Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas: A Guide and Gazetteer to 2000 Years of Shipwreck [Hardcover]

Nigel Pickford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 26, 2007

The seas of northern Europe are probably the most heavily traveled in recent millennia, and there are literally thousands of wrecks lying in what is relatively shallow water. Among these a significant proportion may be regarded as high-value--either in financial terms or because of their potential contribution to historical knowledge--but few have been precisely located. This book identifies 500 such sites, giving concise details of ship, voyage, cargo and current state of knowledge. This represents a large proportion of the most valuable wrecks in the designated area. The book is also introduced by twenty detailed case-studies of wrecks chosen to illustrate the range of problems--and rewards--likely to be encountered by anyone diving on these sites. These include a variety of ship types, from a Roman trading vessel to a German liner sunk in the Baltic by the Russians in 1945. Well written and heavily illustrated, this book is both a practical guide for divers and an entertainment for armchair adventurers.

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Nigel Pickford is both a diver and bestselling author, and generally accepted as the world's foremost authority on the whereabouts of high-volume shipwrecks.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Chatham Publishing (January 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 186176250X
• ISBN-13: 978-1861762504
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,329,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is also a great read., May 8, 2007

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Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas: A Guide and Gazetteer to 2000 Years of Shipwreck (Hardcover)

Research is the key to uncovering the details of any ship lost - whether recently or in the distant past. Naturally, the more years which have passed since the wrecking, the more searching there is to be done. Research itself is so complex, I don't think any person could claim to know of every single avenue which might have been consulted. Mr Pickford's research is as good as it gets.

This author first came to prominence with his excellent "Atlas of Shipwreck & Treasure" and "Lost Treasure Ships of the Twentieth Century." Now we have a book which is described as a "Guide and Gazetteer to 2,000 years of Shipwreck." It is exactly that.

Strictly confined to the North Sea and Baltic, Mr Pickford provides the reader with 15 individual stories of great shipwrecks which include the Lutine - probably the most famous of them all, if only because of her bell. Even a quick glance through the book will reveal the high degree of detail. Mostly illustrated in B&W, there are photographs and other illustrations - both ancient and modern, which all combine in excellent fashion to provide the most complete and competent work.

With Mr Pickford's penchant for producing books about treasure ships and with this title being confined to a very specific geographical area, it all rather suggests we might be treated to similar works on other areas of the world in the near future. I do hope so.

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