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The pamphlet recounts the discovery, excavation, and preservation of a seventeenth-century transatlantic vessel found on Cape Cod, combining eyewitness testimony, contemporary colonial accounts of the 1626 voyage and wreck, and technical plans and measurements. It describes the hull’s exposure after long burial in shifting sands, the removal and reassembly of timbers by local shipwrights, assessments of construction and condition, and scholarly commentary on coastal geology that explains burial and recovery. Interwoven are excerpts that detail the passengers’ ordeal and their interactions with nearby settlers, alongside practical draughts, dimensions, and notes on conservation and display.

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Title: Ye antient wrecke—1626

Loss of the Sparrow-Hawk in 1626. Remarkable preservation and recent discovery of the wreck

Author: Charles W. Livermore

Leander Crosby

Release date: May 14, 2023 [eBook #70759]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Alfred A. Mudge & Son, 1865

Credits: Steve Mattern, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Ye Antient Wrecke.—1626.


LOSS
OF THE
SPARROW-HAWK IN 1626.
REMARKABLE PRESERVATION
AND
RECENT DISCOVERY OF THE WRECK.
BOSTON:
PRINTED BY ALFRED MUDGE & SON,
34 School Street.
1865.
Draught of the Pilgrim Ship Sparrow-Hawk.
BODY, SHEER, AND HALF BREADTH PLAN.
Dimensions.—Length 40 feet; Breadth 12 feet, 10 inches; Depth 9 feet, 7 1-2 inches.

THE ANCIENT WRECK.