Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578529318
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
America's Greatest Treasure Ship
Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578529318
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578529318
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Author: Gary Kinder
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 155584796X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
“Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 155584796X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
“Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek
A California Gold Rush History
Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780943161877
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1055
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780943161877
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1055
Book Description
America's Lost Treasure
Author: Tommy Thompson
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871137326
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In more than 250 photographs, drawings, and illustrations, "America's Lost Treasure" chronicles the sinking and recovery of the "Central America", the subject of "The New York Times" bestseller "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea".
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871137326
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In more than 250 photographs, drawings, and illustrations, "America's Lost Treasure" chronicles the sinking and recovery of the "Central America", the subject of "The New York Times" bestseller "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea".
Man vs Maths
Author: Timothy Revell
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 178131621X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Could we solve queuing with an equation? How do algorithms control our news? What is the secret behind encryption codes? Mathematics is inescapable. Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, mathematics plays a role. From controlling a city’s traffic to finding love, spending money online to building a skyscraper, the mathematics at play in our world is fascinating. Yet despite its ubiquity, for many of us, how the maths of today really works remains complex. Timothy Revell distils these complexities in this essential guide to modern-day mathematics. Along the way we discover how social media trends work, why the universe has a favourite number and what this means for you. Man vs Maths shows you how understanding a little more mathematics can help improve your life.
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 178131621X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Could we solve queuing with an equation? How do algorithms control our news? What is the secret behind encryption codes? Mathematics is inescapable. Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, mathematics plays a role. From controlling a city’s traffic to finding love, spending money online to building a skyscraper, the mathematics at play in our world is fascinating. Yet despite its ubiquity, for many of us, how the maths of today really works remains complex. Timothy Revell distils these complexities in this essential guide to modern-day mathematics. Along the way we discover how social media trends work, why the universe has a favourite number and what this means for you. Man vs Maths shows you how understanding a little more mathematics can help improve your life.
Lost Gold of the Republic
Author: Priit Vesilind
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933034065
Category : Coins, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Come along on the search for the greatest shipwreck treasure of the Civil War era.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933034065
Category : Coins, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Come along on the search for the greatest shipwreck treasure of the Civil War era.
The Big Book of Treasures
Author: Raphael Honigstein
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
ISBN: 9783899557978
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Shares the details of over twenty famous lost treasures and the people who have searched for them all around the world.
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
ISBN: 9783899557978
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Shares the details of over twenty famous lost treasures and the people who have searched for them all around the world.
Snow Treasure
Author: Marie McSwigan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590425377
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590425377
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4.
Treasures of the Confederate Coast
Author: Edward Lee Spence
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Highly researched and thoroughly documented. Over 100 photographs, drawings and maps
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Highly researched and thoroughly documented. Over 100 photographs, drawings and maps
Nevada Treasure Hunters Ghost Town Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Extinct cities
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Extinct cities
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description