Douglas and McIntyre, 2004. — 256 p. Leading archaeologist and consummate storyteller James Delgado takes readers on a rollicking deep-sea dive into his highly unusual life's work: locating and exploring the world's most famous shipwrecks. Colorful characters, near misses, and the thrill of standing — or floating — in history's footprints make for a highly entertaining look at...
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. — 174 p. — ISBN10: 1519647190, ISBN13: 978-1519647191. In one of the most spellbinding accounts of men who go down to the sea in ships, the modern reader is given a seat in the whale boat of Owen Chase as he and his fellow crew and their Captain make way in three boats after the wreckage of the Whaleship Essex. The account of...
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015 — 174 p. — ISBN10: 1519647190, ISBN13: 978-1519647191. In one of the most spellbinding accounts of men who go down to the sea in ships, the modern reader is given a seat in the whale boat of Owen Chase as he and his fellow crew and their Captain make way in three boats after the wreckage of the Whaleship Essex. The account of...
Aqua Quest Publications, 1998. — 224 p. — ISBN: 1881652173. This highly illustrated volume traces the evolution of shipping through the drama of shipwrecks. Sheard, whose first book, Beyond Sportdiving, chronicled the exploration of East Coast shipwrecks lying beyond the accepted depth limits of sport diving, here provides a highly readable account of the evolution of...
Greenpeace, 1989. — 86 p. The sinking of the Soviet Mike class submarine and the explosion and tragic loss of lifeaboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in April 1989 are reminders that peacetime naval accidents are a fact of life. Since the end of World War II, the world's navies have had over 1,200 documented major accidents, resulting in dozens of ship sinkings, hundreds of...
Lisbon University, 2014. — 111 p. The present thesis Shipwrecks of the “Carreira da Índia” (1595-1623) – Sources for the Study in Portuguese Maritime History deals with factors which caused losses of ships of the Carreira da Índia which linked the European metropolis Lisbon with its Goa based Estado da Índia between 1595 and 1623. Although Portuguese-Asiatic shipping was...
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-0870209024. Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling when viewed as junction points in history — connecting to stories about the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, technology, and industry. In...
Editors. — DK Children, 2012. — 49 p. — ISBN: 978-1409383390. The tragic story of the world's largest and most luxurious liner told in pictures. Story of the Titanic presents and disects one of the most tragic events of the 20th Century in a dramatic insight into the Titanic's construction and fit-out, to it's maiden voyage. You'll also hear the tales of the people on board...
Unknown edition. 285 p. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The Essex, an American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, sank after a sperm whale attacked it in the Pacific Ocean in November 1820. Having lost their ship, the crew of the...
Bethany House Publishers, 2014. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1441264558. July 30, 1945--The USS Indianapolis and its 1,196-man crew is making its way toward a small island in the South Pacific. The ship is sailing unescorted, assured by headquarters the waters are safe. It is midnight, and Marine Edgar Harrell and several others have sacked out on deck rather than spend the night in...
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. New York, 2016. — 215 p. This is a completely factual and true account.. In 1956, two luxury liners — the MS Stockholm and the SS Andrea Doria — equipped with every known safety device, collided off Long Island. The Stockholm was able to limp back to New York City, but the beautiful Andrea Doria, pride of the Italian Line, slipped slowly into...
Harper Perennial, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN: 0062094548, 0062094556. A brilliantly original and gripping new look at the sinking of the Titanic through the prism of the life and lost honor of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship’s owner Books have been written and films have been made, we have raised the Titanic and watched her go down again on numerous occasions, but out of the wreckage...
Skyhorse Publishing, 2012. — 526 p. — ISBN10: 161608605X, ISBN13: 978-1616086053. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, here are true accounts by the people who built it, as well as the survivors. This is the graphic, first-hand story of the maiden voyage and disastrous sinking of the RMS Titanic, told by the survivors themselves. The story of...