Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004JHU Press, 17 de des. 2007 - 435 pàgines Cowinner, John Lyman Book Award in U.S. Maritime History, North American Society for Oceanic History Nor'easters, blizzards, and hurricanes. Spanish galleons, German U-boats, and presidential yachts. Pirates and privateers. The ephemeral and deadly nature of islands, dunes, inlets, and shoals. The history of the Delmarva Peninsula's Atlantic coast is rich with tales of fantasy and adventure, heroism and tragedy, greed and charity. Claiming more than 2,300 vessels since 1632, it rivals North Carolina's Outer Banks for the infamous title "The Graveyard of the Atlantic." Maritime historian Donald G. Shomette brings these stories to life. Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels—some notorious and some forgotten until now—this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along this shore significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole. Shomette weaves together history, folklore, and legend in accounts of the tragic loss of the 1750 Spanish treasure fleet, the British blockade of the Delaware in the American Revolution, the depredations of Confederate commerce raiders during the Civil War, the Billy Mitchell affair, the Hurricane of 1933, and the Nazi U-boat offensive of World War II. His appendix provides a complete catalog of all 2,300 recorded wrecks, including coordinates and location descriptions where available. A vivid montage of seafaring adventures and pivotal events in American history, this volume makes an essential contribution to the library of the history buff, wreck diver, and local adventurer. |
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Introduction From Cape Henlopen to Cape Charles | 1 |
Indians with English Jackets | 8 |
A Good Many Chests of Money | 18 |
The Roebucks Horns | 41 |
A Column of Liquid Fire | 57 |
Le Serpent | 66 |
The Infamous Tar | 75 |
Now That Is What I Call Combat | 83 |
Poor Pussy | 196 |
FivePoler | 206 |
The Rules of Engagement | 213 |
Billy and the Battleship | 227 |
Chopping the Bank Right Off | 241 |
Unterseeboot | 261 |
Like a Knife Gutting a Fish | 271 |
A Long Shudder | 286 |
Plunder till They Could Plunder No More | 94 |
So Much for Attending Congress | 101 |
The Captain Was in a Hilarious Mood | 105 |
The Unfortunate Spaniards Waved Their Handkerchiefs | 119 |
Rothschilds among the Toilers of the | 125 |
Assailed by Overwhelming Odds | 138 |
Unprecedented Disregard | 150 |
Suits of Ice | 163 |
Chips of Wood on the Angry Waves | 177 |
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