ShipwrecksAttractively laid out on illustration-filled pages with texts that speak clearly to their subjects, these books review the technological achievements that have helped to shape history. Each book has between 70 and 110 photos, modern illustrations of historical events, and reproductions of famous illustrations from the past. The film Titanic added an element of romance to the annals of disasters. This book tells that fascinating story and many more as it reviews the dramatic history of shipwrecks. Readers learn the survivors' stories, encounter tales of heroism and incompetence, and share the tragedies of lost wealth, lost wars, and lost lives. |
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16th-century Italian Admiral America AMOCO CADIZ Andrea Doria aqualung Archaeologists armor Atocha battle boats British captain CARAVEL cargo Chaumarey cleanup coast of Turkey crude oil Cunard damage danger deck diver diving bell DIVING SUIT England English fleet estimated that 72,000 Estonia ESTONIA FERRY DISASTER exploration Exxon Valdez film Flagship of Henry FREE ENTERPRISE Girona gold Greenpeace harbor Henry VIII's fleet HERALD OF FREE hull hurricane Icebergs John Deane lifeboats Lusitania Mary Rose Medusa minutes Monarchist Nautile passenger liner passengers and crew pirates port Portsmouth raft Rainbow Warrior ran aground recovered reefs rescue row of gunports Royal George ROYAL GEORGE Sank salvage SEA EMPRESS seabed secret agents bomb Serce Limani set sail ship's silver southern coast Spain Spanish Armada Spanish Main starboard side Stockholm storms sunk supertankers survived survivors timbers Titanic tons of crude trawler treasure ships underwater Vice Admiral watertight waves weather whales