Australian And New Zealand Shipwrecks & Sea Tragedies
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From treacherous reefs to raging southern storms, the waters surrounding Australia and New Zealand have claimed countless vessels and lives across the centuries, and Hugh Edwards chronicles these haunting maritime disasters with vivid, authoritative detail. Australian and New Zealand Shipwrecks & Sea Tragedies presents a sweeping account of the most catastrophic maritime events in the region's history, drawing on historical records, survivor testimonies, and archaeological evidence to reconstruct each tragedy with gripping precision. The book spans the era of early European exploration through to the modern age, mapping the perilous coastal waters that have long tested sailors' courage and condemned even the sturdiest of ships to a watery grave. Edwards, a celebrated Australian diver, journalist, and maritime historian, brings a rare combination of scholarly rigour and first-hand underwater experience to the subject, lending his narrative an immediacy that few historians can match. His prose is cinematic yet factual, transforming archival records into urgent human stories of survival, loss, and the relentless power of the sea. A landmark work in the canon of Australasian maritime literature, this volume stands as an essential reference for historians, divers, and anyone drawn to the dark romance of the deep — leaving the reader to wonder just how many more secrets still lie buried beneath those unforgiving waters.
Author: Hugh Edwards
Format: Hardback
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From treacherous reefs to raging southern storms, the waters surrounding Australia and New Zealand have claimed countless vessels and lives across the centuries, and Hugh Edwards chronicles these haunting maritime disasters with vivid, authoritative detail. Australian and New Zealand Shipwrecks & Sea Tragedies presents a sweeping account of the most catastrophic maritime events in the region's history, drawing on historical records, survivor testimonies, and archaeological evidence to reconstruct each tragedy with gripping precision. The book spans the era of early European exploration through to the modern age, mapping the perilous coastal waters that have long tested sailors' courage and condemned even the sturdiest of ships to a watery grave. Edwards, a celebrated Australian diver, journalist, and maritime historian, brings a rare combination of scholarly rigour and first-hand underwater experience to the subject, lending his narrative an immediacy that few historians can match. His prose is cinematic yet factual, transforming archival records into urgent human stories of survival, loss, and the relentless power of the sea. A landmark work in the canon of Australasian maritime literature, this volume stands as an essential reference for historians, divers, and anyone drawn to the dark romance of the deep — leaving the reader to wonder just how many more secrets still lie buried beneath those unforgiving waters.