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SUMMARY:Shipwrecked in Paradise
LOCATION:Potomac Library\nPotomac Library
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DESCRIPTION:Come join us for what promises to be a fascinating talk about 
 a little known part of maritime history..\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/
 17639487
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Our speaker is Paul Johnston\, PhD\, retir
 ed curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, author
  of&nbsp\;<em>Shipwrecked in Paradise: Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i</em>\,
  and leader of the archeology team that located and excavated the wreck.&n
 bsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br />In 1816\, the first oceangoing yacht built in the 
 United States left on its maiden voyage from Salem\, Massachusetts to the 
 Mediterranean. The pleasure barge\, called Cleopatra's Barge by its owner\
 , and built at a cost of $50\,000 to build and another $50\,000 to fit out
 \,&nbsp\;was so extraordinary that up to 8\,000 visitors a day went aboard
 . After that single voyage\, owner George Crowninshield died. The boat was
  sold to Boston China traders\, who sold it for a million pounds of sandal
 wood (then worth over $80\,000) to Hawaiian King Kamehameha II\, who used 
 it as his private yacht. Kamehameha left for England in 1824 to meet Briti
 sh King George\; while he was gone\, a Native Hawaiian crew sailed the Bar
 ge to Kauai and lost it on a reef in Hanalei Bay.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Under 
 the only underwater archaeology permits ever issued by the State of Hawaii
 \, our speaker\, Dr. Paul Johnston\, then of the Smithsonian\, was leader 
 of the team that located\, surveyed and excavated the wreck of the famous 
 ship. His book about the project\,&nbsp\;<em>Shipwrecked in Paradise: Cleo
 patra's Barge in Hawai'i\,</em> won the Smithsonian Secretary's Research A
 ward.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>Please place
  your request for <a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessib
 ility/interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign language inter
 pretation</a> at least five days before the library-sponsored program you 
 plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program
  Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\nhttps
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