The sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths. These shipwrecks date back thousands of years, some from civilizations long vanished, others from more recent history. Some are famous, others obscure and unremembered, but each has a story to tell.
Maritime archaeologist James P. Delgado discusses the world's wrecks, including many of the more than hundred he has personally discovered or investigated, including the RMS Titanic, USS Arizona, and the slave ship Clotilda. He explains how and why ships experience catastrophes at sea and why their remains have captured our imagination for millennia: We treat them as tombs, recover them for museums and memorials, and salvage them for treasure. Delgado, former host of the National Geographic international television series "The Sea Hunters," dives into the deep, offering a behind-the-scenes perspective informed by decades of shipwreck expeditions.
His book The Great Museum of the Sea: A Human History of Shipwrecks (Oxford University Press) is available for purchase.
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