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Great Shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast by Robert C. Belyk is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Eighty Years Spanning The California Gold Rush To The Start Of The Great Depression Saw Thousands Of Passengers And Crews Perish In Pacific Steamship Wrecks. Yet Despite The Alarming Number Of Incidents During This Period, Few Have Asked Just Why So Many Ships Were Lost. In Great Shipwrecks Of The Pacific Coast, Author Robert Belyk Looks Beyond Commonly Provided - And Frequently Superficial - Public Explanations Of Weather Conditions Or Human Error, And Closely Examines Ten Significant Maritime Disasters That Occurred Along The Pacific Coastline From California To Alaska.--jacket. Yankee Blade : Wreck Of A Gold Ship -- Brother Jonathan : In The Teeth Of The Dragon -- Pacific : The Final Whistle -- Rio De Janeiro : Death Of A City -- Clallam : The Hoodoo Ship -- Valencia : Appointment With Death -- Columbia : Disaster Off Shelter Cove -- Francis H. Leggett : Battle Lost -- Princess Sophia : A Grave Error -- San Juan : End Of An Era. Robert C. Belyk. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-261) And Index.

Who reads Great Shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast?

Author

Robert C. Belyk

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780471384205

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Travel

Rating

4.5 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14