Shipwrecks by Jennings, Philip S & Bosek, Dany - 1994

London: Bison Group. Very Good/Very Good. 1994. Revised & Updated. Hard Cover. 9.25" By 12.25" Tall 1858410436 Dust jacket in very good condition. Pictorial laminated covers. 80 pp Index. For countless centuries man has battled to tame the mighty oceans and rivers of the world. In seeking to reach new coasts and conquer new continents every ounce of human ingenuity and effort has been expanded. But the sea is a mercurial and unpredictable adversary and shipwrecks have been a feature of maritime history from earliest times up to the present. The drama and tragedy of famous shipwrecks exert a compelling fascination long after the event. After 120 years the name of the Mary Celeste still sends shivers down the spine with her unsolved mystery; and how many people, young or old, do not know the story of the Titanic, the great unsinkable liner sent to the bottom of the sea by an iceberg eighty years ago? But shipwrecks are far from being solely an historical phenomenon. In our own day ferry disasters such as the Herald of Free Enterprise remind us that the sea has lost none of its danger. Shipwrecks tells the true stories of all the famous sea disasters, with tales of great courage and not a few of cowardice and some less familiar but nonetheless fascinating events. All types of misfortune are covered from mysteries such as the Bermuda Triangle, through fire and collision, such as the Andrea Doria, to that most sad and familiar of modern seafaring, the eco-disasters caused by sinking oil tankers such as the Exxon I/aldez. The evocative and informative text is complemented by a wealth of carefully researched photographs to create an engrossing portrait of a problem which, sadly, seems set to endure as long as man goes to sea. .