A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

Gibbins, David

Omschrijving

'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors 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 Mary Rose and the golden age of the Tudor court, to the exploration of the Arctic, the tragic story of HMS Terror and tales of bravery and endurance aboard HMS Gairsoppa 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. 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.
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Schrijver
Gibbins, David
Titel
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
Uitgever
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Jaar
2024
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
304
Gewicht
405 gr
EAN
9781399603492
Afmetingen
237 x 153 x 27 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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