As Michael Stammers explains, the Charles Cooper was a unique link to America's wooden sailing ships when its mercantile fleet was a dominant force in world shipping, from the early 19th century.
In its deep, dark waters, ancient shipwrecks are scattered across the seafloor. At first, wreck-spotting was far from the minds of the Maritime Archaeology Project (MAP) team, who started ...
Prehistoric tools and ancient anchors were recently discovered during an underwater excavation of a 2,500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sicily. The Superintendence of the Sea (SopMare), a ...
The unique building is modeled after the town hall in the Netherlands city of Hoorn. The museum inside plays host to 400 years of local history, interesting exhibits on local shipwrecks and modern ...