The great museum of the sea : a human history of shipwrecks / James P. Delgado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delgado, James P., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--History.

Shipwrecks.

Underwater archaeology.

Shipwrecks in literature.

underwater archaeology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 305 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Human history of shipwrecks

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"What is a shipwreck? That question has driven James Delgado to explore, find, dive and study shipwrecks around the globe for the last five decades. A shipwreck is more than a word or a concept. As a word, a "shipwreck" is powerful, a word that evokes many images and human reactions. Writing from the perspectives of an archaeologist, seafaring historian, ocean explorer, journalist, museum director and television host, James Delgado has found a shipwreck, and shipwrecks, the focus of much of his career. For him, a shipwreck is an entity; a lost or abandoned structure, either intact or in pieces. It is also an event that focused the attention of society which then expressed that attention through actions...like stories, music, art and film. In Shipwrecks, he shares what hundreds of wrecks that span thousands of years and the world's oceans, lakes and rivers, as well as skeletons that emerge from storm-tossed beaches or from now-buried harbors and waterfronts of the past have taught him, and why shipwrecks are a universal human story that has meaning and value beyond the concept of a battered, or sunken hulk in the depths"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Ship Wrecks

Shipwrecks as Muses

Shipwrecks as Historical Sites, Graves, and Memorials

"In the Solitude of the Sea"

"The Bounty of the Sea"

Shipwreck Salvage

Shipwreck Archaeology

Why Do We Care About Shipwrecks?

Shipwrecks in the 21st Century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Delgado, James P. Great museum of the sea.

ISBN:

9780197780756

019778075X

OCLC:

1457078023