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Outer Banks Shipwrecks: Graveyard of the Atlantic

Outer Banks Shipwrecks: Graveyard of the Atlantic

Riddle, Mary Ellen

Hardcover

Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)

BoatingGeneral World HistoryRegional: South

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540215121
ISBN13: 9781540215123
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Apr 3 2017
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Ever since ships began navigating the coast of North Carolina, the area has maintained a reputation for being dangerous. Today, the region that stretches from the Currituck Outer Banks south to Bogue Banks is referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. From the 1585 grounding of the English ship Tiger off the Outer Banks to the 2012 loss of the Bounty, more than 2,000 shipwrecks have occurred in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Weather, geography, war, piracy, and human error have all contributed to this dense shipwreck zone. The stories behind the shipwrecks illustrate the best and worst of mankind, showing courage and compassion as well as the atrocities of war. This history informs readers about commerce, technology, war, environment, maritime life, and the complexity of the human element.

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