Cornish Shipwrecks
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Cornish Shipwrecks The South Coast
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Author : Richard Larn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Cornish Shipwrecks The South Coast written by Richard Larn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Shipwrecks categories.
Cornish Shipwrecks
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Author : Richard Larn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Cornish Shipwrecks written by Richard Larn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Shipwrecks categories.
Cornish Shipwrecks
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
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Lost Off Trevose
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Author : Brian French
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-02-24
Lost Off Trevose written by Brian French and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-24 with History categories.
The ship that will not obey the helm must obey the rocks. Trevose Head, the land mass jutting out into the Atlantic from North Cornwall's shore, has been called the Lizard of the North Coast. This beautiful but inhospitable coast has seen many disasters over the centuries, from ocean-going sailing ships blown off course to coastal vessels bound for Wales and the Bristol Channel foundering and colliding, and colliers blowing up. Both world wars also saw intense activity off Trevose as German U-boats attempted to prevent supplies from reaching the UK. The torpedoing of HMS Warwick in February 1944 deeply affected the whole community. This illustrated history reveals the many shipwrecks to plague the notorious Trevose Head and considers the development of safety at sea, starting with the erection of Trevose Lighthouse in 1857, a project strenuously opposed by most seafarers at the time as it was believed that lighthouses attracted pirates like moths to a flame. A must for all shipwreck and local historians and those with a love of the Cornish coastline.
Cornish Shipwrecks The Isles Of Scilly
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Author : Richard Larn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971-03-01
Cornish Shipwrecks The Isles Of Scilly written by Richard Larn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-03-01 with Shipwrecks categories.
Cornish Wrecking 1700 1860
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Author : Cathryn J. Pearce
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2010
Cornish Wrecking 1700 1860 written by Cathryn J. Pearce and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Discusses the complex laws and practices relating to wreck law, that is the right to salvage goods washed up on the shore, examines how Cornish people made use of this "harvest of the sea" and explores how myths about Cornish wrecking have developed.
Cornish Shipwrecks The Isles Of Scilly
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Author : Richard Larn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Cornish Shipwrecks The Isles Of Scilly written by Richard Larn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Shipwrecks categories.
Cornish Shipwrecks The North Coast
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Author : Richard Larn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Cornish Shipwrecks The North Coast written by Richard Larn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Shipwrecks categories.
Cornish Shipwrecks
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Author : Cyril Noall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
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The Wreckers
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Author : Bella Bathurst
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2013-08-23
The Wreckers written by Bella Bathurst and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-23 with History categories.
An “entertaining” historical investigation into the scavengers who have profited off the spoils of maritime disasters (The Washington Post). Even today, Britain’s coastline remains a dangerous place. It is an island soaked by four separate seas, with shifting sand banks to the east, veiled reefs to the west, powerful currents above, and the world’s busiest shipping channel below. The country’s offshore waters are strewn with shipwrecks—and for villagers scratching out an existence along Britain’s shores, those wrecks have been more than simply an act of God; in many cases, they have been the difference between living well and just getting by. Though Daphne du Maurier and Poldark have made Cornwall famous as Britain’s most notorious region for wrecking, many other coastal communities regarded the “sea’s bounty” as a way of providing themselves with everything from grapefruits to grand pianos. Some plunderers were held to be so skilled that they could strip a ship from stem to stern before the Coast Guard had even left port. Some were rumored to lure ships onto the rocks with false lights, and some simply waited for winter gales to do their work. This book uncovers tales of ships and shipwreck victims—from shoreline orgies so Dionysian that few participants survived the morning to humble homes fitted with silver candelabra, from coastlines rigged like stage sets to villages where everyone owns identical tennis shoes. Spanning three hundred years of history, The Wreckers examines the myths, realities, and superstitions of shipwrecks and uncovers the darker side of life on Britain’s shores. “Bathurst, who won a Somerset Maugham Award for The Lighthouse Stevensons, offers a spellbinding tale of seafaring men, their ships and the ocean that cares for neither.” —Publishers Weekly “A fascinating, haunting account of pillagers, plunderers, and pirates.” —John Burnett, author of Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas