Shipwreck Stories, 9781485300403
Paperback
This book covers scores of shipwrecks - East Indiamen, warships from before and after the Napoleonic era, nineteenth-century steamships, trawlers, some modern freighters that courted disaster, whalers and a handful that has never been properly identified.

Shipwreck Stories

$64.93

  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    17 April 2015

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Summary

Not everybody is aware that the ships that rounded our coast over the past five centuries are as closely linked to the history of South Africa as gold and diamonds. They were treasures then, they are all treasures today. The difference is that about 3000 ships were lost rounding the Cape of Good Hope, some centuries ago on their way to and from the Spice Islands of the East. It has taken a rare brand of adventurer to discover the undersea locations of many of them and Al Venter and his friend…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781485300403
ISBN-10:1485300401
Author:Al J. Venter
Publisher:Protea Boekhuis
Imprint:Protea Boekhuis
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:17 April 2015
Weight:690g
Dimensions:222mm x 152mm
About The Author

Al J. Venter

Al J. Venter, now living in the UK has written over 40 war books, including Allah’s Bomb, Iran’s Nuclear Option, and Iraqi War Debrief, and most recently, War Stories, Shark Stories and African Stories. But he is also an avid diver and has already co-authored with John H Visser a book entitled Dive, South Africa.

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