Douglas, Carl – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:35:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Douglas, Carl – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Shipwreck https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/shipwreck/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=20210 In the days of sailing ships, the waters off Britain’s south-western coast were among the most treacherous in the world with tidal currents, submerged rocks, storms and murky depths. Thousands of ships were lost there over the centuries.

From Cornwall and the remote Isles of Scilly, four generations of the Gibson family documented these shipwrecks in photographs, creating a unique archive of an era when seafaring meant risking one’s life.
This magnificent book is the largest ever created on the outstanding collection of pictures of the Gibson Family, with almost 100 exceptional images presented as never before alongside text by Carl Douglas Björn Hagberg. The result is a work that conveys mankind’s struggle against the elements – and the extraordinary efforts to save lives. This book is published in co-operation with the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, that holds the unique Gibson collection.

]]> Ghost Ships of the Baltic Sea https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/ghost-ships-of-the-baltic-sea/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/ghost-ships-of-the-baltic-sea/ The Baltic sea holds close to 100,000 wrecks – many of them surprisingly well kept. The cold water and the historic lack of shipworms has preserved the ships better than anywhere else in the world – thus the Baltic Sea provides an enthralling treasure chest for divers. There are warships from the 17th century, magnificent wooden ships from the 18th century, cargo ships from the 19th century and warships from the Second World War. On board these sunken ships, time has frozen – it often feels as if the crew has only just left the vessel. The wrecks have become like time capsules, a spooky mixture of serene beauty and haunting reminders of a brutal drama.

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