A Civil War Gunboat in Pacific Waters
ISBN: 9780813036571
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University Press of Florida
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Seafaring life;

In 1870, the ship sank at one of the world's most remote coral reefs; her crew was rescued sixty-eight days later after a dramatic open-boat voyage. More than 130 years later, Hans Van Tilburg led the team that discovered and recorded the Saginaw' s remains near the Kure Atoll reef.


hidden image for function call