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Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society, c1999. Hard Cover. 191 p., color illus., color maps; 28.5 cm. Seeking the Yorktown and three Japanese carriers sunk at the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942. The Ballard formula, written as if by Ballard, by a ghostwriter. Film crew capturing the staged events. Participants (2 from each side) working against time. Frustrations. Equipment failures. Finally Yorktown found and photographed. The search mixed with light historical cover. Violins play as vets view ocean. Stock#40610. Vg/ deluxe yearbook-style cover.
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Return to Midway Hardcover - 1999
by Rick Archbold; Robert D. Ballard; Ken Marschall (Illustrator)
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- Title Return to Midway
- Author Rick Archbold; Robert D. Ballard; Ken Marschall (Illustrator)
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- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher National Geographic Society, Washington D.C. USA
- Date 1999
- ISBN 9780792276562 / 0792276566
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Washington, DC/Toronto, CAN: A National Geographic/Madison Press Book , 1999 A National Geographic/Madison Press Book, Washington, DC/Toronto, CAN, 1999. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Deluxe Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Blue padded leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers; gilt textblock edges; blue satin ribbon pagemarker. 191 pp 4to. Dr Robert Ballard's challenge for this work was to discover and photograph the ships sunk in the Battle of Midway, one of the most dramatic engagements of the Pacific War. After the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy seemed almost unstoppable, and a final strike in Midway Island was planned by Admiral Yamamoto for June 1942. But the Americans, aware of the plan, were prepared for the attack and in a great victory sank three of the four Japanese carriers, losing only one of their own. The battle was a turning point in the…
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National Geographic, 1999. 1st. fine/fine. col bw. Fifty-six years after the Battle of Midway, underwater explorer Robert Ballard embarked on a search for the lost ships that had sunk in that historic fight. American and Japanese veterans accompanied him on his high-tech search. On May 19, 1998 he located the remains of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. 191 pages
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National Geographic, Washington, DC, 1999. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition. Dr Robert Ballard's challenge for this work was to discover and photograph the ships sunk in the Battle of Midway, one of the most dramatic engagements of the Pacific War. Blue leatherette with gilt lettering to front and spine. Indentation to front cover. 191 pages. Fully Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Maritime; United States; Ships & The Sea; Nautical::Naval. ISBN: 0792276566. ISBN/EAN: 9780792276562. Inventory No: 265843.. 9780792276562
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Washington DC: National Geographic, 1999. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. David Doubilet, Mark Thiessen, Keith Moorehead, Gl. 191, [1] pages. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations (many in color). Maps. Bibliography. Index. DJ worn and torn. Sticker residue on DJ. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater and marine archaeology: and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. His work in the Navy involved assisting in the development of small, unmanned submersibles that could be tethered to and controlled from a surface ship, and were…
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Washington DC: National Geographic, 1999. Deluxe Edition, Second Printing [stated]. Leatherlike. Near fine (removed from shrinkwrap for cataloguing). David Doubilet, Mark Thiessen, Keith Moorehead, Gl. 191, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Maps. Bibliography. Index. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. His work in the Navy involved assisting in the development of small, unmanned submersibles that could be tethered to and controlled from a surface ship, and…
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