Lost on the Ocean Floor: Diving the World's Ghost Ships
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fine, John Christopher, PUBLISHER: US Naval Institute Press, Award-winning photojournalist-scuba diver John C. Fine has explored and documented ong>ong>theong>ong> sunken fleets of ong>ong>theong>ong> ong>worldong>--from Scapa Flow to Truk Lagoon--for most of his adult life, and ong>ong>theong>ong> best of his discoveries are brought to life in this book. With his own haunting photographs to help him, Fine describes ong>ong>theong>ong> sunken ships and ong>ong>theong>ong> stories behind ong>ong>theong>ong>m, relating ong>ong>theong>ong> circumstances of losing, and in some cases salvaging and preserving, ships dating from early Roman colonialization to modern times. It is a book that captures ong>ong>theong>ong> drama of discovery and backs up ong>ong>theong>ong> adventure with historical, scientific, and archaeological facts. Where possible, eyewitness accounts to ong>ong>theong>ong> sinkings are included along with ong>ong>theong>ong> folklore associated with some of ong>ong>theong>ong> great salvage attempts and occasional accounts by people who have found great treasure on shipwrecks. ong>ong>Theong>ong> result of years of research and underwater exploration and filming, ong>ong>theong>ong> book will capture ong>ong>theong>ong> imagination of everyone with an interest in maritime history and armchair adventurers who dream of sunken warships and treasure-laden galleons long lost on ong>ong>theong>ong> ocean floor.