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HMS Fowey lost and found : being the discovery, excavation, and identification of a British man-of-war lost off the Cape of Florida in 1748

Title
  1. HMS Fowey lost and found : being the discovery, excavation, and identification of a British man-of-war lost off the Cape of Florida in 1748 / Russell K. Skowronek and George R. Fischer ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.
Published by
  1. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.
Author
  1. Skowronek, Russell K.

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Additional authors
  1. Fischer, George R.
Description
  1. xxv, 233 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. This title traces the life of the HMS Fowey, the court martial of her captain, her rediscovery in the 1970s, and the long process of artifact recovery and ship identification.
Series statement
  1. New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
Uniform title
  1. New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Alternative title
  1. H.M.S. Fowey lost and found
Subject
  1. Fowey (Man of war)
  2. Underwater archaeology > Florida > Biscayne Bay
  3. Shipwrecks > Florida > Biscayne Bay
  4. Excavations (Archaeology) > Florida > Biscayne Bay
  5. Underwater archaeology > Law and legislation > United States
  6. Historic preservation > Law and legislation > United States
  7. Archéologie sous-marine > Floride > Biscayne, Baie de
  8. Naufrages > Floride > Biscayne, Baie de
  9. Fouilles (Archéologie) > Floride > Biscayne, Baie de
  10. Antiquities
  11. Excavations (Archaeology)
  12. Historic preservation > Law and legislation
  13. Shipwrecks
  14. Underwater archaeology
  15. Underwater archaeology > Law and legislation
  16. Biscayne Bay (Fla.) > Antiquities
  17. Atlantic Ocean > Biscayne Bay
  18. United States
Contents
  1. 1. HMS Fowey Lost -- 2. When Dreams Become Nightmares: Treasure Hunters and the Tragedy of Gerald Klein -- 3. Rumors of a Wreck: The Archaeologist -- 4. Reflections on the First Salvo: Legal Wrangling, 1979-1980 -- 5. Finding the "4th of July Wreck," 1980 -- 6. Narrowing the Possibilities, 1980-1983 -- 7. Testing and Evaluation of the Legare Anchorage Shipwreck -- 8. Reconstructing the Legare Anchorage Ship -- 9. Identification of the Fowey -- 10. The Final Legal Salvo: Setting an Important Legal Precedent -- 11. Epilogue: They Didn't Listen -- Appendix 1. Underwater Archaeology: Legislation and Regulation -- Appendix 2. Timeline of Events in the History of HMS Fowey: The Legare Anchorage Shipwreck.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-222) and index.