Shipwreck

Hardback

Main Details

Title Shipwreck
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Carl Douglas
By (author) Bjoern Hagberg
Photographs by The Gibson Family of Scilly
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:184
Dimensions(mm): Height 247,Width 328
Category/GenrePhotographs: collections
Places in old photographs
ISBN/Barcode 9789171265586
ClassificationsDewey:942.379
Audience
General
Illustrations 130 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Bokforlaget Max Strom
Imprint Bokforlaget Max Strom
Publication Date 24 February 2022
Publication Country Sweden

Description

In the days of sailing ships, the waters off Britain's south-western coast were among the most treacherous in the world with tidal currents, submerged rocks, storms and murky depths. Thousands of ships were lost there over the centuries. From Cornwall and the remote Isles of Scilly, four generations of the Gibson family documented these shipwrecks in photographs, creating a unique archive of an era when seafaring meant risking one's life. This magnificent book is the largest ever created on the outstanding collection of pictures of the Gibson Family, with almost 100 exceptional images presented as never before alongside text by Carl Douglas Bjoern Hagberg. The result is a work that conveys mankind's struggle against the elements - and the extraordinary efforts to save lives. This book is published in co-operation with the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, that holds the unique Gibson collection.

Author Biography

The Gibson family of the Isles of Scilly has for five generations created the most extraordinary photographs of shipwrecks. Carl Douglas is a historian, an acclaimed author and a skilled diver. He is the writer of the best-selling book Ghost ships of the Baltic Sea. Bjoern Hagberg a marine archaeologist, researcher and author with several books to his credit.