| A Young Person's Field Guide to Finding Lost Shipwrecks Contributor(s): Zaleski, Laurie Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1643789023 ISBN-13: 9781643789026 Publisher: Austin Macauley OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft |
| Dewey: 363.123 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5" W x 8" (0.49 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Young Person's Field Guide to Finding Lost Shipwrecks is an autobiographical account of a nautical archeological expedition. Written by the marine geologist in charge of the survey, it discusses and explains the science behind a multibeam sonar and other technology used for the expedition, as well as describing the day-to-day operations aboard a 37-meter research vessel. The story begins alongside a dock in Cadiz, Spain, where three archeologists, two college students on a summer internship, three captains, one cook, one engineer, two scuba divers, one able-bodied seaman and the author are aboard the Hercules getting ready to set sail in search of the Sant sima.Readers learn a lot more than science in this true-life account of a scientific expedition. They learn history, eat tapas, and even dance the flamenco, all while in search of a 200-year-old shipwreck. |