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Rod Macdonald
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Dive Scotland's Greatest Wrecks |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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208 |
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2000-07-03 |
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1840183349 |
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Mainstream Publishing |
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1.46 pounds |
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6.69 x 9.53 x 0.79 inches |
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2nd Revised edition |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
Accomplished diver Rod Macdonald has carefully selected 10 of Scotland's most famous shipwrecks in this practical and authoritative guide. The story of the sinking of each vessel is dramatically recounted and accompanied by a detailed description of the wreck today. Each wreck is brought vividly to life by specially commissioned illustrations and the dives are depicted with charts and underwater photographs. Review A book that achieves all that it sets out to achieve Dive Scotland's Greatest Wrecks measures a little under 10 x 7 with a hard cover. There are 176 pages of narrative - all well supported by a large number of black and white photographs (many of which are historic), diagrams and maps plus a further eight pages of colour photographs in the middle. The book is well laid out - beginning with that all-important acknowledgement of the many people who helped make the book possible and an informative introduction. Overall, the style is easy to read and the information imparted in this first chapter provides an excellent background for what is to follow. This is the 10 featured wrecks; Hispania, Rondo, Breda, HMS Port Napier, Wallachia, Akka, San Tiburco, Fram, Kln and Kronprinz Wilhelm. Each of these wrecks is fully described in excellent detail to which there are 6 elements; An historic narrative showing how the vessel was lost and her technical data, a photograph or other historic document regarding the ship - in some cases a newspaper cutting about the sinking, a sketch showing the vessel's attitude underwater, a painting which shows the entire vessel as she lies on the seabed, a further narrative which describes the specific diving conditions and, finally, such relevant factors as launch site, tides, depth, air and other local information. The book is then neatly rounded off with bibliography and index. Ned Middleton British professional Underwater Photo-Journalist & Author
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