Shipwrecks: Did you mean...?

European explorers began to probe the Western Hemisphere in the early 1500s, and they found to their utter amazement not only a huge landmass but also a world filled with several diverse and populous indigenous cultures. Among their most...

The Carthaginians, like their Phoenician forefathers, were highly successful traders who sailed the Mediterranean with their goods, and such was their success that Carthage became the richest city in the ancient world. Metals, foodstuffs...

The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company ship that foundered on the coral reefs of the Houtman Albrolhos Islands, 60 kilometres (37 mi) off the coast of Western Australia, just before dawn on 4 June 1629. It was the flagship of a fleet...

The Vrouw Maria (or Lady Maria) wrecked off the Finnish coast en route from Amsterdam to St. Petersburg in Autumn 1771 CE.

The Shipwreck' oil on canvas by Hendrik Kobell (1751–1782 CE). Painted 1775 CE.

The Finnish Maritime Museum virtual reality exhibition that allows visitors to experience Vrouw Maria’s sinking and inspect parts of the shipwreck.

Dive the wreck of Catherine the Great's lost treasure ship, which ran aground on October 3, 1771 CE, during foul weather that hit the archipelago in southwestern Finland.

A perfectly intact gun carriage has been lifted from the Thames. It is from the huge 17th Century warship, the London. Experts say that this is the best example of this naval equipment from the period in existence. A team has been diving...

In 1983 CE, an almost intact horse-powered boat or ferry was discovered in Burlington Bay. Known as the Burlington Bay Horse Ferry, it is an example of the type of vessel that was a popular form of transportation across the lake between Vermont...

The Phoenix, built by the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company and launched in 1815, was the second commercial steamboat on Lake Champlain. The steamer, commanded by Captain Jahaziel Sherman, maintained a regular schedule between Whitehall, NY...