Out of the depths a history of shipwrecks
"Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations."--Publisher.
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London, UK :
Reaktion Books,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: shipwrecks and culture
- Part I. The first four thousand years
- Ancient shipwrecks of the Mediterranean Sea
- Asian shipwrecks before 1500
- North European shipwrecks to 1550
- Sixteenth-and seventeenth-century shipwrecks
- Eighteenth- and nineteenth century shipwrecks
- Twentieth- and twenty-first-century shipwrecks
- Part II. The last sixty years
- Shipwrecks as science: the development of maritime archaeology
- Shipwrecks as treasure: the rise of commercial
- Shipwrecks as threats: supertanker wrecks
- Conclusion: out of the depths.
