| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
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Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The bleeding edge -- A million pounds of sandalwood -- The ship structure and equipment -- The finds -- Shipwrecked in paradise. |
| Summary |
The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra's Barge, endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king's personal yacht. The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary transport, pirate ship, getaway vehicle, instrument of diplomacy, and racing yacht, wrecked on a reef in Hanalei Bay on April 6, 1824. Obtaining the first underwater archaeological permits ever issued by the state of Hawai'i, a team of divers from the Smithsonian Institution located, surveyed, and excavated the wrecked ship from 1995 to 2000. The 1,25. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cleopatra's Barge (Yacht)
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Cleopatra's Barge (Yacht) |
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Kamehameha II, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1797-1824.
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Kamehameha II, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1797-1824. |
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Historic ships -- Hawaii.
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Historic ships. |
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Hawaii. |
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Underwater archaeology -- Hawaii -- Hanalei.
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Underwater archaeology. |
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Hawaii -- Hanalei. |
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Hawaii -- History -- To 1893.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1893 |
| Subject |
Hanalei (Hawaii) -- Antiquities.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnston, Paul F. Shipwrecked in Paradise : Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2015 9781623492830 |
| ISBN |
9781623492847 (electronic book) |
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162349284X (electronic book) |
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9781623492830 (hardcover (printed case) ; alkaline paper) |
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1623492831 (hardcover (printed case) ; alkaline paper) |
| Sudoc No. |
Z TA475.8 J646sh |
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