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Download or read book Shipwreck written by Sam Willis and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.
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Download or read book A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A history of shipwrecks, and disasters at sea [by C. Redding]. by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book A history of shipwrecks, and disasters at sea [by C. Redding]. written by Cyrus Redding and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shipwreck: A History of Disasters at Sea by : Sam Willis
Download or read book Shipwreck: A History of Disasters at Sea written by Sam Willis and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with theensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature--the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.
Book Synopsis A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea written by Cyrus Redding and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disasters at Sea written by Liz Mechem and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully illustrated collection of the most thrilling shipwrecks of all time! Experience the mystery and wonder of the bottom of the sea with over sixty accounts of shipwreck catastrophes. Illustrated with detailed maps and shipwreck locations, Disasters at Sea takes readers on a fascinating journey through history and to the ocean floor. Learn all about the historical details and theories of the most infamous shipwrecks—from the most well-known sinkings like the Titanic, to the obscure, mysterious drifting ghost ships and unexplained disappearances. Subjects include: • Tragedies by Mother Nature • Shipwrecks and war • Fatal errors • Legends, myths, mysteries • And many more! Whether by human error, collision, piracy, or mutiny, this book has them all. With shipwrecks from the Old Testament, to ancient Greece, to modern times, this exciting book is compellingly written with accompanying sources, high-quality images, and a great deal of evidence. Find out interesting tidbits about Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria, which eluded discovery for centuries despite long-term investigations. Stay afloat with the Mary Celeste and the Carroll A. Deering—ships that did not wreck at all but whose entire crews disappeared, never to be found. Readers are no doubt familiar with the tragedy of the Titanic, but this book also recounts the Wilhelm Gustloff, which took nine thousand lives at the end of World War II. Disasters at Sea is sure to offer an addicting and thrilling voyage that will leave you reading over and over again. This is an exciting book for the history buff—or for anyone looking for a fascinating read! Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Book Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Storms, Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters by : Richard Russell Lawrence
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Storms, Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters written by Richard Russell Lawrence and published by Constable. This book was released on 2004 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 first-hand accounts of peril on the high seas, from the wreck of the Medusa to the perfect storm, from Francis Chichester's account of superhuman tenacity battling hostile seas in Gipsy Moth while rounding Cape Horn to the tale of the Marie Celeste.
Author :Stewart Gordon Publisher :ForeEdge from University Press of New England ISBN 13 :1611685400 Total Pages :283 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (116 download)
Book Synopsis A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks by : Stewart Gordon
Download or read book A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks written by Stewart Gordon and published by ForeEdge from University Press of New England. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman triremes of the Mediterranean. The treasure fleet of the Spanish Main. Great ocean liners of the Atlantic. Stories of disasters at sea fire the imagination as little else can, whether the subject is a historical wreck - the Titanic or the Bismark - or the recent capsizing of a Mediterranean cruise ship. Shipwrecks also make for a new and very different understanding of world history. A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks explores the ages-long, immensely hazardous, persistently romantic, and still-ongoing process of moving people and goods across far-flung maritime worlds. Telling the stories of ships and the people who made and sailed them, from the earliest ancient-Nile craft to the Exxon Valdez, A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks argues that the gradual integration of localized and separate maritime regions into fewer, larger, and more interdependent regions offers a unique window on world history. Stewart Gordon draws a number of provocative conclusions from his study, among them that the European "Age of Exploration" as a singular event is simply a myth - many cultures, east and west, explored far-flung maritime worlds over the millennia - and that technologies of shipbuilding and navigation have been among the main drivers of science and technology throughout history. Finally, A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks shows in a series of compelling narratives that the development of institutions and technologies that made terrifying oceans familiar, and turned unknown seas into sea-lanes, profoundly matters in our modern world.
Book Synopsis Perils Of The Atlantic by : William Flayhart
Download or read book Perils Of The Atlantic written by William Flayhart and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Perils of the Atlantic" captures the stories of a number of vessels that experienced adventure on the high seas, from the tragic loss of the liner "Arctic" in 1854 to the swift sinking of the Italian "Andrea Doria" in 1956.
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; Or, Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities and Providential Deliverances which Have Resulted from Maritime Enterprise ... by :
Download or read book Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; Or, Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities and Providential Deliverances which Have Resulted from Maritime Enterprise ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book History of Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea written by Cyrus Redding and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea, from the Most Authentic Sources ... by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea, from the Most Authentic Sources ... written by Cyrus Redding and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shipwreck written by Dave Horner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a seventeenth-century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of two immense galleons that were lost (along with hundreds of passengers and millions of pesos in treasure) to disasters at sea. Shipwreck is an extraordinary literary adventure which interweaves accounts of the many attempts throughout the past three centuries to recover the sunken treasure, including the recent discovery and salvage of one of the galleons by Dave Horner himself. Shipwreck is an outstanding history of true adventure on the high seas, past and present, which is wonderfully enhanced for the reader with 50 photographic illustrations, six maps, four line drawings, seven appendices, as well as bibliographies of archival sources, institutions, original documents or primary works, and a general listing of thematically appropriate titles for further suggested readings.
Book Synopsis A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea [By C. Redding] by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea [By C. Redding] written by Cyrus Redding and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks by : Richard Jones
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks written by Richard Jones and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. When did two liners collide and lead to one of the greatest rescues in history? How did a Scotsman become an American hero against his own country? Which warship sank with gold bullion on board during the Second World War? This book tells the story of these fascinating cases plus many more, explores the largest shipwrecks, the treasure wrecks and the ones that are talked about still as the most famous. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, we take a journey through history, through the First and Second World Wars, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never before have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that really brings home to the reader just how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be and what this teaches us today about our own history.
Book Synopsis A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea written by Cyrus Redding and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Book Synopsis Great Ship Disasters by : Kit Bonner Carolyn Bonner
Download or read book Great Ship Disasters written by Kit Bonner Carolyn Bonner and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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