JUST PUBLISHED, 2011

Oceans Odyssey 2. Underwater Heritage Management & Deep-Sea Shipwrecks in the English Channel & Atlantic Ocean

 Edited by Greg Stemm & Sean Kingsley

Oceans Odyssey 2 presents the results of the discovery and archaeological survey of ten deep-water wrecks by Odyssey Marine Exploration. In the Western Approaches and western English Channel, a mid-17^th century armed merchantman, the guns of Admiral Balchin’s Victory (1744), the mid-18^th century French privateer La Marquise de Tourny and six German U-boats lost at the end of World War II are examined in depth. From the Atlantic coast of the United States, the Jacksonville ‘Blue China’ wreck’s British ceramics, tobacco pipes and American glass wares bring to life the story of a remarkable East Coast schooner lost in the mid-19^th century. These unique sites expand the boundaries of human knowledge, highlighting the great promise of deep-sea wrecks, the technology needed to explore them and the threats from nature and man that these wonders face. Challenges to managing underwater cultural heritage are also discussed, along with proposed solutions for curating and storing collections.

ISBN-13: 978-1-84217-442-5
ISBN-10: 1-84217-442-8

354 pages, full colour throughout (Oxbow Books, 2011) – £25

To order your copy: Oxbow Books, Oxford.