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Great Museum of the Sea : A Human History of Shipwrecks by James P. Delgado (2025, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-10019778075X

ISBN-139780197780756

eBay Product ID (ePID)20071625593

Product Key Features

Book TitleGreat Museum of the Sea : a Human History of Shipwrecks

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEarth Sciences / Geography, Expeditions & Discoveries

Publication Year2025

IllustratorYes

GenreScience, History

AuthorJames P. Delgado

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length5.5 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2025-019890

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"[A]n encyclopedic but engaging history of all things related to ships, sailors and their sometimes disastrous ends... Like a museum curator who walks you through an art collection and shows you more than the brush strokes on a canvas, Mr. Delgado explains that shipwrecks are not simply remnants of ancient vessels." -- The Wall Street Journal"A superb overview of shipwrecks, covering hundreds of wrecks from around the world, from the most-famous examples to local fishing boats, and covering a timespan from antiquity to the Cold War. ... Delgado is a master storyteller." -- Andrea Hamel, Current Archaeology"A truly fascinating book about the human history of shipwrecks." -- Katy Stickland, Practical Boat Owner, "[A]n encyclopedic but engaging history of all things related to ships, sailors and their sometimes disastrous ends... Like a museum curator who walks you through an art collection and shows you more than the brush strokes on a canvas, Mr. Delgado explains that shipwrecks are not simply remnants of ancient vessels." -- The Wall Street Journal"A superb overview of shipwrecks, covering hundreds of wrecks from around the world, from the most-famous examples to local fishing boats, and covering a timespan from antiquity to the Cold War. ... Delgado is a master storyteller." -- Andrea Hamel, Current Archaeology, "[A]n encyclopedic but engaging history of all things related to ships, sailors and their sometimes disastrous ends... Like a museum curator who walks you through an art collection and shows you more than the brush strokes on a canvas, Mr. Delgado explains that shipwrecks are not simply remnants of ancient vessels." -- The Wall Street Journal

Dewey Decimal910.452

Table Of ContentPrefaceChapter One: Ship WrecksChapter Two: Shipwrecks as MusesChapter Three: Shipwrecks as Historical Sites, Graves, and MemorialsChapter Four: Refugia, Romance, and AestheticsChapter Five: Economic Values of ShipwrecksChapter Six: Shipwreck ArchaeologyChapter Seven: Conflicting Values/Conflicting NeedsChapter Eight: Shipwreck IssuesConclusion: Shipwrecks in the 21st Century

SynopsisIn The Great Museum of the Sea, archaeologist, museum director, television host, journalist, and award-winning author James Delgado takes the reader on a personal tour of the world of shipwrecks, including many of the more than one hundred lost ships he has personally discovered, investigated, excavated and shared in print and on screen. In these pages, Delgado explains why people care about shipwrecks--and why we have incorporated the concept of ashipwreck, and shipwrecks themselves, into our religions and cultures since the earliest civilizations., An immersive dive into the meaning and mystique of shipwrecksThe sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths. Those shipwrecks date back thousands of years, some from civilizations long vanished, others from more recent history. Some are famous, others obscure and unremembered but each has a story to tell. In The Great Museum of the Sea,archaeologist, museum director, television host, journalist, and award-winning author James Delgado takes the reader on a personal tour of the world's wrecks, including many of the more than a hundred lost ships he has personallydiscovered and investigated, including Titanic, USS Arizona, and the slave ship Clotilda. The Great Museum of the Sea vividly explains how and why ships experience catastrophe at sea, and why their remains have captured our imagination for millennia. Shipwrecks engage us in many ways--we treat them as tombs, but also recover them for museums and memorials, and salvage them for treasure. Authoritative and informed by decades of shipwreck expeditions, Delgado'saccount offers an insider's perspective, taking the reader into the deep and behind the scenes., An immersive dive into the meaning and mystique of shipwrecksThe sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths. Those shipwrecks date back thousands of years, some from civilizations long vanished, others from more recent history. Some are famous, others obscure and unremembered but each has a story to tell. In The Great Museum of the Sea, archaeologist, museum director, television host, journalist, and award-winning author James Delgado takes the reader on a personal tour of the world's wrecks, including many of the more than a hundred lost ships he has personally discovered and investigated, including Titanic, USS Arizona, and the slave ship Clotilda. The Great Museum of the Sea vividly explains how and why ships experience catastrophe at sea, and why their remains have captured our imagination for millennia. Shipwrecks engage us in many ways--we treat them as tombs, but also recover them for museums and memorials, and salvage them for treasure. Authoritative and informed by decades of shipwreck expeditions, Delgado's account offers an insider's perspective, taking the reader into the deep and behind the scenes.

LC Classification NumberG525.D383 2025