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The Final Voyage of the Valencia
- Amazing Stories
Engelsk Paperback

The Final Voyage of the Valencia

- Amazing Stories
Engelsk Paperback

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A dynamic retelling of the deadly 1906 sinking of the SS Valencia off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, one of the worst maritime disasters in Canadian history. There are few places on earth that have such a high record of marine casualties as the short yet treacherous stretch of coastline known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the fifty-six kilometres between Port Renfrew and Cape Beale off Vancouver Island saw dozens of shipwrecks and claimed hundreds of lives. On a blustery night in late January 1906, the steamship SS Valencia, heading from San Francisco to Seattle and Victoria, met its tragic fate on the rocks near Pachena Point. With over one hundred passengers and sixty-five crew members on board, only thirty-seven people survived the wreck. All of the women and children perished. With journalistic precision, compassion for the victims, and condemnation for those who neglected to prevent the tragedy, author Michael C. Neitzel recounts the Valencias ill-fated final voyage, drawing heavily on first-hand accounts of the survivors and witnesses. The Final Voyage of the Valencia is a must-read for anyone interested in the maritime history of Canadas west coast.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
144
ISBN-13:
9781772033151
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1772033154
Udg. Dato:
1 mar 2020
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
140mm
Højde:
215mm
Forlag:
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 mar 2020
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