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Author: Richard Platt Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756667771 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 70
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DK Eyewitness Books: Shipwreck is a spectacular and informative guide to some of the world's most significant shipwrecks. Richly detailed, full-color photographs of submerged wrecks and their lost cargoes and treasures offer a unique "eyewitness" view of ships and the lives of those who sailed them. See the beautifully preserved figurehead of the Hamilton wreck, the five-hundred-year-old elephant's tusk recovered from the bottom of the ocean, and scissors that still cut paper and cloth after two hundred years beneath the sea. Learn how the wreck of the Mary Rose was raised from the seabed, why Grace Darling became a hero, how a deck seat converts into a lifeboat, how shipwrecks are located, and different preservation techniques used by underwater archaeologists. Discover what caused the "unsinkable" Titanic to sink, the use of the giant light bulb, harmonicas that still play after one hundred years underwater, the hazards faced by ships at sea, and much, much more! Discover the world of shipwrecks and an amazing wealth of undersea treasures and secrets with Eyewitness: Shipwreck.
Author: Richard Platt Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756667771 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 70
Book Description
DK Eyewitness Books: Shipwreck is a spectacular and informative guide to some of the world's most significant shipwrecks. Richly detailed, full-color photographs of submerged wrecks and their lost cargoes and treasures offer a unique "eyewitness" view of ships and the lives of those who sailed them. See the beautifully preserved figurehead of the Hamilton wreck, the five-hundred-year-old elephant's tusk recovered from the bottom of the ocean, and scissors that still cut paper and cloth after two hundred years beneath the sea. Learn how the wreck of the Mary Rose was raised from the seabed, why Grace Darling became a hero, how a deck seat converts into a lifeboat, how shipwrecks are located, and different preservation techniques used by underwater archaeologists. Discover what caused the "unsinkable" Titanic to sink, the use of the giant light bulb, harmonicas that still play after one hundred years underwater, the hazards faced by ships at sea, and much, much more! Discover the world of shipwrecks and an amazing wealth of undersea treasures and secrets with Eyewitness: Shipwreck.
Author: Richard Platt Publisher: DK Children ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 72
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Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.
Author: Caryn Jenner Publisher: DK Children ISBN: 9781465435651 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Presents general information about shipwrecks and related topics, covering historic shipwrecks, oceans, ships, weather at sea, sea survival, and shipwreck exploration.
Author: Caryn Jenner Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 146544890X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 128
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Discover what it's like on board a modern ship and how the weather can affect sailing. Find out about famous shipwrecks, and human and animal survivors' stories. DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.
Author: Eric Kentley Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd ISBN: 0863187935 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 67
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In ebook format How did boats evolve from hollowed logs used for fishing to magnificent liners and tankers? This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tell the fascinating story of how and why boats rafts and ships have changed over the ages.See how a plank boat is constructed and look at sails from around the world from the elegant junks and hows of the East to the many-masted clippers that sailed the seven seas during the 19th century. Learn why the Titanic was thought to be 'unsinkable ' and how it feels to be standing on the bridge of modern fire ship. From fishermen on kayaks to soldiers on galleys cargo on steamships to sailors on yachts this book will show you the importance and perils of a life at sea.Produced in association with the National Maritime Museum Greenwich Boat is a compelling and informative guide to the development and history of boats and ships worldwide.
Author: Caryn Jenner Publisher: ISBN: 9781484465981 Category : Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Discover what it's like on board a modern ship and how the weather can affect sailing. Find out about famous shipwrecks, and human and animal survivors' stories.
Author: Karen Samantha Barton Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1498585426 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 233
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In 2002, a government-owned Senegalese ferry named the Joola capsized in a storm off the coast of The Gambia in a tragedy that killed 1,863 people and left 64 survivors, only one of them female. The Joola caused more human suffering than the Titanic yet no scholarly research to date has explored the political and environmental conditions in which this African crisis occurred. Africa’s Joola Shipwreck: Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster investigates the roots of the Joola shipwreck and its consequences for Senegalese people, particularly those living in the rural south. Using three summers of field research in Senegal, Karen Samantha Barton unravels the geographical forces such as migration, colonial cartographies, and geographies of the sea that led to this humanitarian disaster and defined its aftermath. Barton shows how the Sufi tenet of “beautiful optimism” shaped community resilience in the wake of the shipwreck, despite the repercussions the event had on Senegalese society and space.
Author: Jane McIntosh Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780679865728 Category : Archaeology Languages : en Pages : 0
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Illus. with full-color photos. Take a close-up look at the science and technology of digging up the past--from the 1970 excavation of the legendary city of Troy to the recent find of a Chinese emperor's long-lost grave.
Author: Simon Adams Publisher: ISBN: 9780329538477 Category : Shipwrecks Languages : en Pages : 0
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Detailed descriptions of the Titanic, including its accommodations, and a retelling of its sinking in the North Atlantic in April, 1912.