191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note
"A Roundtable Press book."
Includes index.
Summary
"Pictorial account of the sinking and recovery of the United States Mail Steamship, Central America. The sinking of the Central America in a hurricane in 1857, was America's worst peacetime sea disaster. The ship was recovered in 1989, in an operation that developed the most groundbreaking marine-recovery technology in existence". -- Jacket.
Contents
The country comes of age, 1837-1863 -- Last voyage -- Explorers of the deep -- Gold discovered -- Time capsules -- Science in the deep.
