- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Interlink (Sep 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 156656476X
- ISBN-13: 978-1566564762
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 18.8 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 458 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,050,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
From the earliest days of discovery, the Caribbean has been synonymous with marine adventure. Many vessels and seafarers have met their fate-often in mysterious circumstances-in the Caribbean Sea. Now, Martha Watkins Gilkes has traveled the length and breadth of the region to document the shipwrecks. She unravels the mystery behind many of these wrecks-from the infamous disasters to the long forgotten. She also has explored and written about many of the ships that have been deliberately sunk in recent years, offering unique homes for underwater creatures and marine plants. In this practical and informative guide, the shipwrecks of each island are explored in turn offering history, trivia, advice, and location details.
About the Author
A professional diver, Martha Watkins Gilkes started scuba diving when she was in college. Now owner and operator of a retail scuba store and travel company, she instructs, photographs, and models-all underwater. She lives on Antigua with her husband and diving companion.
Stan Waterman is an award-winning underwater cinematography-most notably, an "Emmy" for his work with ABC's "The American Sportsman Show." He was co-director of underwater photography for the film he Deep.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Shoddy,
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean: A Diving Guide (Paperback)
It is a fact that far too many books about shipwrecks which are aimed directly at the Scuba Diving market are poorly researched. In addition, many writers of such books are only too willing to accept previously published information without checking whether or not the original source was accurate. Unfortunately, this book is no different.The book contains questionable historic data and some of the photographs are actually blurred. Furthermore, according to the publisher's note on Photo Credits, it is claimed that "all unattributed photographs are by the author - Martha Watkins Gilkes." Two of these include the burning cruise liner Bianca C - a photograph taken in 1961, and a photograph of the Antilles a few years after she was wrecked in 1971. I don't think so! In order to make this book useful to any scuba diver, somebody would have to check and double-check all the information contained within it's pages and then publish a list of what is factually correct and what is not. This should have been a four-star product but, because the reader will not know which information may be trusted and which may not, it loses another 2 stars. NM
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2.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Shoddy,
By Ned Middleton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shipwrecks Of The Caribbean (Paperback)
It is a fact that far too many books about shipwrecks which are aimed directly at the Scuba Diving market are poorly researched. In addition, many writers of such books are only too willing to accept previously published information without checking whether or not the original source was accurate. Unfortunately, this book is no different.The book contains questionable historic data and some of the photographs are actually blurred. Furthermore, according to the publisher's note on Photo Credits, it is claimed that "all unattributed photographs are by the author - Martha Watkins Gilkes." Two of these include the burning cruise liner Bianca C - a photograph taken in 1961, and a photograph of the Antilles a few years after she was wrecked in 1971. I don't think so! In order to make this book useful to any scuba diver, somebody would have to check and double-check all the information contained within it's pages and then publish a list of what is factually correct and what is not. This should have been a four-star product but, because the reader will not know which information may be trusted and which may not, it loses another 2 stars. NM 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Shipswreck of the Caribbean,
By C. Mulder - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shipwrecks Of The Caribbean (Paperback)
Disapointing, it is not about the Carribbean only about the some of the islands especialy the English speaking islands.The spanish, french and dutch speaking islands are not in it. |
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