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Shipwreck /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: DK eyewitness books ; 72.Publication details: New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 61 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0789458845 (hardcover) :
  • 0789458853 (pbk.)
  • 078946621X (back cover)
  • 1590546415
Subject(s):
Contents:
Rocks, 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.
Action note:
  • Cat juv 20020911 gik
Summary: Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 910.4 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000311830

"Discover the mysterious world of shipwrecks and undersea treasure---how they are recovered and preserved"--Front cover.

"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.

Includes index.

Rocks, 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.

Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.

Cat juv 20020911 gik UPB

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