The History of Fort Ocracoke in Pamlico Sound Contributor(s): Smith, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626199035 ISBN-13: 9781626199033 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - Pictorial |
Dewey: 975.603 |
LCCN: 2014959942 |
Series: Civil War |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.27 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Pamlico Sound is one of the most storied bodies of water among North Carolina's Outer Banks. Early colonists to Roanoke Island used it for protection. Blackbeard the pirate was killed there in 1718, and General Washington relied on it for transportation i |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Robert: - Robert K. Smith has been a diver for more than thirty years and was an archaeological technician on the Blackbeard Shipwreck Project. In 1996, Robert founded SIDCO, a nonprofit archaeological dive team, dedicated to the study of historic shipwreck and submerged sites in North Carolina water for the express purpose of education and display. He has since lead ten shipwreck investigations throughout the state. |