"In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story an…
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"In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story an…
"In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story an…
"Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami's hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn't anticipate that less than …
The author describes how a sailing trip with her fiancé turned to tragedy after they sailed into a hurricane that swept her fiancé overboard and left her injured, and relates her forty-one-day ordeal traveling to safety.
"Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami's hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn't anticipate that less than …
Explore the exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah |́|the only pirate ship ever found|́|and the incredible mysteries it revealed.
The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it. The Whydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of…
Describes what happened when a slave ship packed with plunder was captured by pirates in 1717 then sunk by a brutal storm. Tells the story of the 1984 expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.
Explore the exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah the only pirate ship ever foundand the incredible mysteries it revealed. Launched in 1716 to ply the Triangular Trade route, the Whydah was designed to be fast and to hold large amounts of carg…
In 1994 the distorted timbers of a medieval boat came to light at Magor Pill, on the coast of the Gwent Levels, when storms washed away the sediments which had covered them since the boat ran aground about 700 years ago. This report charts the complex and difficult excavation an…
In 1994 the distorted timbers of a medieval boat came to light at Magor Pill, on the coast of the Gwent Levels, when storms washed away the sediments which had covered them since the boat ran aground about 700 years ago. This report charts the complex and difficult excavation an…
The complete technical and scientific report on one of the most important shipwrecks in North American history ... In 1995, Texas Historical Commission underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of the La Salle's La Belle, remnant of an ill-fated French attempt to establish …
Introduction. background / James E. Bruseth -- Archival research / John de Bry -- Excavation inside a cofferdam / Layne Hedrick, Amy Mitchell-Cook, and James E. Bruseth -- Conservation / Donny L. Hamilton, Helen Dewolf, and Peter D. Fix -- PART II: Ship design, organiztion and h…
The complete technical and scientific report on one of the most important shipwrecks in North American history ... In 1995, Texas Historical Commission underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of the La Salle's La Belle, remnant of an ill-fated French attempt to establish …
"The complete technical and scientific report on one of the most important shipwrecks in North American history . . . In 1995, Texas Historical Commission underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of the La Salle's La Belle, remnant of an ill-fated French attempt to establi…