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Alexander, Caroline Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or998780. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or998780. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty . Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. In giving the Bounty mutiny its historical due, Caroline Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the captured men themselves conjures the events of that April morning in 1789, when Christian's breakdown impelled every man on a fateful course: Bligh and his loyalists on the historic open boat voyage that revealed him to be one of history's great navigators; Christian on his restless exile; and the captured mutineers toward their day in court. As the book unfolds, each figure emerges as a full-blown character caught up in a drama that may well end on the gallows. And as Alexander shows, it was in a desperate fight to escape hanging that one of the accused defendants deliberately spun the mutiny into the myth we know today-of the tyrannical Lieutenant Bligh of the Bounty . Ultimately, Alexander concludes that the Bounty mutiny was sparked by that most unpredictable, combustible, and human of situations-the chemistry between strong personalities living in close quarters. Her account of the voyage, the trial, and the surprising fates of Bligh, Christian, and the mutineers is an epic of ambition, passion, pride, and duty at the dawn of the Romantic era.
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Allcard, Edward C. Single-Handed Passage hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Wear from use. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1014028. (filed under: Ships ) *
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American Heritage Naval Battles and Heros hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or967187. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Andrews, Howard L.; Russell, Alexander L. Basic Boating: Piloting and Seamanship hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1019383. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D. Discovery Of The Titanic 1987 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106214. ISBN #0670819174 / 9780670819171. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D. Discovery Of The Titanic 1987 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106214. ISBN #0670819174 / 9780670819171. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Discovery of the Titanic is the compelling, firsthand account of Dr. Ballard s twelve-year quest to find the sunken liner. With the help of dozens of never-before-seen photographs, rare archival pictures, charts, paintings and a 25-inch photo-mosaic of the ship, Dr. Ballard recounts the Titanic s fateful last night and describes the moment-by-moment drama of the expeditions that found and explored her. For the first time, the exact location of the Titanic is revealed and, finally, many of the mysteries that have surrounded her tragic fate are laid to rest. Here is the fascinating concluding chapter to a story that has captured imaginations for almost a century, the dramatic account of the most exciting underwater discovery of our time.
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Ballard, Robert D.; Eugene, Toni Mystery Of The Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation National Geographic 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or959350. ISBN #0792258452 / 9780792258452. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D.; Eugene, Toni Mystery Of The Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation National Geographic 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or959350. ISBN #0792258452 / 9780792258452. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a beautiful volume featuring more than 170 maps and photographs, Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers follows the latest pursuits of National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert D. Ballard as he searches for clues to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. An immediate tie-in with the 2004 PBS special, Ballard's excavation focuses primarily on the story of the Phoenicians traders who ruled Mediterranean commerce for 1,000 years, then disappeared. A showcase of National Geographic's greatest strengths exploration, discovery, and intricate maps Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers is a fascinating journey through the depths of the Mediterranean and centuries of time.
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Ballard, Robert D.; Hively, Will The Eternal Darkness Princeton University Press 2000 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or982833. ISBN #0691027404 / 9780691027401. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D.; Hively, Will The Eternal Darkness Princeton University Press 2000 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or982833. ISBN #0691027404 / 9780691027401. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Until a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles--yet humans had never ventured more than a few hundred feet below the waves. One of the great scientific and archaeological feats of our time has been finally to cast light on the "eternal darkness" of the deep sea. This is the story of that achievement, told by the man who has done more than any other to make it possible: Robert Ballard. Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic. He led the teams that discovered hydrothermal vents and "black smokers"--cracks in the ocean floor where springs of superheated water support some of the strangest life-forms on the planet. He was a diver on the team that explored the mid-Atlantic ridge for the first time, confirming the theory of plate tectonics. Today, using a nuclear submarine from the U.S. Navy, he's exploring the ancient trade routes of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea for the remains of historic vessels and their cargo. In this book, he combines science, history, spectacular illustrations, and first-hand stories from his own expeditions in a uniquely personal account of how twentieth-century explorers have pushed back the frontiers of technology to take us into the midst of a world we could once only guess at. Ballard begins in 1930 with William Beebe and Otis Barton, pioneers of the ocean depths who made the world's first deep-sea dives in a cramped steel sphere. He introduces us to Auguste and Jacques Piccard, whose "Bathyscaph"descended in 1960 to the lowest point on the ocean floor. He reviews the celebrated advances made by Jacques Cousteau. He describes his own major discoveries--from sea-floor spreading to black smokers--as well as his technical breakthroughs, including the development of remote-operated underwater vehicles and the revolutionary search techniques that led to the discovery and exploration of the Titanic, the Nazi battleship Bismarck, ancient trading vessels, and other great ships. Readers will come away with a richer understanding of history, earth science, biology, and marine technology--and a new appreciation for the remarkable men and women who have explored some of the most remote and fascinating places on the planet.
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Beck, Horace Folklore & The Sea 1977 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099237. ISBN #0819560529 / 9780819560520. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Beck, Horace Folklore & The Sea 1977 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099237. ISBN #0819560529 / 9780819560520. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Fisherman, sailors, merchantmen, navies, shipwrights, pirates and smugglers - all earned their livlihood from the seas and the shores surrounding them, some honestly, some with cruel and cunning. Here are the stories, the tales, and legends which form the lore and fables of these men and women. The rugged fishermen of Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritime Provinces; the privateers and merchantmen of Maine, Massachusetts and the Chesapeake; the mariners of the British West Indies; the seafarers of the harsh and stormy coasts of Ireland and Scotland - all helped shape myriad legends and tales of the deep. Herein you will discover beliefs and superstitions about boatbuilding, weather, creatures of the deep, and the ghosts and demons that have, in all ages, risen from the sea to terrify and enchant men. FOLKLORE AND THE SEA unravels the sources of these folktales, plumbs their meanings, and helps preserve the customs, beliefs and traditions of hundreds of years of seafaring.
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Berube, Claude; Rodgaard, John Call To The Sea: Captain Charles Stewart Of The USS Constitution 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089304. ISBN #1574889966 / 9781574889963. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Berube, Claude; Rodgaard, John Call To The Sea: Captain Charles Stewart Of The USS Constitution 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089304. ISBN #1574889966 / 9781574889963. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Charles Stewart s life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O Brien s fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands 11 than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer 63 years than any officer in American naval history. He commanded every type of warship, from sloop to ship-of-the-line, and served every president from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln. Born in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, Stewart met President Washington and went to sea as a cabin boy on a merchantman before age thirteen. In March 1798, at age nineteen, he received a naval commission one month before the Department of the Navy was established. Stewart went on to an illustrious naval career: Thomas Jefferson recognized his Mediterranean exploits during the Barbary Wars, Stewart advised James Madison at the outset of the War of 1812, and Stewart trained many future senior naval officers including David Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut in three wars. He served as a pallbearer at President Lincoln s funeral. Stewart cemented his reputation as commander of the Navy s most powerful frigate, the USS Constitution. No other captain commanded this ship for a longer wartime period or through more naval engagements. Undefeated in battle, including defeating the British warships Cyane and Levant simultaneously, both ship and captain came to be known as Old Ironsides.
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Biel, Steven Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster W. W. Norton & Company 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or972281. ISBN #0393316769 / 9780393316766. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Biel, Steven Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster W. W. Norton & Company 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or972281. ISBN #0393316769 / 9780393316766. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An immensely readable, provocative, and entertaining exploration of the Titanic as cultural icon. "I suggest, henceforth, when a woman talks women's rights, she be answered with the word Titanic, nothing more just Titanic," wrote a St. Louis man to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was not alone in mining the ship for a metaphor. Everyone found ammunition in the Titanic suffragists and their opponents; radicals, reformers, and capitalists; critics of technology and modern life; racists and xenophobes and champions of racial and ethnic equality; editorial writers and folk singers, preachers and poets. Protestant sermons used the Titanic to condemn the budding consumer society "We know the end of . . . the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the sea of life we know absolutely that their ship will meet disaster." . African American toasts and working-class ballads made the ship emblematic of the foolishness of white people and the greed of the rich. A 1950s revival framed the disaster as an "older kind of disaster in which people had time to die." An ever-increasing number of Titanic buffs find heroism and order in the tale. Still in the headlines "Titanic Baby Found Alive " the Weekly World News declares and a figure of everyday speech "rearranging deck chairs . . ." , the Titanic disaster echoes within a richly diverse, paradoxical, and fascinating America.
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Biel, Steven Down With The Old Canoe: A Cultural History Of The Titanic Disaster 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137119. ISBN #0393316769 / 9780393316766. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Biel, Steven Down With The Old Canoe: A Cultural History Of The Titanic Disaster 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137119. ISBN #0393316769 / 9780393316766. (filed under: Ships ) *
stock image, actual book may vary An immensely readable, provocative, and entertaining exploration of the Titanic as cultural icon. "I suggest, henceforth, when a woman talks women's rights, she be answered with the word Titanic, nothing more just Titanic," wrote a St. Louis man to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was not alone in mining the ship for a metaphor. Everyone found ammunition in the Titanic suffragists and their opponents; radicals, reformers, and capitalists; critics of technology and modern life; racists and xenophobes and champions of racial and ethnic equality; editorial writers and folk singers, preachers and poets. Protestant sermons used the Titanic to condemn the budding consumer society "We know the end of . . . the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the sea of life we know absolutely that their ship will meet disaster." . African American toasts and working-class ballads made the ship emblematic of the foolishness of white people and the greed of the rich. A 1950s revival framed the disaster as an "older kind of disaster in which people had time to die." An ever-increasing number of Titanic buffs find heroism and order in the tale. Still in the headlines "Titanic Baby Found Alive " the Weekly World News declares and a figure of everyday speech "rearranging deck chairs . . ." , the Titanic disaster echoes within a richly diverse, paradoxical, and fascinating America.
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Blandford, Percy W. Build Your Own Boat Dover Publications 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126340. ISBN #0486452891 / 9780486452890. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Blandford, Percy W. Build Your Own Boat Dover Publications 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126340. ISBN #0486452891 / 9780486452890. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This clear, concise guide contains all the essential information anyone is likely to need to build a seaworthy craft with only two hands and the most basic tools. Starting with an introduction to materials, Percy Blandford a onetime Associate of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and a designer specializing in small craft takes would-be boat-builders every step of the way, from choosing appropriate materials to sanding and applying the final coat of paint. A simply worded text accompanied by the author's own clearly drawn diagrams and other illustrations covers Clinker, Carvel, and fiberglass construction; plywood boats; molded veneer hulls; internal work; rudders and tillers; spar and oar making; basic ropework; details for installing an inboard motor; and ventilation, gas, and water installations. First published nearly a half century ago, Blandford's book remains an excellent guide for both beginning and veteran woodworkers.
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Bligh, William Mutiny On Board H.M.S. Bounty mass market paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1074737. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Blow, Michael Ship To Remember: The Maine And The Spanish-American War William Morrow & Company, Inc. 1992 hardcover. Book Club edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or958032. ISBN #0688097146 / 9780688097141. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Blow, Michael Ship To Remember: The Maine And The Spanish-American War William Morrow & Company, Inc. 1992 hardcover. Book Club edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or958032. ISBN #0688097146 / 9780688097141. (filed under: Ships ) *
Explains how the Navy's prized battleship failed to protect Cuba from Spanish rule in the United States' first step away from isolationism during the Spanish-American War. 20,000 first printing. First serial, Military History Quarterly.
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Bound, Mensun Lost Ships: The Discovery And Exploration Of The Ocean's Sunken Treasures Simon & Schuster 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or973367. ISBN #0684852519 / 9780684852515. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Bound, Mensun Lost Ships: The Discovery And Exploration Of The Ocean's Sunken Treasures Simon & Schuster 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or973367. ISBN #0684852519 / 9780684852515. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the day the first humans put to sea 50,000 years ago, the ocean has never lost its power to fascinate mankind. This fascination endures despite -- or, perhaps, because of -- the ever-present danger that has been, for a thousand generations, the cost of seafaring: shipwrecks. From prehistoric dugouts to the "Titanic" herself, new discoveries, and thousands of old ones, retain a firm grip on the imagination of the world; they remain a source of dread and fascination, an example of human frailty in the face of nature's power. "Lost Ships" is a chronicle of three of the most fascinating adventure stories in maritime history -- or, rather, three stories of adventure and three of exploration, for each part of "Lost Ships" intertwines the tale of a shipwreck with that of its subsequent discovery by Mensun Bound, marine archaeologist and adventurer. Using a combination of high-tech gadgetry -- sonar sensing, satellite mapping, carbon dating -- and old-fashioned detective work, Bound documents the distinct character of each discovery, tells the story of the crew and or passengers, places each wreck in its historical context, and shows the Challenges overcome in the exploration of the wreck. And what a selection of shipwrecks these are: the Mahdia ship that carried the spoils of Sulla's sack of Athens in the first century B.C.E., sank off the coast of North Africa, and was rediscovered only in 1993; the "Agamemnon, " Horatio Nelson's first ship of the line and victor at the Battle of Trafalgar; and the "Graf Spee, " one of Nazi Germany's most powerful warships, scuttled in the River Plate in Uruguay after the most thrilling naval chase of the century. Here are: thedestruction of Athens and Piraeus as chronicled by Plutarch and Appian...the journey of the treasure ship back to Rome, only to sink off the coast of North Africa...its unwitting discovery by Jacques Cousteau in 1948, and its rediscovery by Mensun Bound in 1993. the history of one of the great ships of the Napoleonic Wars, one of the great line of British ships whose guns destroyed French sea power for good at Trafalgar...her own destruction in the teeth of a South Atlantic storm...the salvage of one of those great guns -- one of the guns of Trafalgar -- from the bottom of Maldonado Bay. the near-legendary story of the outgunned British cruisers "Exeter, Ajax, " and "Achilles, " and the epic battle they had fought with the pride of the German navy, the pocket battleship "Graf Spee."..the commerce raider scuttled in the harbor of Montevideo by her extraordinary commander, Zee Kapitan Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff...Langsdorff's suicide, fallen on the battle ensign of the ship he had commanded. Ranging from the Mediterranean to the South Atlantic, from satellites hundreds of miles above the surface of the earth to the ocean floor, "Lost Ships" is a vivid and exciting record of both nautical adventure and maritime exploration.
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Bound, Mensun Lost Ships: The Discovery and Exploration of the Ocean's Sunken Treasures Simon & Schuster 1998 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096539. ISBN #0684852519 / 9780684852515. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Bound, Mensun Lost Ships: The Discovery and Exploration of the Ocean's Sunken Treasures Simon & Schuster 1998 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096539. ISBN #0684852519 / 9780684852515. (filed under: Ships ) *
stock image, actual book may vary From the day the first humans put to sea 50,000 years ago, the ocean has never lost its power to fascinate mankind. This fascination endures despite -- or, perhaps, because of -- the ever-present danger that has been, for a thousand generations, the cost of seafaring: shipwrecks. From prehistoric dugouts to the "Titanic" herself, new discoveries, and thousands of old ones, retain a firm grip on the imagination of the world; they remain a source of dread and fascination, an example of human frailty in the face of nature's power. "Lost Ships" is a chronicle of three of the most fascinating adventure stories in maritime history -- or, rather, three stories of adventure and three of exploration, for each part of "Lost Ships" intertwines the tale of a shipwreck with that of its subsequent discovery by Mensun Bound, marine archaeologist and adventurer. Using a combination of high-tech gadgetry -- sonar sensing, satellite mapping, carbon dating -- and old-fashioned detective work, Bound documents the distinct character of each discovery, tells the story of the crew and or passengers, places each wreck in its historical context, and shows the Challenges overcome in the exploration of the wreck. And what a selection of shipwrecks these are: the Mahdia ship that carried the spoils of Sulla's sack of Athens in the first century B.C.E., sank off the coast of North Africa, and was rediscovered only in 1993; the "Agamemnon, " Horatio Nelson's first ship of the line and victor at the Battle of Trafalgar; and the "Graf Spee, " one of Nazi Germany's most powerful warships, scuttled in the River Plate in Uruguay after the most thrilling naval chase of the century. Here are: thedestruction of Athens and Piraeus as chronicled by Plutarch and Appian...the journey of the treasure ship back to Rome, only to sink off the coast of North Africa...its unwitting discovery by Jacques Cousteau in 1948, and its rediscovery by Mensun Bound in 1993. the history of one of the great ships of the Napoleonic Wars, one of the great line of British ships whose guns destroyed French sea power for good at Trafalgar...her own destruction in the teeth of a South Atlantic storm...the salvage of one of those great guns -- one of the guns of Trafalgar -- from the bottom of Maldonado Bay. the near-legendary story of the outgunned British cruisers "Exeter, Ajax, " and "Achilles, " and the epic battle they had fought with the pride of the German navy, the pocket battleship "Graf Spee."..the commerce raider scuttled in the harbor of Montevideo by her extraordinary commander, Zee Kapitan Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff...Langsdorff's suicide, fallen on the battle ensign of the ship he had commanded. Ranging from the Mediterranean to the South Atlantic, from satellites hundreds of miles above the surface of the earth to the ocean floor, "Lost Ships" is a vivid and exciting record of both nautical adventure and maritime exploration.
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