerstenberger's Market and Violence does not contest the thesis that there has been, in many places, a decline in the use of violence in the pursuit of profit; but it demolishes the assumption that this can be put down to the evolution of economic rationality. By means of a deep engagement with the concrete historical reality of capitalist economies, Gerstenberger establishes that, wherever capitalism has been tamed, this has been achieved only by a combination of energetic social contestation and political intervention. First published in German in 2018, the present English-language edition makes a sweeping history of capitalist violence by one of the preeminent theorists of capitalist society working today available to a wider readership.
Author : Alicia Caporaso
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319487876
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes written by Alicia Caporaso and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research into the anthropogenic and taphonomic processes that affect the formation of maritime archaeological resources has grown significantly over the last decade in both theory and the analysis of specific sites and associated material culture. The addition of interdisciplinary inquiry, investigative techniques, and analytical modeling, from fields such as engineering, oceanography, and marine biology have increased our ability to trace the unique pathways through which archaeological sites progress from initial deposition to the present, yet can also link individual sites into an integrated socio-environmental maritime landscape. This edited volume presents a global perspective of current research in maritime archaeological landscape formation processes. In addition to “classically” considered submerged material culture and geography, or those that can be accessed by traditional underwater methodology, case studies include less-often considered sites and landscapes. These landscapes, for example, require archaeologists to use geophysical marine survey equipment to characterize extensive areas of the seafloor or go above the surface to access maritime archaeological resources that have received less scholarly attention.
Author : Stephen Hunt
Publisher : Green Nebula
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Hell Fleet written by Stephen Hunt and published by Green Nebula. This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Lana Fiveworlds has three ghastly problems: (1) Her beloved crewman Calder Durk's gone missing. (2) She now has a daughter to bring up on the rickety free-trader ship, Gravity Rose. (3) Said daughter's from a parallel dimension (and that's only the start of her strangeness). Meanwhile, Commander Adella Vega of the Alliance navy - aka Hell-Fleet - also has three dire headaches: (1) She's stuck at the dog-end of the galaxy on punishment duty with the Fleet's losers, thieves and pedantic pen-pushers. (2) Large portions of her sector just went dark. (3) Something big, bad, and particularly nasty is now heading her way. Both their troubles are about to collide and multiply in the most horrific manner since the Vela Supernova Remnant detonated. Sometimes, the future's so bright you better bring lead-lined shades. And a rail-cannon or three. Because Earth's best space opera series just met the page-turning universe of military science fiction! ABOUT THE BOOK 'Hell Fleet' is the 5th book in Sliding Void series. It's a completely stand-alone adventure, not directly linked to the first four books.
