Wrecks on Welsh Beaches

Wrecks on Welsh Beaches

Author: TOM Bennett

Publisher: TOM Bennett

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Total Pages: 55

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At Low Tide, especially after winter storms, historic shipwrecks are to be seen on many UK beaches. All can be visited on foot, most seen without getting your feet wet. This book describes the stories and details of some 35 that can be seen around the Welsh coast. Two of them have not been positively identified, but the author, using his expertise as a wreck detective has suggested a name for the shipwreck. All these shipwrecks are part of our cultural heritage. Please respect them as historical monuments to our bygone maritime heritage. They are like museum pieces that can be visited freely for us to ponder and learn from. Some of these wrecks have lain in the sand for more than 200 years and if respected now, should still be there in another 200 years.


Treasure Ships of the Philippines

Treasure Ships of the Philippines

Author: TOM Bennett

Publisher: TOM Bennett

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Total Pages: 61

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Beneath the clear waters of the Philippines lie vast treasures from at least 15 Manila Galleons yet to be discovered. During World War II, Yamashita Treasure was meant to be deliberately sunk in Japanese ships, with the intention of recovery after the War. Read this book to find out more. This book is issued with a word of warning. There are grave an unexpected dangers associated with treasure hunting in the Philippines. This is an easy to read history book, well researched and full of information that you will not find in anywhere else.


Beaches of the New South Wales Coast

Beaches of the New South Wales Coast

Author: Andrew D. Short

Publisher: Sydney University Press

Published: 2007-05-14

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1743329350

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The second edition of this popular book has been completely rewritten and expanded. It covers every one of the 757 open coast beaches as well as 120 beaches in five large bays including Sydney Harbour.


SHIPWRECKS FOR WALKERS VOL 1

SHIPWRECKS FOR WALKERS VOL 1

Author: TOM BENNETT

Publisher: TOM Bennett (Shipwreck Historian)

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Total Pages: 82

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Every half mile of Britain's coastline has seen a shipwreck. It is not surprising that between the boulders or under the sand lie the remains of long lost ships. This book identifies and gives the stories of some 50 wrecks that can be seen at low water around the UK. Go shipwreck hunting on foot and explore Britain's maritime past.


Curious Travellers

Curious Travellers

Author: Mary-Ann Constantine

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-07-02

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0192593048

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Curious Travellers: Writing the Welsh Tour, 1760-1820 provides the first extensive literary study of British tours of Wales in the Romantic period (c.1760-1820). It examines writers' responses to Welsh landscapes and communities at a time of drastic economic, environmental, and political change. Opening with an overview of Welsh tours up to the early 1700s, Mary-Ann Constantine shows how the intensely intertextual nature of the genre imbued particular sites and locations with meaning. She next draws upon a range of manuscript and published sources to trace a circular tour of the country, unpicking moments of cultural entanglement and revealing how travel-writing shaped understanding of Wales and Welshness within the wider British polity. Wales became a popular destination for visitors following the publication of Thomas Pennant's Tours in Wales in the late 1770s. Hundreds of travel-accounts from the period are extant, yet few (particularly those by women) have been studied in depth. Wales proves, in these narratives, as much a place of disturbance as a picturesque haven--a potent mixture of medieval past and industrial present, exposed down its west coast to the threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. From castles to copper-mines, Constantine explores the full potential of tour writing as an idiosyncratic genre at the interface of literature and history, arguing for its vital importance to broader cultural and environmental studies.


SHIPWRECKS FOR WALKERS VOL 2

SHIPWRECKS FOR WALKERS VOL 2

Author: TOM BENNETT

Publisher: TOM Bennett

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Total Pages: 68

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Winter storms keep removing sand to expose remnants of long lost ships on Britain's beaches. This book puts names and stories to 50 of these relics which are now regarded as Historic Monuments. Go shipwreck hunting on foot and discover something of our forgotten maritime heritage.


Dollar Wreck

Dollar Wreck

Author: Tom Bennett

Publisher: TOM Bennett

Published: 2016-04-13

Total Pages: 64

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Thousands of silver cobs lie under the sands of Rhossili. Tom Bennett has investigated and found that the coins were traded for furs in New Amsterdam (New York) in 1639. The coins were part of a cargo on the Dutch West India Company ship Princess wrecked at Mumbles in 1647. Beaver furs, red timber and the bodies of 80 souls were scattered across Swansea Bay and the wreck was salvaged by Squire Mansel of Henllys on the Gower.


The Coastal Archaeology of Wales

The Coastal Archaeology of Wales

Author: Andrew Davidson

Publisher: CBA Research Report

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 190

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This report presents the findings of CADW funded surveys carried out between 1993 and 1998 on the Welsh coastal zone and discusses the broader implications of the project. The contributors define what is meant by coastal archaeology and outline the methodology of the surveys, before presenting a chronological overview of their results, of the location, type and importance of sites threatened by natural erosion, the construction of sea defences and of harbour and port facilities for example. Moreover, this report looks at priorities for the future and stresses the urgent need for archaeological representation on national forums and committees and in any decision-making that threatens the heritage of the Welsh coastline.