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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Remains of 1901 Shipwreck Discovered

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article about the discovery of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, a ship wrecked in the Golden Gate Strait of California in 1901.
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Article
Other

Times Colonist: Our History: Graveyard of the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a fascinating look at British Columbia's history through the Times Colonist reports on shipwrecks off Vancouver Island from the 1800s up to more recent years.
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Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Attempt to Raise the Cristobal Colon

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish-American War era newspaper article on the attempts to raise the wrecked ship, Cristobal Colon, whiched proved a failure. Links to photos of the undersea divable ruins of the ship shows what it looks like today.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean?

For Students 9th - 10th
Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. Peter...
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The African Trader by William H. G. Kingston

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The African Trader or the Adventures of Harry Bayford by William H. G. Kingston (1888). It offers a mixture of sea travel, African slave trade, and the perils of...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Meet Bob Ballard

For Students 9th - 10th
Geologist, chemist and oceanographer. Learn about this fascinating man that found the Titanic, the Bismark and a lot of other sunken ships.
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Website
Other

Florida.com: Division of Historical Resources: Archaeology: Galleon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1733 a fleet of many ships set sail from Havana for Spain. After a bout of wind changes and bad weather most of the ships were swamped or sunk covering a span of approximately 80 miles in the Florida Keys. The shipwrecks created many...
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Website
Other

Odyssey Marine Exploration: Hms Victory Project Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Find out how the wreckage of the HMS Victory was discovered and how divers removed artifacts from the site.
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Article
University of Florida

Florida Museum: 400 Years of Florida Shipwrecks

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition from Florida Museum demonstrates that the waters surrounding Florida are treacherous indeed! The site identifies famous shipwrecks from as far back as 1559. Artifacts and pictures abound.
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Website
Other

Titanic

For Students 9th - 10th
An archive of articles about the Titanic including pictures and a timeline showing events leading up to the creation of the Titanic.