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Underwater dig

by Barbara Ford · 1982

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An account of the exploration of a shipwreck in Penobscot Bay, Maine, highlights the new science of nautical archaeology and illuminates a disastrous, overlooked defeat in American naval history.

Defence (Ship : Mass.)Juvenile literaturePenobscot Expedition, 1779Underwater archaeologyDefence (Brig)ShipwrecksUnited states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, juvenile literatureUnited states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, naval operations