Shipwreck /
Platt, Richard.
Shipwreck / - 1st American ed. - New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000. - 61 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm. - Dorling Kindersley DK Eyewitness books ; 72 . - DK eyewitness books ; 72. .
"Discover the mysterious world of shipwrecks and undersea treasure---how they are recovered and preserved"--Front cover. "Copyright 1997 Dorling Kindersley Limited. This edition copyright 2000...Published in the United States by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc...New York, N.Y."--Verso t.p.
Includes index.
Rocks, wrecks, and rescues -- Hazards of the sea -- Ancient wrecks -- First quests for wrecks -- Far Eastern junks -- Raising the Mary Rose -- British shipwrecks -- Wreck of the Armada -- Lost in Lake Ontario -- Unveiling the Vasa -- "Unsinkable" Titanic -- Oil tanker disasters -- Navigation -- Guiding lights -- Communications -- Shipwreck survivors -- Air and sea rescues -- Lifeboat equipment -- Early diving -- Scuba diving -- Deep-sea exploration -- Wreck location and recovery -- Life on board ship -- Lost cargoes -- Reconstruction and preservation -- Art of shipwrecks.
Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.
0789458845 (hardcover) : $15.95 0789458853 (pbk.) 078946621X (back cover) 1590546415
Shipwrecks--Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks.
Shipwreck / - 1st American ed. - New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000. - 61 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm. - Dorling Kindersley DK Eyewitness books ; 72 . - DK eyewitness books ; 72. .
"Discover the mysterious world of shipwrecks and undersea treasure---how they are recovered and preserved"--Front cover. "Copyright 1997 Dorling Kindersley Limited. This edition copyright 2000...Published in the United States by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc...New York, N.Y."--Verso t.p.
Includes index.
Rocks, wrecks, and rescues -- Hazards of the sea -- Ancient wrecks -- First quests for wrecks -- Far Eastern junks -- Raising the Mary Rose -- British shipwrecks -- Wreck of the Armada -- Lost in Lake Ontario -- Unveiling the Vasa -- "Unsinkable" Titanic -- Oil tanker disasters -- Navigation -- Guiding lights -- Communications -- Shipwreck survivors -- Air and sea rescues -- Lifeboat equipment -- Early diving -- Scuba diving -- Deep-sea exploration -- Wreck location and recovery -- Life on board ship -- Lost cargoes -- Reconstruction and preservation -- Art of shipwrecks.
Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.
0789458845 (hardcover) : $15.95 0789458853 (pbk.) 078946621X (back cover) 1590546415
Shipwrecks--Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks.