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Out of the Depths: A History of Shipwrecks
A highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary.
Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations. Alan G. Jamieson not only informs readers of the technological developments over the last sixty years that have made the true appreciation of shipwrecks possible, but he also covers shipwrecks in culture and maritime archaeology, their appeal to treasure hunters, and their environmental impacts. Although shipwrecks have become less common in recent decades, their implications have become more wide-ranging: since the 1960s, foundering supertankers have caused massive environmental disasters, and in 2021, the blocking of the Suez Canal by the giant container ship Ever Given had a serious effect on global trade.
Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations. Alan G. Jamieson not only informs readers of the technological developments over the last sixty years that have made the true appreciation of shipwrecks possible, but he also covers shipwrecks in culture and maritime archaeology, their appeal to treasure hunters, and their environmental impacts. Although shipwrecks have become less common in recent decades, their implications have become more wide-ranging: since the 1960s, foundering supertankers have caused massive environmental disasters, and in 2021, the blocking of the Suez Canal by the giant container ship Ever Given had a serious effect on global trade.
320 pages, Hardcover
Published November 3, 2022
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November 13, 2022
This is a thoroughly researched and smoothly written history of shipwrecks. For anyone interested in the history of ships that find themselves on the bottom of the oceans, seas and rivers of the world this is the book to read.
I found that reading too much all at once was actually slightly depressing. I suggest a slow placed meander rather than a storm-tossed scurry through this text. The book is well worth the effort to remain dry as so many, too many, ships meet their fate.
A very good read.
I found that reading too much all at once was actually slightly depressing. I suggest a slow placed meander rather than a storm-tossed scurry through this text. The book is well worth the effort to remain dry as so many, too many, ships meet their fate.
A very good read.
March 13, 2023
I can never resist a good book on shipwrecks, and this one didn’t disappoint! The narrator was engaging, I liked how the book was broken up into three sections, and the author provided a wealth of information from the very first known shipwreck in ancient Egypt to today. I wish he had explored a few more modern shipwrecks like the El Faro but that was an extremely minor qualm because he went into great detail of modern shipwrecks + oil = terrible natural disasters (poor France…). I’m so excited to see more books about shipwrecks being published!
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