Posted on 02/15/2014 5:58:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv
...Considered by some to be a Holy Grail of Puget Sound archaeology, three men — a commercial diver, an amateur historian and an attorney — believe they have found the fabled lost anchor of Captain George Vancouver’s exploration of the Pacific Northwest more than 200 years ago.
Lying in shallow water along the west side of Whidbey Island, the historic artifact could be recovered by the three-man team that makes up Anchor Ventures LLC within the month...
In 1791, British Navy Captain George Vancouver set out on a four-year exploration of the West Coast aboard the 99-foot HMS Discovery.
Accompanying the ship on its history-making voyage was the HMS Chatham [pronounced chat-uhm], an 80-foot survey brig, and it is from this smaller vessel that the famed anchor was lost. Personal journals and ship logs record the event on June 9, 1792, while navigating an unconfirmed area of Puget Sound.
“We found the tide here extremely rapid and endeavoring to get around a point to a bay in which the Discovery had anchor’d, we were swept to leeward of it with great impetuosity,” wrote Edward Bell, a clerk aboard the Chatham...
Forced to give up the anchor for lost, the two ships forged ahead with the historical exploration, leaving behind a mystery that would obsess treasure and history hunters more than two centuries later.
(Excerpt) Read more at southwhidbeyrecord.com ...
We lived on Whidbey Island many years ago when my husband was attached to a naval air squadron at the naval air station. We loved the area and still have many fond memories. It was beautiful out there!
I have been in awe in reading some of the letters of Civil War soldiers.
At the time the educational programming...hadnt yet eliminated respect for the language.
Grace and beauty along with literacy are intended victims of the current crop of crass “educational” “professional”s....it would appear to me.
Imagine the current grammy “program” in the 1800’s....
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