underwater archaeology

An account of the final hours and rescue after more than a century of the Confederacy submarine the H.L. Hunley which disappeared off the coast of South Carolina on February 17, 1864, after an encounter with an Union battleship.

Author Clive Cussler discusses his real-life adventures as founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, focusing on twelve incidents in which the agency sought and found sunken ships, each prefaced by a creative dramatization of the ship and the way it met its end.

Dr. Ballard visits the Mediterranean to explore a Roman shipwreck site and investigate an active underwater volcano.

The story of the H.L. Hunley, the only submarine used during the American Civil War.

The reader is asked to adopt the role of a marine archaeologist exploring the sea for the wreckage of the Titanic. Features die-cut cardboard shapes which can be assembled into a model of the Titanic complete with pull-out and lift-the-flap sections.

Explores, through photographs, illustrations, and text, early shipwrecks and explains the techniques used by underwater archaeologists.

Describes wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.

Recreates the sea battle that sank the German battleship Bismarck in World War II and recounts how the shipwreck was discovered in 1989.

A photo-illustrated examination of several aspects of shipwrecks, which describes individual wrecks throughout history; discusses such topics as navigation and communications; and presents a look at underwater archaeology.