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kelli7990's review
From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.
Thank you St. Martin’s Press & Netgalley for sending me a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! I wanted to read this book because I like the water and the ocean. I watched the movie Titanic about the shipwreck that happened and I enjoyed that movie but I wouldn’t watch it again because it’s long. I decided to DNF this book after reading 69 pages because the way this is written is very dry. It’s written like a history lesson and it doesn’t have any pictures in here. In my opinion, I would prefer to watch a documentary about shipwrecks instead of reading about them because it’s an interesting subject. I don’t know anything about it and I like watching documentaries.
Thank you St. Martin’s Press & Netgalley for sending me a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! I wanted to read this book because I like the water and the ocean. I watched the movie Titanic about the shipwreck that happened and I enjoyed that movie but I wouldn’t watch it again because it’s long. I decided to DNF this book after reading 69 pages because the way this is written is very dry. It’s written like a history lesson and it doesn’t have any pictures in here. In my opinion, I would prefer to watch a documentary about shipwrecks instead of reading about them because it’s an interesting subject. I don’t know anything about it and I like watching documentaries.
thefellowshipofthebooks's review
adventurous
informative
4.0
I must start off by saying that I love historical non-fiction and this was right up my alley. I learned so much more about specific ship wrecks and how they played a part in defining that specific century and the trade and migration that took place during that time. I never would have thought that a ship wreck would tell much more than who and where the crew were headed but this was truly and enjoyable read and a learning adventure as well.
sembray's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
trop_de_livres's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Five stars if you are REALLY interested in history, marine archeology and/or the history of ships.
David Gibbins is one of the most famous marine archeologists in the world and so it is logical that he should have written a book detailing twelve famous shipwreck discoveries.
Each chapter is devoted to one of these shipwrecks, in chronological order. By doing so, Gibbins can expand upon the information about the shipwrecks and connect them to to the history of the world at the time, compare them to each other, and to similar discoveries in other locations. This is a clever (and new to me) way to look at history, by focusing on the history of traveling by ship. Gibbins was personally involved in many of the shipwreck discoveries and relates his experiences as a marine archeologist in a captivating and personal style.
Highly recommended if you are a history buff, love archeology and find shipping history fascinating. If you are just slightly interested in these subjects, you might find the pure amount of information to be overwhelming, and that it reads more like a textbook. However, you also might be inspired to go down many rabbit holes (I was!) and find out more.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for letting me read this in exchange for an honest opinion.
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