The Sunken Ship: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days #1)

The Sunken Ship: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days #1)
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Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
Total Pages : 64
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ISBN-10 : 1338794604
ISBN-13 : 9781338794601
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sunken Ship: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days #1) by : Kyle Lukoff

Vera the mermaid and her half-octopus friend Beaker go on playful adventures in the underwater town of Tidal Grove.

Scooby-Doo! and the Sunken Ship

Scooby-Doo! and the Sunken Ship
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 60
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ISBN-10 : 1743626649
ISBN-13 : 9781743626641
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Scooby-Doo! and the Sunken Ship by : James Gelsey

Scooby-Doo and the gang are excited about a beach party at Sancy Cove. But rumours of a pirate's hidden treasure have the locals acting fishy. When the pirate's ghost shows up to claim his treasure, the whole town is spooked. Ahoy! It's up to Scooby and his friends to catch the greedy ghost!

The Shipwreck Hunter

The Shipwreck Hunter
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Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Total Pages : 524
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ISBN-10 : 9781925576337
ISBN-13 : 1925576337
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shipwreck Hunter by : David L Mearns

David Mearns, the man who discovered the wreck of HMAS Sydney, takes us on an extraordinary voyage through his amazing career as one of the world's most successful shipwreck hunters. 'The underwater worlds of past and present collide in the depths of the ocean in this gripping and suspenseful narrative by David Mearns, a true expert on the mysteries of the deep sea.' CLIVE CUSSLER David Mearns has found some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. His deep-water searches have solved the 66-year mystery of HMAS Sydney, discovered the final resting place of the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood and revealed the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur in the narrow underwater canyon that served as its grave. His painstaking historical detective work has led to the shallow reefs of a remote island that hid the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's sixteenth century fleet. The Shipwreck Hunter is the compelling story of David's life and work on the seas, focusing on some of his most intriguing discoveries. It details the extraordinary techniques used, the research and the mid-ocean stamina and courage needed to find a wreck kilometres beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Part detective story, part history and part deep ocean adventure, The Shipwreck Hunter is a unique insight into a hidden, underwater world.

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages : 526
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ISBN-10 : 9781555847968
ISBN-13 : 155584796X
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by : Gary Kinder

“Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek

The Watch Below

The Watch Below
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105035037113
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis The Watch Below by : James White

Dawn of Infamy

Dawn of Infamy
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Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780306825040
ISBN-13 : 030682504X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Dawn of Infamy by : Stephen Harding

As the Pearl Harbor attack began, a U.S. cargo ship a thousand miles away in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean mysteriously vanished along with her crew. What happened, and why? On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack by a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, their disappearance all but forgotten as the mighty warships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet burned. The story of the Cynthia Olson's mid-ocean encounter with the Japanese submarine I-26 is both a classic high-seas drama and one of the most enduring mysteries of World War II. Did I-26's commander, Minoru Yokota, sink the freighter before the attack on Pearl Harbor began? Did the cargo ship's 35-man crew survive in lifeboats that drifted away into the vast Pacific, or were they machine-gunned to death? Was the Cynthia Olson the first American casualty of the Pacific War, and could her SOS have changed the course of history? Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific.

Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario

Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 181
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ISBN-10 : 0940741024
ISBN-13 : 9780940741027
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario by : Jim Kennard

Documents the stories of a number of sunken vessels on the United States territory in Lake Ontario, among them the steamer Ellsworth, the St. Peter, the Homer Warren, the schooner Etta Belle, the Coast Guard cable boat CG-56022, the schooner William Elgin, the Orcadian, the steamer Samuel F. Hodge, the W.Y. Emery, the British warship Ontario, the schooner C. Reeve, the Queen of the Lakes, the schooner Atlas, the Ocean Wave, the steamer Roberval, the U.S. Air Force C-45, the schooner Three Brothers, the steamship Nisbet Grammer, the steamship Bay State, the schooner Royal Albert, the sloop Washington, and the schooner Hartford. Appendices look at three particular locations: Ford Shoals, Mexico Bay, and the lake near Oswego.

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid
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Publisher : Urban Ministries Inc
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 1934056723
ISBN-13 : 9781934056721
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Little Mermaid by :

Sea Princess Ondina longs for life on land in this new cultural adaptation of the popular children's story, The Little Mermaid. This much-loved fairytale has been illustrated and updated specifically for children of color and will be enjoyed by children ages 4-9 and their parents.

Florida's Shipwrecks

Florida's Shipwrecks
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0738554138
ISBN-13 : 9780738554136
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Florida's Shipwrecks by : Michael Barnette

The Sunshine State has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries. Tragically, part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in Florida waters. Potentially more than 5,000 shipwrecks reside off Florida's 1,200 miles of coastline, with hundreds more lost in the state's interior rivers. In and of itself, the Florida Keys archipelago, consisting of approximately 1,700 islands stretching 200 miles, is littered with the remains of close to 1,000 shipwrecks. In fact, many features of the Florida Keys were named after various shipwreck events, such as Fowey Rocks, which earned its name after the 1748 wrecking of the British warship HMS Fowey, and Alligator Reef, where the schooner USS Alligator met her demise in 1822. Florida's Shipwrecks utilizes captivating images to illustrate dramatic stories of danger and peril at sea, introducing readers to a fascinating cross-section of Florida's shipwreck history.

Julius F. Wolff Jr.'s Lake Superior Shipwrecks

Julius F. Wolff Jr.'s Lake Superior Shipwrecks
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Publisher : Duluth, Minn. : Lake Superior Port Cities
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : UVA:35007002457855
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Julius F. Wolff Jr.'s Lake Superior Shipwrecks by : Julius Frederic Wolff

Complete history of Lake Superior shipwrecks.