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Shipwrecked in paradise : Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i / Paul F. Johnston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, Paul Forsythe, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underwater archaeology--Hawaii--Hanalei.
- Underwater archaeology.
- Historic ships--Hawaii.
- Historic ships.
- Hanalei (Hawaii)--Antiquities.
- Hanalei (Hawaii).
- Hawaii--History--To 1893.
- Hawaii.
- Cleopatra's Barge (Yacht).
- Kamehameha II, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1797-1824.
- Kamehameha.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- The bleeding edge
- A million pounds of sandalwood
- The ship structure and equipment
- The finds
- Shipwrecked in paradise.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-284-X
- OCLC:
- 913610676
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