The Ship That Held Up Wall Street - The Ronson Ship Wreck

Informationen zum Autor WARREN C. RIESS, a research associate professor in the departments of history, anthropology, and marine sciences at the University of Maine, was principal investigator of the Ronson ship site. SHELI O. SMITH was co-investigator of the Ronson project. Klappentext In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the "Ronson ship site,” named for the site's developer, Howard Ronson. Zusammenfassung In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the “Ronson ship site,” named for the site’s developer, Howard Ronson.

Product details

• Authors: Warren C. Riess, Warren Curtis Riess, Warren Curtis/ Smith Riess, Sheli O. Smith
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2014
• EAN: 9781623491888
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-188-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous