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First issue from the series "australian shipwrecks" first bu - triangular coin in the world issue country: australia year of minting: face value: 1 aud material: silver grade: 991 g mintage quality: bu mintage: read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
29 €
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The stories of almost 650 shipwrecks in an area from the ailsa craig to annan in the solway firth this book is the result of 20 years of research - originally conceived of as a divers guide it is a historical record of maritime disasters off the coast of dumfries and gallowaysome slight marks on back cover and a price stickersee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontains over eighty photographs of not only vessels ashore and afloat, but also depicting many aspects related to shipwreck, such as notices of sales, artifacts and original documentsoxfam shop smithdown road signed copy
15 €
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A record of 800 shipwrecks around the coast of the scilliesa slight tear to the spine otherwise a clean and tidy copyoxfam bookshop chipping norton paperback, , shipwreck & marinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
20 €
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Email for picture as we have one framed and hung of the cornish shipwreckslooks great framed and hungpet & smoke free homegood quality paper, ink etc and very fine detail on all the subjectsoffer for the lot consideredapprox size is 25 x 17 inchesthe illustrations are wonderful and they have good detailthese are an assortment of professionaly drawn prints in great condition of detailed line drawings of rigged ships, small boats and sailing tackle used long agopictures available via e mailif you are nautical they would look fantastic framedi can post one or all in a packing tube at cost or come and collect and view in personthey have never been hung or displayed from the day they were made
5 €
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Prison escapes includes how mary, queen of scots, outsmarts her captors and escapes an isolated scottish castlewar escapes includes the escape of german soldier cornelius rost from a labor camp in siberia and his three-year trek to iran
24 €
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Shipping in triangular capsule the first set of the series is dedicated to batavia, one of australia's most infamous shipwrecks1 grade 999 read morethis first triangular bullion coin in the world was minted by the royal australian mint of 1 ounce 99batavia - australian shipwreck set (1st) 1 oz silver - fleur de coin first triangular bullion coin set of 4 coins limited mintage of only piecescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeturning the coin over to see the text "" and "batavia" the right way up, one sees the capsized ship shortly after the shipwreck inwhen the image of the ship is viewed upright, the batavia sets sail in all its glorycountry: australia nominal value: $1 year of issue: metal: silver quality: fleur de coin mintage: diameter: mm mint: royal australian mint set: australian shipwreck weight: 1 oz gross weight (g): 31
26 €
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Not dated, 56 pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebooklet not dated or paginatedgood condition, though sticker ghost on back coveroxfam bookshop newport 1: brownsea island - includes sections on "when the monks ruled brownsea", "the pirates of purbeck" and "wildlife on brownsea" among otherscolour photographs integrated with text throughout2: the story of charlestown - tourist guide with specialist section on shipwrecks, nelson and hms victory and rnli sea rescue among many others
4 €
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Bass on ships and shipwrecks of the americas see oxfam website for delivery information read moreponsford on post-medieval britain and ireland reviews by: l & ra adkins on talking archeology; garticles include but are not limited to:Â anne yentch on chesapeake artefacts; moxfam bookshop woodbridge volume 25 of the society for post-medieval archaeology
10 €
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The author surveys the blue-water ships of the egyptians, syro-canaanites, cypriots, early bronze age aegeans, minoans, mycenaeans, and sea peoples, and discusses known bronze age shipwrecksvan soldt offer new and illuminating translations of ugaritic and akkadian documents that refer to seafaringbass's foreword frames the study's scholarly significance and discusses its place in the nautical archaeological canonhocker provides a useful appendix and glossary of nautical terms, and george foffering an abundance of line drawings and photographs and written in a style that makes the material easily accessible to the layperson, wachsmann's study is certain to become a standard reference for anyone interested in the dawn of sea travelthis book brings together for the first time the entire corpus of evidence pertaining to bronze age seafaring and will be of special value to archaeologists, maritime historians, philologists, and bronze age textual scholarsthe inside is very clean and unmarkedthere is minimal edge wearthese intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water travelin seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant shelley wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern mediterranean cultures took to the sea--and how they evolved as a resultthis broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholarsand, as a potential superhighway, the mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigatedhoftijzer and win very good conditionrelying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel--from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at seait is new in appearanceoxfam bookshop hampstead seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant by shelley wachsmann during the bronze age, the ancient societies that ringed the mediterranean, once mostly separate and isolate, began to reach across the great expanse of sea to conduct trade, marking an age of immense cultural growth and technological developmentthere are a few faint scuffs to the back cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morelenz delves into the homeric greek lexicon to search out possible references to the birdlike shapes that adorned early ships' stem and stern
30 €
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Presented here are the legendary sites of ancient greece, including the athenian acropolis, olympia, delphi, schliemann's mycenae, and the athenian agora; the most iconic sculptures in the greek world, such as the aphrodite of melos and the nike of samothrace; and several fascinating chapters on underwater archaeology that discuss the kyrenia and uluburun shipwrecks and the astonishing bronze masterpieces raised from the sea650 colour illustrationsthis is the first book to bring together the archaeological legacy of ancient greece in a concise and accessible way while still preserving the excitement of discoveryan introductory text by vasileios petrakos, member of the academy of athens, sets the historical context and describes the course of greek archaeology from the foundation of the modern greek state to the present daysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford distributed by university of exeter pressthis beautifully illustrated book offers an overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient greeceth e contributors include those who have excavated at the sites in question and scholars who have spent a lifetime studying the monuments
75 €
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These incredible silver tickets are dedicated to one of the most catastrophic shipwrecks in history and one of the most successful films of all time - the titanicset of 2 banknotes (foil) for a one-way journey for twothe banknotes show the replica of rose's first class ticket, they are proof quality, and are supplied laminated and they come with a certificate of authenticitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelimited edition of just worldwide piecesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
44 €
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In peat smoke and spirit, islay's fascinating story is uncovered: from its history and stories of the many shipwrecks which litter its shores, to the beautiful wildlife, landscape and topography of the island revealed through intimate descriptions of the austerely beautiful and remote countrysidesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop thame those who discover malt whisky quickly learn that the malts made on the isle of islay are some of the wildest and most characterful in the malt-whisky spectruminterleaved through these different narrative strands comes the story of the whiskies themselves, traced from a distant past of bothies and illegal stills to present-day legality and prosperitythe flavour of each spirit is analysed and the differences between them teased out, as are the stories of the notable men and women who have played such a integral part in their creationthe perfect adjunct to a glass of whisky on a dark, fire-lit evening, peat smoke and spirit is the last word on islay and its whiskies
9 €