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Lardas: Texas Shipwrecks - Images of America

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Lardas: Texas Shipwrecks - Images of America
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Lardas, Mark. TEXAS SHIPWRECKS - IMAGES OF AMERICA. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston. 2016. 8vo. 130 pages. original pictorial boards. Frontispiece photo. Bibliography. Maps. Diagrams. B&w photos throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. The Texas coastline and offshore waters are flat, shallow, featureless, and filled with shoals. Texas waters are subjected to extreme weather, not just hurricanes and tropical storms but also northers and seasonal gales. This, combined with two centuries of naval warfare off Texas waters, produced many shipwrecks of all sorts, from Spanish treasure fleets to simple working boats. The ships of pirates, navies, cotton traders, immigrants, fishermen, and oil shippers line the Texas coast, cover the sea bottom off Texas, and blanket the bottom of Texas rivers. Each wreck has a story, romantic or repellent, prosaic or unusual, but all intriguing. Lot weight: 0 lbs 14oz. Subject(s): American History.