The Shipwreck Atlas

The Shipwreck Atlas Synopsis

Why do ships sink? What happens to them when they do? And how are their wrecks located?

Join (the fictional) Dr Profundo and chart a course across the world's oceans, seas and lakes, revealing the mystery surrounding more than 50 of the three million wrecks that lie under Earth's waters.

A comprehensive and engaging insight into the underwater world of shipwrecks, told in compelling narrative non-fiction style by a well trusted voice in children's books.

Each spread has full bleed illustration and is annotated by the fictional explorer in charming narrative non-fiction style. Some spreads are dedicated to single wrecks and others taking in two/three/four (or more, for examples like the fleet of Kubla Khan, The Spanish Armada, Chuuk lagoon and the Tangalooma wrecks, where many wrecks are concentrated in a small area). 

See examples of ships in their heyday as well as in their underwater resting place, close-up detail of specific artefacts or points of interest, and information split into digestible chunks, rather than heavy slabs of text, with a combination of prose, 'In numbers' lists and 'Did you know?' bubbles.

This is a perfect book for lovers of mystery and history and is a perfect Halloween-adjacent non-fiction armchair travel for children who love adventure.