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This magnificent large-format illustrated book takes you down to the most spectacular wrecks in the Baltic Sea. This unique sea holds close toere are nearly 100,000 wrecks on the seabed here &ndash; many of them in surprisingly well keptgood condition. The unique qualities of the Baltic, with its cold water and the historic lack of shipworms, has help to preserved the shipwrecks better than anywhere else in the world &ndash; thus. This makes the Baltic Sea provides an enthralling irresistible treasure chest trove for divers. There are warships dating from the 17th century, magnificent wooden ships from the 18th century, cargo ships from the 19th century and warships from the Second World War.<br/><br/><br/><br/>On board these sunken ships, time has stood still on board these sunken ships frozen &ndash; 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 many a brutal dramas.<br/><br/><br/><br/>These amazing images of the ghost ships of the Baltic have attracted global attention. This is the first time they have been reproduced in a large format. and appear in this book reproduced really large for the first time.

The sea has always held a special fascination. It carried people to new continents and enabled trade and progress. But the sea, dark and stormy, also represented a threat to human life.<br/><br/><br/><br/>This book is a dramatic, tempestuous, glorious journey through art history. Spectacular paintings have transformed shipwrecks into powerful metaphors for human vulnerability. These works depict fear and bravery, hope and desperation, life and death &ndash; and people&rsquo;s struggle against immense danger. Rocky coastlines and gales can reduce human ambitions to splinters.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Following on from his successful titles Ghost Ships and Shipwreck, also published by Max Ström, author and historian Carl Douglas has joined forces with marine archaeologist Björn Hagberg and science journalist Martin Widman to create this magnificent volume. They take the reader on a journey spanning several centuries, from medieval mythical disasters via Romantic tragedies to shipwrecks in the contemporary realist era. The introduction is written by Christine Riding, head of the curatorial department at London&rsquo;s National Gallery.