The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

Author : Richard Jones
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781399008013

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The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks by Richard Jones Pdf

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.

Author : Richard M. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1399008005

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The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks by Richard M. Jones Pdf

Historian Richard M. Jones recounts fifty stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous, and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, the reader journeys through history, through World Wars I and II, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern-day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that establishes how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be, and what this teaches us today about our own history.

Author : Fiona Macdonald
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482421903

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Shipwrecks by Fiona Macdonald Pdf

Stories of shipwrecks are intriguing, often somber, reminders of the power the sea wields. Its waters destroy even the most invincible vessels. Ships on the seafloor also preserve historic relics. Even today, people can find treasures aboard ships that sunk hundreds of years ago! This in-depth book takes readers under the surface and into the fascinating realm of shipwrecks. Through 100 facts, a variety of topics are explored, including how wrecks are found and some tales of the most famous and mysterious wrecks of all. Additional fact boxes, activities, and diagrams aid in comprehension and contribute to this absorbing subject.

Author : Richard M. Jones
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781398117518

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Shipwrecks of the Solent by Richard M. Jones Pdf

Discover the fascinating story of the many ships wrecked in the waters of the Solent between Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Author : Aaron Millar
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781785783401

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The 50 Greatest National Parks of the World by Aaron Millar Pdf

Olympus, the Grand Canyon, Uluru and the Serengeti: national parks are home to the wonders of our natural world. Award-winning travel writer Aaron Millar explores the greatest national parks of the world, giving insider tips on how best to discover their secrets. From the home of the highest waterfall in the world in Canaima, Venezuela to the beautiful fjords of Hardangervidda, Norway, to searching for the giant panda in Jiuzhaigou, China and exploring the culture in Cinque Terre, Italy, this guide tells of the history, legends and cultures of each great national park, and tells you how to see them at their awe-inspiring best.

Author : Frederick Stonehouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015071188448

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Steel on the Bottom by Frederick Stonehouse Pdf

After ten years of lighthouse books, children's books and even a cookbook, noted Great Lakes historian Frederick Stonehouse has gone back to his roots with this excellent new shipwreck book. This book is sure to please both the Great Lakes history and shipwreck buff.

Author : Cris Kohl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Great Lakes Region (North America)
ISBN : UOM:39015071514775

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The Great Lakes Diving Guide by Cris Kohl Pdf

What lies beneath the fresh, cold waters of the Great Lakes? The best preserved shipwrecks in the world! Learn about more than 1,000 shipwrecks: their histories, their sinkings, and their locations.

Author : National Geographic
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781426209796

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Titanic by National Geographic Pdf

On the 100th anniversary of Titanic's sinking, National Geographic revisits the romance, glory, and tragedy of this tremendous ship and presents an insider’s look at the new findings about the passengers and scientific study of the wreck site. For 100 years the great ship Titanic has rested in its final grave on the ocean floor, lost to deep ocean darkness until its 1985 discovery by National Geographic’s Bob Ballard. Relive the spell-binding tragic final hours of the ship in a detailed retelling of the famous story and learn the personal stories of lesser-known passengers, including the “guarantees.” For the first time since its discovery, Ballard travels to Belfast to interview descendants of the ship builders and the “guarantee group”—the ill-fated men who traveled on the ship’s first voyage to assure its seaworthiness. Understand underwater mapping techniques that have brought Titanic’s debris field into high resolution, and get a glimpse of current deep ocean scientific research on the wreckage and the future of underwater exploration.

Author : Richard M Jones
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399046237

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Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances by Richard M Jones Pdf

When you think of something being lost at sea, you imagine a ship sinking gracefully, the survivors being rescued or a tragedy being caught on camera. But what if a ship is lost at sea without trace? What if an aircraft takes off on a routine flight and is never seen again? This book details over fifty of the most mysterious vanishings, ships that have made headlines but have never been found, both famous and forgotten cases that have left an outward ripple of tragedy and mystique. Most people have heard of the Mary Celeste crew vanishing, but how many knew that this was not the last case of an entire crew going missing? What about the three Scottish lighthouse keepers who were never seen again? Or the world famous aviation pioneers who took flight to never return? This book will tell you that MH370 was not the first airliner to disappear over the sea, nor was the Bermuda Triangle actually the cause of so many disappearing ships. How could six airplanes disappear in one day? Why did a ship with over 300 people on board not send a single distress call? Which ships vanished and then later messages in a bottle suddenly turn up, not just once but two separate shipwrecks? Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances will cover all these and more as we reveal the stories of some of the most fascinating incidents above and below the waves.

Author : Elle Andra-Warner
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0974020737

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Edmund Fitzgerald by Elle Andra-Warner Pdf

It's one of the most famous, most talked about shipwrecks in our country's history. The amazing facts and captivating details are all collected here in this incomparable book. Edmund Fitzgerald is a must have, and it makes a great gift too

Author : Rod Macdonald
Publisher : Whittles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN : 1849950776

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Great British Shipwrecks by Rod Macdonald Pdf

37 classic shipwrecks around the UK - with full history, photos and illustration of each by renowned marine artist

Author : Richard Gebhart
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781948314114

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Ships and Shipwrecks by Richard Gebhart Pdf

From the day that French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle launched the Griffin in 1679 to the 1975 sinking of the celebrated Edmund Fitzgerald, thousands of commercial ships have sailed on the vast and perilous waters of the Great Lakes. In a harbinger of things to come, on the return leg of its first trip in late summer 1679, the Griffin disappeared and has never been seen again. In the centuries since then, the records show that an alarming number of shipwrecks have occurred on the Great Lakes. If vessels that wrecked but were later repaired and returned to service are included, the number certainly swells into the thousands. Most did not mysteriously vanish like the Griffin. Instead, they suffered the occupational hazards of every lake boat: collisions, groundings, strands, fires, boiler explosions, and capsizes. Many of these disasters took the lives of crews and passengers. The fearsome wrath of the storms that brew over the Great Lakes has challenged and defeated some of the staunchest vessels constructed in the shipyards of port cities along the U.S. and Canadian lakeshores. Here Richard Gebhart tells the tales of some of these ships and their captains and crews, from their launches to their sad demises—or sometimes, their celebrated retirements. This volume is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the maritime history of the Great Lakes.

Author : David Ritchie
Publisher : Facts on File
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999-10-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0816040567

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Shipwrecks by David Ritchie Pdf

From cowardly captains and deadly icebergs to mutinies and nuclear submarine wrecks, this work chronicles the world's most amazing maritime disasters. Wrecks like those of the Titanic and Lusitana are the stuff of legends, but what about the others throughout history?

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN : OXFORD:600081132

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Great Shipwrecks by William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : Dave Horner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493064878

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Shipwreck by Dave Horner Pdf

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.