Royal Captain A Ship Lost in the Abyss

Description

ix + 101pp.; hardbound with dust-jacket; with many colour photographs. ISBN: 1-902699-19-X.

Scarce collector’s item about this British ship sunk off Palawan. The research and archaeological excavation of the Royal Captain ship has been done by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology in co-operation with the National Museum of the Philippines and with the support of the Hilti Foundation. Royal Captain – A Ship Lost in the Abyss, brings together a fantastic piece of history with the recovery and excavation of the sunken 18th century British ship, the Royal Captain, belonging to the Honourable East India Company, by the underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio, director of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology and a fascinating collection of photographs taken by the talented underwater photographer, Christoph Gerigk on the site of the archaeological excavation.