Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3227973 in Books
- Published on: 1994-10
- Original language:
English
- Binding: Paperback
- 309 pages
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Synopsis
Throughout history the fighting ship has been one of the finest expressions of technology of which any society, at any moment, is capable. Intended as a companion volume to "The Archaeology of Ships of War", this book brings together a selection of many of the most important warship excavations, by some of the world's most respected maritime archaeologists. The wrecks range in date from the 15th century to the mid-20th century, and include the "Lomellina" (lost in France, 1516), the "Dartmouth" (Scotland, 1690) and the "Swift" (Argentina, 1770). Some of the ships, such as those of the Spanish Armarda sunk off Ireland, and Lord Nelson's "Agamemnon" which fought at Trafalgar, were involved in the great maritime dramas that shaped world history.
