A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks (43 page)

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David Gibbins

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DAVID GIBBINS
is the internationally bestselling author of the Jack Howard novels, which have sold over three million copies worldwide and are published in thirty languages, and the Total War series of historical novels.

Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his professional life. After taking a PhD from Cambridge University he taught archaeology in Britain and abroad, and is a world authority on ancient shipwrecks and sunken cities. He has led numerous expeditions to investigate underwater sites in the Mediterranean and around the world. He currently divides his time between fieldwork, England and Canada. You can sign up for email updates
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1. Title Page
   
2. Copyright Notice
   
3. Dedication
   
4. List of Illustrations
   
5. Prologue
   
6.  1.  Early sea traders of prehistory in the 2nd millennium
   BC
   
7.  2.  Royal cargoes at the time of Tutankhamun in the 14th century
   BC
   
8.  3.  Wine trade in the Golden Age of classical Greece in the 5th century
   BC
   
9.  4.  A shipwreck from the height of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century
   AD
   
10.  5.  Christianity and early Byzantium in the 6th century
    AD
    
11.  6.  Tang China, the Land of Gold and Abbasid Islam in the 9th century
    AD
    
12.  7.  Viking seafaring and voyages of discovery in the 11th century
    AD
    
13.  8.  The
    Mary Rose
    (1545): flagship of King Henry VIII
    
14.  9.  The
    Santo Cristo di Castello
    (1667): lost masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age
    
15. 10.  The
    Royal Anne Galley
    (1721): gold, piracy, and the African slave trade
    
16. 11.  HMS
    Terror
    (1848): to the limit of endurance at the ends of the earth
    
17. 12.  SS
    Gairsoppa
    (1941): courage and loss in the Battle of the Atlantic
    
18. Photographs
    
19. Afterword
    
20. Acknowledgments
    
21. Bibliography and Resources
    
22. Index
    
23. Also by David Gibbins
    
24. About the Author
    
25. Copyright
    

First published in the United States by St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group

A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN TWELVE SHIPWRECKS.
Copyright © 2024 by David Gibbins. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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Cover design by Jonathan Bush

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Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd., a Hachette UK company

First U.S. Edition: 2024