Graveyard of the Atlantic
Subtitle: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: August 11, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780807842614
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; Maritime history; Shipwrecks; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local; United States - General
First sentence: YOU CAN STAND on Cape Point at Hatteras on a stormy day and watch two oceans come together in an awesome display of savage fury; for there at the Point the northbound Gulf Stream and the cold currents coming down from the Arctic run head-on into each other, tossing their spumy spray a hundred feet or better into the air and dropping sand and shells and sea life are at the point of impact.