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020 _a0789458845 (hardcover) :
_c$15.95
020 _a0789458853 (pbk.)
020 _a078946621X (back cover)
020 _a1590546415
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100 1 _aPlatt, Richard.
_96676
245 1 0 _aShipwreck /
250 _a1st American ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDorling Kindersley,
_cc2000.
300 _a61 p. :
_bcol. ill., maps ;
_c29 cm.
490 1 _aDorling Kindersley DK Eyewitness books ;
_v72
500 _a"Discover the mysterious world of shipwrecks and undersea treasure---how they are recovered and preserved"--Front cover.
500 _a"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.
504 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aRocks, 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.
520 _aDescribes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.
583 _aCat
_bjuv
_c20020911
_kgik
_5UPB
650 0 _aShipwrecks
_vJuvenile literature.
_922879
650 1 _aShipwrecks.
_910075
700 1 _aWilson, Alex,
_eill.
_922880
700 1 _aChambers, Tina,
_eill.
_922881
830 0 _aDK eyewitness books ;
_v72.
_921968
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_cJNF
999 _c41265
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