A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

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<p><b>AN <i>ECONOMIST </i>BEST BOOK OF 2024</b></p><p><b>'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of <i>Ancestors</i></b></p><p><b>'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' <i>The Times</i></b></p><p>From a Bronze Age ship built during the age of Queen Nefertiti and filled with ancient treasures, a Viking warship made for King Cnut himself, Henry VIII's spectacular <i>Mary Rose</i> and the golden age of the Tudor court, to the exploration of the Arctic, the tragic story of HMS <i>Terror</i> and tales of bravery and endurance aboard HMS <i>Gairsoppa</i> in World War Two, these are the stories of some of the greatest underwater discoveries of all time. A rich and exciting narrative, this is not just the story of those ships and the people who sailed on them, the cargo and treasure they carried and their tragic fate. This is also the story of the spread of people, religion and ideas around the world, a story of colonialism and migration which continues today.</p><p>Drawing on decades of experience excavating shipwrecks around the world, renowned maritime archaeologist David Gibbins reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can be a porthole to the past to tell a new story about the world and its underwater secrets.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781399603508

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 131 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Group