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Museum of Underwater Archaeology: The Sloop Industry
Learn about the cost of maintaining a maritime empire in America by considering the wreck of the British sloop Industry, which sank off the coast of Saint Augustine in 1764. The loss of the ship along with her cargo demonstrates that...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Oceanographers Found the Titanic
In this National Geographic segment, Dr. Robert Ballard describes how he gathered support to find the Titanic, the moment of its discovery and the mission to preserve its legacy.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Scents Incense and Perfume
Egyptians loved good smells. Read about the use of incense and the manufacture of perfumes in ancient Egypt.
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Aurora Trust and Aurora Institute of Maritime Studies
Find out about human interaction with the world's oceans through education support activities in the fields of ocean exploration, research, and education.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad
This is the text of the short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, a story of a poor immigrant from Central Europe sailing from Hamburg to America is shipwrecked off the coast of England. The residents of nearby villages, at first...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" by Charles Dickens
In "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" passengers that were saved from a shipwreck are stranded at sea in lifeboats. Read the full text on this site.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Benita, an African Romance by H. Rider Haggard
Read the full text of the adventure novel "Benita, An African Romance" by H. Rider Haggard. Encounter a hidden temple, a lost treasure, a shipwreck, ghosts, and a big game hunter in this novel.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Heathen by Jack London
Read the full text of the short story "The Heathen" by Jack London about the only two survivors from a shipwreck.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Attempt to Raise the Cristobal Colon
Spanish-American War era newspaper article on the attempts to raise the wrecked ship, Cristobal Colon, whiched proved a failure. Links to photos of the undersea divable ruins of the ship shows what it looks like today.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The African Trader by William H. G. Kingston
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The African Trader or the Adventures of Harry Bayford by William H. G. Kingston (1888). It offers a mixture of sea travel, African slave trade, and the perils of...
PBS
Pbs Meet Bob Ballard
Geologist, chemist and oceanographer. Learn about this fascinating man that found the Titanic, the Bismark and a lot of other sunken ships.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War I for Kids: Sinking of the Lusitania
Kids learn about the Sinking of the Lusitania during World War. Over one thousand civilians were killed when a german submarine (u-boat) sunk this luxury liner.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Titanic Facts and History
Description of the Titanic with details on its collision with an iceberg in 1912 where almost 1500 people died.
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Titanic
An archive of articles about the Titanic including pictures and a timeline showing events leading up to the creation of the Titanic.
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History of Minnesota's Lake Superior
Track the history of exploration, settlement, fishing, and recreation on Lake Superior in this lengthy description of one of our Great Lakes.
A&E Television
History.com: The Titanic: Before and After Photos
n 1912, the Titanic was glorified as the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in history. See it before and after its tragic sinking in the photo gallery.
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