Shipwrecks & Salvage in South Africa

by Malcolm Turner

This volume brings together widely-scattered information concerning the nearly 1000 shipwrecks that have occurred on the coast of South Africa, from the earliest recorded Portuguese wreck, that of a vessel whose name is lost to us, in 1505, to that of the Daeyang family in 1986. Illustrated with sketches, maps, drawings, and contemporary and historical photographs, the book covers various aspects of shipwrecks and salvage in South Africa which a main...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0869773879
• ISBN13: 9780869773871
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Struik Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.3"