For centuries, a 10-mile-long sandbank off the coast of Kent, England posed a perilous and often fatal threat to sailors, causing thousands of shipwrecks and untold numbers of fatalities. In the early 1800s, however, a number of forward-thinking inventors began to dabble with the idea of a "lifeboat" — an unsinkable rescue vessel designed to save the survivors of shipwrecks. This fascinating volume of maritime history recounts early rescue efforts in the region of the Goodwin Sands.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 287 ● ISBN 9781776592739 ● 出版者 The Floating Press ● 发布时间 2015 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 4639518 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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