The great museum of the sea : a human history of shipwrecks / James P. Delgado.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780197780756
- ISBN: 019778075X
- Physical Description: 305 pages, 16 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 910.452 DEL (Text) | 36015000502498 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
