A history of the world in sixteen shipwrecks /

A history of the world in sixteen shipwrecks /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Stewart, 1945- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2015]
Subjects:
Shipwrecks > History.
World history.
Naval history.
Navigation > History.
Shipbuilding > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Dufuna dugout (c. 6000 BCE)
  • Khufu barge (2600 BCE)
  • Uluburun shipwreck (1327 BCE)
  • Sutton Hoo burial (c. 645 CE)
  • Intan shipwreck (c. 1000)
  • Maimonides wreck (1167)
  • Kublai Khan's fleet (1281)
  • Bremen cog (1380)
  • Barbary War galley (1582)
  • Los Tres Reyes (1634)
  • HMS Victory (1744)
  • Lucy Walker (1844)
  • Flying Cloud (1874)
  • Lusitania (1915)
  • Exxon Valdez (1989)
  • Costa Concordia (2012)
  • Conclusion: Maritime history as world history.