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Beneath the Seven Seas

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ISBN-10: 0500051364

ISBN-13: 9780500051368

Edition: 2005

Authors: George F. Bass

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- Published in association with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology - The most exciting book ever published on the exploration of our seafaring past!
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English

Contributors
Introduction: Reclaiming Lost History from Beneath the Seven Seas
The Oldest Wrecks
Introduction
An Enigma at Devil Creek: Seytan Deresi, Turkey
Discovering a Royal Ship from the Age of King Tut: Uluburun, Turkey
Cargo from the Age of Bronze: Cape Gelidonya, Turkey
Ancient Greek Wrecks
Introduction
An Archaic Ship finally Reaches Port: Pabuc Burnu, Turkey
A Wreck from the Golden Age of Greece: Tektas Burnu, Turkey
Resurrecting an Ancient Greek Ship: Kyrenia, Cyprus
Saturation Diving for Archaeology: La Secca di Capistello, Italy
Digging into an Avalanche: The Hellenistic Wreck at Serce Limann, Turkey
Roman And Byzantine Wrecks
Introduction
Modeling the Fishing Boat from the Sea of Galilee, Israel
The Ship of Georgios, Priest and Sea Captain: Yassiada, Turkey
The Graveyard of Ships: Tantura Lagoon, Israel
Sampling a Byzantine Vintage: Bozburun, Turkey
Solving a Million-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Serce Limani, Turkey
A 13th-Century Wine Carrier: Camalti Burnu, Turkey
Searching for Deep-Water Ships in the Black Sea
Medieval And Renaissance Wrecks
Introduction
A 14th-Century Chinese Wreck: Shinan, Korea
A 15th-Century Cog in the Zuidersee: Almere, Netherlands
Pursuing Southeast Asian Wrecks: Ko Si Chang, Thailand
A Rare Ottoman Wreck: Yassiada, Turkey
Seventeenth-Century Wrecks
Introduction
Ship Archaeology in a Hay Field: Zuidersee, Netherlands
The Pepper Wreck: Nossa Senhora dos Martires, Lisbon, Portugal
A Tobacconist's Dream: The Pipe Wreck, Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
La Salle's Ship Belle: Matagorda Bay, Texas
Resurrecting "The Wickedest City in the World": Port Royal, Jamaica
The Tragedy of the Santo Antonio de Tanna: Mombasa, Kenya
Eighteenth-Century Wrecks
Introduction
Revisiting the Great Basses Reef, Sri Lanka
Chinese Porcelain for the Ottoman Court: Sadana Island, Egypt
The Clydesdale Plantation Vessel: Savannah River, South Carolina
Excavating the Colonial Privateer Defence: Penobscot Bay, Maine
From Collier to Troop Transport: The Betsy, Yorktown, Virginia
Tracing the Wreck of the Ten Sail: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Wrecks of Modern Times
Introduction
Cleopatra's Barge: Kauai, Hawaii
A Horse-Powered Ferry: Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain
The Sidewheel Steamer Heroine: Red River, Oklahoma
The Denbigh, A Civil War Blockade Runner: Galveston, Texas
The Sailing Canal Boats of Lake Champlain
Mapping the "Unsinkable" Titanic
The Japanese Fleet in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia
Exploring D-Day Landing Craft: Normandy, France
Further Reading
Acknowledgments and Sponsors
Sources of Illustrations
Index