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What this series of 15 brief articles does is give the general public snapshots in words, pictures, and maps of marine archaeological projects in Australian waters. The articles are arranged in chronological order beginning in 1629 with the wreck of a Dutch East India Company ship on the west coast, and ending in 1945 with a ships' graveyard near Adelaide. With some variations, each of the articles follows the same pattern. Each chapter begins with a brief history, followed by a description of how the ship under investigation became a wreck, its discovery, and what has been learned by the archaeological investigation of the vessel. Most of the articles also deal with various legal aspects of wreck inspection and preservation. While some articles are written in a livelier style than others, all of them are informative and well documented. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers with an interest in the subject. R. E. Schreiber emeritus, Indiana University South Bend
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
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