The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands
Subtitle: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780813017730
Subjects: American history; Maritime History; Underwater archaeology; History - General History; Caribbean Area - History; Nautical Archaeology; History: World; Cayman Islands; History, Naval; Archaeology; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Antiquities; History
Description: "Roger C. Smith follows the mysterious tracks of the sea turtles and the mariners who hunted them, from the shores of the Caymans to the coastal lagoons of Cuba and finally to the Miskito Cays of Nicaragua. He also pursues the colonial exploits of privateers and pirates, examines the development of island catboats and schooners, and takes the reader underwater to the sites of unlucky ships that wrecked on poorly charted reefs.

As archaeological sites and diving attractions, sunken ships continue to share a central role in today's Caymanian maritime perspective." "Blending elements of geography, archaeology, and ethnography, this history offers a portrait of all aspects of Caymanian nautical traditions."--BOOK JACKET.