Texas Shipwrecks (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1467116173 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With generous assistance from and in cooperation with the Institute of Nautical Archeology at Texas A&M University, and numerous museums throughout the state of Texas, he has pulled together a fascinating collection of images to illustrate Texas’s maritime history as seen from its shipwrecks from Cabeza de Vaca’s first shipwreck in 1528 through th
A longtime resident of Texas, he has maintained an interest in the Texas maritime history, including shipwrecks. With generous assistance from and in cooperation with the Institute of Nautical Archeology at Texas A&M University, and numerous museums throughout the state of Texas, he has pulled together a fascinating collection of images to illustrate Texas’s maritime history as seen from its shipwrecks from Cabeza de Vaca’s first shipwreck in 1528 through the 21st century. About the Author Mark Lardas is the author of numerous books on maritime and Texas history.
Texas waters are subjected to extreme weather, not just hurricanes and tropical storms but also northers and seasonal gales. The Texas coastline and offshore waters are flat, shallow, featureless, and filled with shoals. The ships of pirates, navies, cotton traders, immigrants, fishermen, and oil shippers line the Texas coast, cover the sea bottom off Texas, and blanket the bottom of Texas rivers. This, combined with two centuries of naval warfare off Texas waters, produced many shipwrecks of all sorts, from Spanish treasure fleets to simple working boats. Each wreck has a story, romantic or repellent, prosaic or unusual, but all intriguing.
"Two Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Basic info and not as complete as I had expected.