Shipwrecks
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1 g mintage quality: bu mintage: read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefirst 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: 99please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
29 €
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The stories of almost 650 shipwrecks in an area from the ailsa craig to annan in the solway firthsome slight marks on back cover and a price stickercontains 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 documents 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 gallowayoxfam shop smithdown road signed copysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
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A record of 800 shipwrecks around the coast of the scilliessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chipping norton paperback, , shipwreck & marinea slight tear to the spine otherwise a clean and tidy copy
20 €
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Email for picture as we have one framed and hung of the cornish shipwrecksthese are an assortment of professionaly drawn prints in great condition of detailed line drawings of rigged ships, small boats and sailing tackle used long agogood quality paper, ink etc and very fine detail on all the subjectslooks great framed and hungpet & smoke free homethe illustrations are wonderful and they have good detailif you are nautical they would look fantastic framedapprox size is 25 x 17 inchesoffer for the lot consideredi can post one or all in a packing tube at cost or come and collect and view in personpictures available via e mailthey have never been hung or displayed from the day they were made
5 €
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War escapes includes the escape of german soldier cornelius rost from a labor camp in siberia and his three-year trek to iranprison escapes includes how mary, queen of scots, outsmarts her captors and escapes an isolated scottish castle
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 shipwreckswhen the image of the ship is viewed upright, the batavia sets sail in all its gloryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableturning the coin over to see the text "" and "batavia" the right way up, one sees the capsized ship shortly after the shipwreck in1 grade 999 read morecountry: 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): 31this first triangular bullion coin in the world was minted by the royal australian mint of 1 ounce 99our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebatavia - australian shipwreck set (1st) 1 oz silver - fleur de coin first triangular bullion coin set of 4 coins limited mintage of only piecesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
26 €
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Booklet not dated or paginatedcolour photographs integrated with text throughoutnot dated, 56 pagesgood condition, though sticker ghost on back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport 1: brownsea island - includes sections on "when the monks ruled brownsea", "the pirates of purbeck" and "wildlife on brownsea" among others2: 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 moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge volume 25 of the society for post-medieval archaeologyarticles include but are not limited to:Â anne yentch on chesapeake artefacts; mponsford on post-medieval britain and ireland reviews by: l & ra adkins on talking archeology; g
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 shipwrecksand, as a potential superhighway, the mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigatedbass's foreword frames the study's scholarly significance and discusses its place in the nautical archaeological canonoffering 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 travelit is new in appearancerelying 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 seathis broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholarsthis 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 unmarkedlenz delves into the homeric greek lexicon to search out possible references to the birdlike shapes that adorned early ships' stem and sternthere are a few faint scuffs to the back cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 resultvan soldt offer new and illuminating translations of ugaritic and akkadian documents that refer to seafaringhoftijzer and woxfam 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 developmentthese intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water travelthere is minimal edge wearhocker provides a useful appendix and glossary of nautical terms, and george fin very good condition
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 seaan 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 daythis 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 discovery650 colour illustrationsthis beautifully illustrated book offers an overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient greecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford distributed by university of exeter pressth 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 titanicare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 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 authenticityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeset of 2 banknotes (foil) for a one-way journey for twolimited edition of just worldwide piecesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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 countrysideinterleaved 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 prosperityoxfam 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 spectrumthe 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 whiskiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 creation
9 €