Cayman's 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail: Peace, War, and Peril in the Caribbean

by Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton

Book Overview

The greatest shipwreck disaster in the history of the Cayman Islands

The story has been passed through generations for more than two centuries. Details vary depending on who is doing the telling, but all refer to this momentous maritime event as the Wreck of the Ten Sail. Sometimes misunderstood as the loss of a single ship, it was in fact the wreck of ten vessels at once, comprising one of the most dramatic maritime disasters in all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817320458
• ISBN13: 9780817320454
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 316 Pages