Robert J. Walker : the history and archaeology of a U.S. coast survey steamship / James P. Delgado and Stephen D. Nagiewicz ; with contributions from Vincent J. Capone, Matthew S. Lawrence, Dan Lieb, Deborah E. Marx, Lisa J. Stansbury, Peter F. Straub, and Albert E. Theberge.

By:

Delgado, James P [author.]

Contributor(s):

Nagiewicz, Stephen D [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (xix, 226 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0813057531
9780813057538

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Robert J. WalkerDDC classification:

910.9163/46 23

LOC classification:

VK1273.N4 D45 2020

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Contents:

Introduction: A Dark and Stormy Night -- The U.S. Coast Survey, 1807-1844 -- The Coast Survey Expands and Acquires Steamships -- Charting America's Coast: Walker's Early Surveys -- Walker's Survey Career, 1849-1860 -- "A Most Disastrous Accident" -- Walker's Lost Crew -- The $25 Dollar Wreck -- Wreck Divers and Rediscovery -- The Robert J. Walker Shipwreck Project -- The Archaeology and Appreciation of a Steamship and Its Crew

Summary: "This book tells the story of the steamship Robert J. Walker, a coastal survey ship that sank with loss of 21 crew off the coast of New Jersey in 1860. Leaders in the efforts to document the shipwreck describe the history of the ship and the archaeology of the wreck, emphasizing the collaborative community participation that made the project successful"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book tells the story of the steamship Robert J. Walker, a coastal survey ship that sank with loss of 21 crew off the coast of New Jersey in 1860. Leaders in the efforts to document the shipwreck describe the history of the ship and the archaeology of the wreck, emphasizing the collaborative community participation that made the project successful"-- Provided by publisher.

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