Oceans Odyssey: Deep-Sea Shipwrecks in the English Channel, the Straits of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781842174159)

In ten papers Odyssey Marine Exploration presents the technology, methodology and archaeological results from four deep-sea shipwrecks and one major survey conducted between 2003 and 2008. The sites lie beyond territorial waters in depths of up to 820 metres off southeastern America and in the Straits of Gibraltar and the English Channel. Exclusively recorded using robotic technology in the form of a Remotely-Operated Vehicle, the wrecks range from the major Royal Navy warships HMS Sussex (1694) and the unique, 100-gun, first-rate HMS Victory (1744)to the steamship SS Republic (1865) and a mid-19th century merchant vessel with a cargo of British porcelain. Their study reveals that the future of deep-sea wreck research has arrived, but also that many sites are at severe risk from destruction from the offshore fishing industry.

Author: Sean Kingsley
ISBN-10: 1842174150
ISBN-13: 9781842174159
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.25lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.60w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 28