Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor

From the reviews: "Burns successfully uses a wide assortment of historical information along with the results of a recent archaeological survey to tell the story of the wreck of a nineteenth-century merchant vessel off Pensacola, Florida. ... The bibliographic references are wide-ranging, with a good mixture of historical studies, period documents related to shipbuilding, and modern comparative archaeological studies. ... In sum, Burns offers an interesting story that is well researched and well written." (Dennis Knepper, Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 17 (1), Spring 2006)

• 1. The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor.- 1.1 Canadian Shipbuilding.- 1.2 The Eliza.- 1.3 Liverpool and British Ownership.- 1.4 Tramp Shipping.- 1.5 Carnarvonshire’s Last Voyage..- 2. Norwegian Shipping.- 2.1 Norwegian Sailors.- 2.2 Norwegian Ships.- 2.3 Cross Trading.- 2.4 Catharine in Norway.- 2.5 Norwegian Timber Specialization.- 3. Pensacola and Norwegian Ships and Shipping.- 3.1 Norwegian Emigration and Pensacola.- 3.2 Pensacola’s “Little Norway”.- 3.3 The Norwegian Seaman’s Church.- 3.4 Catharine Attempts to Make the Pass.- 4. Archaeological Investigations of Catharine.- 4.1 Previous Archaeological Research and Modern Salvage.- 4.2 Site Geomorphology.- 4.3 Archaeological Methodology.- 4.4 Ship’s Architecture.- 4.5 Ship’s Rigging.- 4.6 Anchor Chain.- 4.7 Iron Bollards.- 4.8 Associated Debris Field.- 4.9 The Ballast Pile.- 5. Catharine’s Artifact Assemblage.- 5.1 Fasteners.- 5.2 Ship’s Hardware.- 5.3 Deck Lights/Deck Glasses.- 5.4 Hull Sheathing.- 5.5 Ship’s Rigging.- 5.6 The Ceramics and Glass Assemblage.- 5.7 Miscellaneous/Small Finds.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- Appendix A: Vessel Voyage Summary.- Appendix B: Catalog and Conservation of Artifacts.- Appendix C: Wood Species Identification.- References.