Shipwrecks
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Shipwrecks
By Karen FarringtonThe Colossus of Rhodes , another of the world's Seven Wonders , dating from the same period , was a 100 ft . ( 30 m . ) bronze statue of the sun - god Helios . There is some evidence that this was also a light - bearing monument until ...
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Shipwrecks
By Susan Spence, David SpenceThe Mary Rose DOWN SHE GOES The Imperial English Ambassador reported that the French fleet came into view while Henry VIII was at dinner on the flagship . He went ashore and the English fleet was attacked by five French galleys .
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Shipwrecks: Disasters of the Deep Sea
By Nigel CawthorneIn all , on the Penobscot Expedition , the Americans lost 140 cannon and 450 men , the British only seventy . The naval commander of the expedition , Commodore Dudley Saltonstall , was drummed out of the navy .
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Shipwrecks
By Hillary MayellDescribes the causes and outcomes of famous shipwrecks throughout history and discusses how shipwrecks are investigated and what is being done to prevent future disasters.
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Shipwrecks: Diving the Graveyard of the Atlantic
By Roderick M. FarbThis edition of Shipwrecks features: A comprehensive overview of each wreck, instructions for diving from both a boat and the beach, vivid descriptions of Rod Farb's underwater adventures, masterful underwater photographs and illustrations ...
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Shipwrecks
By Akira YoshimuraLiving in a remote, desperately poor fishing village in medieval Japan, nineyearold Isaku becomes the head of the family in his father's absence and, with the villagers, makes a living from luring merchant ships onto the rocky shoals, ...
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Shipwrecks: Disasters on the High Seas
By Nigel CawthorneAt 11 pm the shipping forecast repeated the warning: 'Sole, severe gale force nine increasing storm force ten imminent. Fastnet, southwesterly gale force nine imminent, increasingstorm force tenimminent.
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Shipwrecks: An Encyclopedia of the World's Worst Disasters at Sea
By David RitchieFrom cowardly captains and deadly icebergs to mutinies and nuclear submarine wrecks, this work chronicles the world's most amazing maritime disasters.
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Shipwrecks
By Fiona MacdonaldShips 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.
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Shipwrecks
By Cathie CushProfiles some of the world's most famous shipwrecks and discusses the people who died in them, the cargo that was lost, and the efforts to find where they are located.
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Shipwrecks: Exploring Sunken Cities Beneath the Sea
By Mary M. CerulloThe stories of the lives of those aboard its last voyage are revealed in the objects scattered around the shipwreck. Then there are the stories of the many ocean creatures that have found a home inside the broken hull.
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Shipwrecks
By Fiona MacdonaldShips 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.