Author: FRANCAVIGLIA, RICHARD V.
Title: From Sail To Steam. Four Centuries Of Texas Maritime History 1500 - 1900.
Description: 8vo; pp. xvii, 324; illustrated throughout with diagrams maps and sketches; notes, glossary of nautical terms, bibliography, index; dustjacket; a fine copy. Austin, University of Texas Press, (c1998). Based on recent discoveries in nautical archaeology the author tells the stories of the ill-fated Spanish flotilla that wrecked off Padre Island in 1554 and the French explorer La Salles's flagship Belle, which sank in 1687. He explores the Texas navy in the Texas revolution of 1835-1836 and also describes the civil war battles.
Keywords: maritme history Texas navy war Civil War ship wrecks Belle Spanish
Title: From Sail To Steam. Four Centuries Of Texas Maritime History 1500 - 1900.
Description: 8vo; pp. xvii, 324; illustrated throughout with diagrams maps and sketches; notes, glossary of nautical terms, bibliography, index; dustjacket; a fine copy. Austin, University of Texas Press, (c1998). Based on recent discoveries in nautical archaeology the author tells the stories of the ill-fated Spanish flotilla that wrecked off Padre Island in 1554 and the French explorer La Salles's flagship Belle, which sank in 1687. He explores the Texas navy in the Texas revolution of 1835-1836 and also describes the civil war battles.
Keywords: maritme history Texas navy war Civil War ship wrecks Belle Spanish
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- Book number: 103832
- Book number: 103832