Robert C. Parsons

Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster: North Atlantic Shipwrecks of the Strange and Curious

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Here are over sixty stories of piracy, fire, explosions, disappearances, rum running, shipboard mutiny and murder. There are also stories of collisions with whales, icebergs and other ships, as well as wrecks on rocks, islands and sand bars. Vessels, large and small, were struck by lightning, shelled or torpedoed by enemy vessels, crushed by Arctic ice, and even swallowed up whole by unexpected intense gales and hurricanes. These true tales of shipwrecks delve into strange and curious marine disasters. The setting, primarily the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, was the main trading route for passenger steamers and treading schooners plying their… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-895900-74-3
EAN: 9781895900743
Produktnummer: 15246099
Verlag: Pottersfield Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 255 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.4 cm x D1.6 cm 413 g
Gewicht: 413

Über den Autor

Ronald Rees is a former professor of historical geography who taught at the University of Saskatchewan and, as adjunct professor, at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. He has several books on settlement in the Canadian prairies, garden history, science and industry in Wales, and on settlements in the Maritimes.