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Oceans Odyssey
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 441

Oceans Odyssey

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-02-05
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  • Publisher: Oxbow Books

In ten papers Odyssey Marine Exploration presents the technology, methodology and archaeological results from four deep-sea shipwrecks and one major survey conducted between 2003 and 2008. The sites lie beyond territorial waters in depths of up to 820 metres off southeastern America and in the Straits of Gibraltar and the English Channel. Exclusively recorded using robotic technology in the form of a Remotely-Operated Vehicle, the wrecks range from the major Royal Navy warships HMS Sussex (1694) and the unique, 100-gun, first-rate HMS Victory (1744)to the steamship SS Republic (1865) and a mid-19th century merchant vessel with a cargo of British porcelain. Their study reveals that the future of deep-sea wreck research has arrived, but also that many sites are at severe risk from destruction from the offshore fishing industry.

Oceans Odyssey 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 567

Oceans Odyssey 2

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-06-03
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  • Publisher: Oxbow Books

Oceans Odyssey 2 presents the results of the discovery and archaeological survey of ten deep-water wrecks by Odyssey Marine Exploration. In the Western Approaches and western English Channel, a mid-17th century armed merchantman, the guns of Admiral Balchin's Victory (1744), the mid-18th century French privateer La Marquise de Tourny and six German U-boats lost at the end of World War II are examined in depth. From the Atlantic coast of the United States, the Jacksonville 'Blue China' wreck's British ceramics, tobacco pipes and American glass wares bring to life the story of a remarkable East Coast schooner lost in the mid-19th century. These unique sites expand the boundaries of human knowledge, highlighting the great promise of deep-sea wrecks, the technology needed to explore them and the threats from nature and man that these wonders face. Challenges to managing underwater cultural heritage are also discussed, along with proposed solutions for curating and storing collections.

Shipwrecks
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 50

Shipwrecks

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Raintree

Examines the hunt for shipwrecks and the valuable treasures they hold, whether that be gold and jewels, or important artefacts that offer us a window on to the past. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, this book offers a cross-curricular mix of science & technology and history, with a fun, dramatic approach.

Maritime Archaeology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 534

Maritime Archaeology

This volume initiates a new series of books on maritime or underwater archaeology, and as the editor of the series I welcome its appearance with great excitement. It is appropriate that the first book of the series is a collection of articles intended for gradu ate or undergraduate courses in underwater archaeology, since the growth in academic opportunities for students is an important sign of the vitality of this subdiscipline. The layman will enjoy the book as well. Academic and public interest in shipwrecks and other submerged archaeological sites is indicated by a number of factors. Every year there are 80 to 90 research papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology's Confe...

Deep-Sea Detectives
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

Deep-Sea Detectives

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: iUniverse

An aging American coal carrier goes down in a winter storm off the Virginia coast. Only three of the crew of 34 survive; the rest perish in the ice-cold water. Was the dead captain at fault? Did the mate neglect safety precautions? Or did a penny-pinching management skimp on necessary maintenance? The giant car-and-passenger ferry Estonia sinks in a gale in the Baltic Sea, carrying over 800 passengers to their deaths and causing national scandals in three countries. Was she sunk by a terrorist bomb? By the CIA or the Russian secret police? Was the Russian mob involved? Was she carrying military secrets, or smuggled narcotics? A massive government cover-up is suspected. What was the truth? An...

The Universe Below
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 442

The Universe Below

Explores the depths of Earth's oceans to discover a long-hidden world of alien creatures, vanished civilizations, and lost ships, and describes the new technologies that make such expeditions possible.

Deep Odyssey
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Deep Odyssey

With a wealth of amazing deep-water photography in full color, this coffee-table book tells the fascinating story of the search for the elusive wreck of the SS Republic, sunk in 1865 in a deadly hurricane somewhere off the coast of Georgia en route to New Orleans. The ship was reported to have been carrying $400,000 in gold and silver coins, along with a cargo of other trade goods needed in New Orleans after the end of the long Civil War. After a long hunt for the ship, lost on the deep Atlantic floor, the wreck was discovered in 2003 by a Florida shipwreck recovery and marine archaeology company, Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa, Florida. This pictorial book presents the story in photos (many from high-definition deep-water cameras), illustrations, and maps. The captivating images describe the search and eventual discovery, the archaeological process to carefully recover more than 50,000 coins and 10,000 other artifacts, and the history of the remarkable side-wheel steamship that served in both Confederate and Union navies in the Civil War.

Boys' Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 52

Boys' Life

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 2012-02
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

A Companion to Cultural Resource Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 490

A Companion to Cultural Resource Management

A Companion to Cultural Resource Management is an essential guide to those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of CRM and heritage management. Expert contributors share their knowledge and illustrate CRM's practice and scope, as well as the core issues and realities in preserving cultural heritages worldwide. Edited by one of the world's leading experts in the field of cultural resource management, with contributions by a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, architectural historians, museum curators, historians, and representatives of affected groups Offers a broad view of cultural resource management that includes archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, historic structures, shipwrecks, scientific and technological sites and objects, as well as intangible resources such as language, religion, and cultural values Highlights the realities that face CRM practitioners "on the ground"

Underwater Cultural Heritage and International Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 439

Underwater Cultural Heritage and International Law

The first full-scale study of the international legal framework governing underwater cultural heritage to be published in nearly two decades.