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1545 Who Sank the Mary Rose


Free Download 1545: Who Sank the Mary Rose? by Peter Marsden
English | October 16, 2019 | ISBN: 1526749351 | 439 pages | PDF | 18 Mb
The raising of the Mary Rose in 1982 was a remarkable feat of archaeology and her subsequent preservation and display at Portsmouth a triumph of technical skill and imagination. She is more than a relic, however. She has a story to tell, and her sinking in the Solent in 1545, when under attack by the French, and the reasons for it, have intrigued historians for generations. With the benefit of access to her remains, archaeologists have been able to slowly unravel the mystery of her foundering on a calm summer’s day in July 1545.

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Who Sank the Titanic The Final Verdict


Free Download Robert J. Strange, "Who Sank the Titanic?: The Final Verdict"
English | ISBN: 1848844700 | 2012 | 224 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Designed as the technological marvel of her age, RMS Titanic claimed to be the largest, strongest, safest ship of the early 20th Century; a triumph of centuries of Great Britain’s unrivaled shipbuilding expertise. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. The 1500 American and British victims of RMS Titanic went to their watery graves never knowing that much of the ship was imperfectly forged from cheap and recycled scrap-iron and that the tragedy was caused by a chain of gross negligence and greed.

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