Cayman's 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail - Peace, War, and Peril in the Caribbean

Tells the story of the greatest shipwreck disaster in the history of the Cayman Islands. The story has been passed through generations for over two centuries. Details vary depending on who is doing the telling, but all refer to this momentous maritime event as the Wreck of the Ten Sail.

Info autore

Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton is director of the Cayman Islands National Museum. She coedited Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean and contributed to the Oxford Handbook of Underwater Archaeology, Caribbean Heritage, the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, and the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology.

Riassunto

Tells the story of the greatest shipwreck disaster in the history of the Cayman Islands. The story has been passed through generations for over two centuries. Details vary depending on who is doing the telling, but all refer to this momentous maritime event as the Wreck of the Ten Sail.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780817359652
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5965-2
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 228 mm x 153 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 500 g
• Illustrazioni: 45 black & white figures, 14 maps
• Serie: Maritime Currents: History and; Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie