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Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across 4,000 years, examining their historical context and significance and showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations. Alan G. Jamieson not only informs readers of the technological developments over the last sixty years that have made the true appreciation of shipwrecks possible, but covers shipwrecks in culture, maritime archaeology, treasure hunters and their environmental impacts.
Although shipwrecks have become less common in recent decades, their implications have become more wide-ranging: since the 1960s, foundering supertankers have caused massive environmental disasters, and in 2021 the blocking of the Suez Canal by the giant container ship Ever Given had a serious impact on global trade.
Contents
Introduction: Shipwrecks and Culture
Part I: The First Four Thousand Years
1 Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean Sea
2 Asian Shipwrecks before 1500
3 North European Shipwrecks to 1550
4 Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Shipwrecks
5 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Shipwrecks
6 Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Shipwrecks
Part II: The Last Sixty Years
7 Shipwrecks as Science: The Development of Maritime Archaeology
8 Shipwrecks as Treasure: The Rise of Commercial Shipwreck-Hunting Companies
9 Shipwrecks as Threats: Supertanker Wrecks
Conclusion: Out of the Depths
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
