Shipwrecks of Massachusetts Bay

Shipwrecks of Massachusetts Bay
ISBN-10
1614236259
ISBN-13
9781614236252
Category
History
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2012-08-07
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Author
Thomas Hall

Description

Massachusetts Bay stretches along the rocky coast and dangerously sandy shoals from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and gives the Bay State its distinctive shape and the Atlantic Ocean one of its largest graveyards. Author and longtime diver Thomas Hall guides us through the history of eight dreadful wrecks as we navigate around Mass Bay. Learn the sorrowful fate of the Portland and its crew during the devastating Portland Gale of 1898, how the City of Salisbury went down with its load of exotic zoo animals in the shadow of Graves Light and how the Forest Queen lost its precious cargo in a nor'easter. Hall provides updated research for each shipwreck, as well as insights into the technology, ship design and weather conditions unique to each wreck.

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