Oceans Odyssey 3 : the deep-sea Tortugas shipwreck, Straits of Florida : a merchant vessel from Spain's 1622 Tierra Firme fleet /
In 1990 Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology of Tampa, Florida, commenced the world's first robotic archaeological excavation of a deep-sea shipwreck south of the Tortugas Islands in the Straits of Florida. At a depth of 405 meters, 16,903 artefacts were recovered using a Remotely-Operated Vehicle. Th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; Oakville, Connecticut :
Oxbow Books,
[2013]
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| Series: | Odyssey marine exploration reports ;
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| Summary: | In 1990 Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology of Tampa, Florida, commenced the world's first robotic archaeological excavation of a deep-sea shipwreck south of the Tortugas Islands in the Straits of Florida. At a depth of 405 meters, 16,903 artefacts were recovered using a Remotely-Operated Vehicle. The wreck is interpreted as the Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario, a small Portuguese-built and Spanish-operated merchant vessel from the 1622 Tierra Firme fleet returning to Seville from Venezuela's Pearl Coast when lost in a hurricane. Oceans Odyssey 3 introduces the shipwreck and its artefact coll. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781782971498 1782971491 9781782971511 1782971513 |