Shipwrecks: 50 Sunken Vessels and the Stories They Still Hold

Three million shipwrecks lie on the floor of the world's oceans. Most will never be found. This book tells the story of fifty that were.From a Bronze Age trader lost off the coast of Turkey in 1300 BC to a cruise liner that rolled onto its side within sight of an Italian resort town in 2012, Shipwrecks spans thirty-three centuries of loss, discovery, and unfinished argument. Titanic and Shackleton's Endurance sit alongside ships that killed far more people and are almost never spoken of - the Sultana, the Doña Paz, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Pirate wrecks, war graves, treasure fleets fought over in court for decades, and the first slave ship ever confirmed sunk with its captives still aboard.Each entry gives you the ship, the disaster, and what happened afterward - because with shipwrecks, the sinking is rarely the end of the story. Often it's the beginning.Inside you'll find: - Fifty full-page illustrations, one per vessel- Chronological entries grouped into nine thematic parts, from the ancient Mediterranean to modern ferry disasters- The search, the salvage, and the legal fights that followed - not just the sinking- The stories behind Titanic, Bismarck, USS Arizona, the Mary Rose, and Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge- Lesser-known disasters that killed more people than Titanic and are barely remembered todayWhether you're drawn to naval history, deep-sea archaeology, true disaster stories, or simply want to know what's really down there, Shipwrecks is a chronological journey through the ships the sea took - and the people who spent decades trying to get them back.