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Ninteenth-Century Shipwrecks and the Maritime Cultural Landscape of the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico shifted from a colonial backwater to an active center of increasingly global maritime trade and commerce in the nineteenth...
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Shipwrecks in the Azores and Global Navigation (Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries): An Overview
The strategic importance of the Azores Islands resulted in the formation of a vast post-medieval underwater cultural heritage, consisting of...
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Shipwrecks in the Western Caribbean: Archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence, and Santa Catalina: Between Narratives and Hurricanes
From colonial times onward, Spanish and British vessels frequently sailed through the Western Caribbean Sea and faced significant navigational...
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Personal Possessions and Their Identity on Board Sixteenth-Century Shipwrecks
Over the last 30 years, there have been numerous studies on the archaeological and nautical history of 16th-century shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay. This...
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Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in the Nineteenth Century: An Historical Overview and the Likely Context of Two Deep-Water Shipwrecks
The Gulf of Mexico emerged as an American fishing frontier in the nineteenth century. Maritime activities expanded and matured in terms of...
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Site Formation Processes and Pollution Risk Mitigation of World War II Oil Tanker Shipwrecks: Coimbra and Munger T. Ball
Locating and documenting potentially polluting wrecks is essential in determining the risks they pose to causing oil spills as weakening hulls in the...
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Shipwrecks on Roncador Cay, the Caribbean Sea and Their Relationship with Hurricanes, 1492-1920
Previous studies suggest that tropical storms and hurricanes are among the leading causes of shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea since 1492. This paper...
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Late Nineteenth-Century Bulk Trade and Barges: An Historical Overview and the Likely Context of Two Deep-Water Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico emerged as an American maritime frontier in the nineteenth century. Maritime activities expanded and matured in terms of...
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Archaeological Discovery and Research of Ancient Shipwrecks in China in Last Thirties Years
Underwater archaeology was initiated in China in 1987, this chapter briefly review the ancient Chinese shipwrecks discovered by field archaeology 30...
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Ancient Shipwrecks off the Coast of Zhangzhou, Fujian
The underwater archaeology work in Zhangzhou waters began in 2001. After underwater archaeological investigations and excavations, more than 10...
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Shipwrecks of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties Discovered at Penglai, Yantai, Shandong Province
In 1984 and 2005, in the dredging work in the “water fortress”(水城) in Penglai (蓬莱), four Yuan and Ming shipwrecks were unearthed successively and...
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Ancient Shipwrecks Discovered in the Waters of ** Sha Islands
** Sha Islands is the main artery seaway from ancient China to Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. Maritime trade were quite prosperous. Since 20th...
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Ancient Shipwrecks Investigated off the **tan Island and Nanri Islands, Fujian Province
**tan Island and Nanri Islands are located in the center of Fujian‘s coastal waters, adjacent to Taiwan Strait. The ship** routes along them are...
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Ceramic Assemblages from Shipwrecks in Southeast Asia from the Last Half of the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries
Previous research suggests that the peak of Chinese and Southeast Asian ceramic trade in Southeast Asia occurred after the late fourteenth century...
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Dinghai Bay Shipwrecks of Yuan and Ming Dynasties in Lianjiang of Fujian Province
Dinghai Bay is located on the north bank of Minjiang estuary in **aochen Town, Liangjiang County of Fuzhou, where is an important sea passage from...
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Ancient Shipwrecks Excavated in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
Ancient Ningbo located at the southern end of the Grand Canal and its estuary to the sea, and was an important seaport city for maritime...