Lost Warships - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Warships write by James P. Delgado. This book was released on 2001. Lost Warships available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive and evocative survey of the world's wrecked warships, from the submerged ships of ancient Rome to the nuclear victims at Bikini Atoll. Including underwater photographs of the wrecks as they lie on the ocean floor, and of excavation in progress. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on underwater archaeology. Lost Warships is a 3000 year visit the great, yet understudied, graveyard, memorial and muscum on the ocean's floor, and the warships that lie there. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 images, half in colour, the underwater tools of archaeology reveal stories of the last desperate sea battle of Antony and Cleopatra; Kublai Khan's seaborne invasion of Medieval Japan; a Viking ship sent to the bottom in a fiery death; British ships of the line lost in Colonial wars; the ironclad USS Monitor and the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley, lost during the US Civil War; the scuttled German High Scas Fleet at Scapa Flow; the bombravaged USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor; and the aircraft carrier Saratoga, sunk by a nuclear explosion in 1946 in the first naval tests of atomic weapons. The history of war at sea, of the rise and fall of empires, of valour and cowardice, sac
The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard
The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard write by Rick Archbold. This book was released on 2010-05. The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beautifully presented, this volume gives a guided tour of some of the most historic and famous shipwrecks of the 20th century, including "Andrea Doria," "Bismarck," "Britannic," "Empress of Ireland," the Ghost Fleet of Guadalcanal, "Lusitania," and "Titanic." The detailed illustrations accompany an astounding collection of underwater photography, archival images, and memorabilia that recalls each ship s former glory. Gripping stories unlock the mysteries of the ships ghostly remains, and an epilogue speaks to the essential need for preserving ships. Equal parts scientific and historical study, this adventurous exploration into the lives of these ships and those who discovered them will thrill naval and transportation buffs, as well as any fan of nautical history."
Lost Ships
Lost Ships - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Ships write by Leigh Brackett. This book was released on 2023-02-01. Lost Ships available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lost Ships – Three classic science fiction novelettes by Leigh Brackett, known as the Queen of Space Opera. Outpost on Io (1942) – In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost. Yet MacVickers and the men had to escape—for to remain meant the conquering of the Solar System by the inhuman Europans. A four chapter novelette. The Citadel Of Lost Ships (1943) – It was a gypsy world, built of space flotsam, peopled with the few free races of the Solar System. Roy Campbell, outcast prey of the Coalition, entered its depths to seek haven for the Kraylens of Venus – only to find that it had become a slave trap from which there was no escape. A five chapter novelette. Last Call For Sector 9G (1955) – Out there in the green star system; far beyond the confining grip of the Federation, moved the feared Bitter Star, for a thousand frigid years the dark and sinister manipulator of war-weary planets. An eight chapter novelette.
Ghost Liners
Ghost Liners - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Liners write by Robert Ballard. This book was released on 1998-09-01. Ghost Liners available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Depicts five famous ships that have been lost at sea in modern times, the Empress of Ireland, the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Brittanic, and the Titanic.
A Collection of Lost Ships and Colonies
A Collection of Lost Ships and Colonies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Collection of Lost Ships and Colonies write by C.M. Simpson. This book was released on 2022-09-14. A Collection of Lost Ships and Colonies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From ships lost to accidents in warp, space pirates and plague, to colonies facing unexpected rivals, and new lifeforms on the ground, this collection draws on some of the what-ifs and maybes surrounding humanity’s future among the stars. From flash fiction to novelette-length short stories to verse, the speculation runs from the idea of corporate takeovers of colony worlds, to unusual critter incursions, to the simplicity of plague, and how our future selves might cope when facing the gamut of human emotion on an extra-terrestrial stage.
