The rigging material from Boscawen : setting the sails of a mid-eighteenth-century warship during the French and Indian War /

and Indian War, General Jeffrey Amherst ordered the

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flanigan, Alan Thomas
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:and Indian War, General Jeffrey Amherst ordered the
archaeology related to the vessel. The excavation
colonial freshwater warships.
construction of the brig Duke of Cumberland and the
discovery of the sloop Boscawen led to its excavation
during the next two simmers and a multidisciplinary
final years of the French
muddy bottom of Lake Champlain. In 1983 the accidental
of their rigging and armament they settled into the
produced over 5,000 artifacts of which the 90 items
related to Boscawen's rigging are presented in this
sloop Boscawen. Within days of setting sail in 1759
study of the naval architecture, maritime history, and
the King's Shipyard below Fort Ticonderoga. Stripped
the vessels were removed from service and moored at
these vessels established British naval superiority
thesis. The study of these artifacts has contributed
to our knowledge of the rigging of one of the earliest
To secure English control of Lake Champlain in the raphics.
upon the lake. At the conclusion of the war in 1763,
Item Description:"Major subject: Anthropology".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 139 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-81).