Shipwrecked in Paradise - Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i

The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra's Barge endured many incarnations over its 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.

About the author

PAUL F. JOHNSTON is curator of Maritime History at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and is secretary for the Council of American Maritime Museums.

Product details

• Authors: Paul F Johnston, Paul F. Johnston, Paul Forsythe Johnston
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781623492830
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-283-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic