Author
Jim is the author,
co-author or editor of over 30 books as well as numerous articles
and archaeological reports covering a wide range of subjects related
to the histories of shipwrecks.
Books
Here
is what Jim currently has in the works:
 Iron,
Pearls and Gunpowder: The Incredible Saga of a Lost American Civil
War Submarine. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press,
IN PRESS)
Gold
Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of the San Francisco Waterfront.
(Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press,
IN PRESS)
Khubilai
Khan’s Navy. (Vancouver, Toronto and Berkeley: Douglas and
McIntyre, IN PRESS)
Below
is a selection of Jim's published works and what others are saying
about them.
Books
are for sale through Amazon.com and Chapters.Indigo.ca.
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This
book co-won the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Award.
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for media release.
This
book won the 2006 Bill Duthie BC Booksellers' Choice Award.
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for BC Book Prizes.
Waterfront:
The Illustrated Maritime Story of Greater Vancouver
Waterfront is a magnificently illustrated,
authoritative, and lively tour of the dynamic ebb and flow
between the water, the surrounding land and, above all, the
people who strove and dreamed along the waterfront. Many dramatic
stories abound along its waterfront—of this place, its
people, ships, and the events that shaped a city, a region,
and a nation: prehistoric mariners who ventured out of the
Arctic wastes after the last great ice age, European explorers
who sought a fabled passage to the riches of the Orient, enterprising
lumberman, railway tycoons, shipping magnates, stevedores,
ship captains, immigrants, scoundrels and heroes, hardworking
men and women. Their tales play out in this book, entwining
the story of the birth and growth of cities, ports, industries,
and companies.
This book is available at Chapters.indigo.ca
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Adventures
of a Sea Hunter: In Search of Famous Shipwrecks
Leading archaeologist and consummate storyteller James Delgado
takes readers on a rollicking deep-sea dive into his highly
unusual life's work: locating and exploring the world's most
famous shipwrecks. More than a million ships have gone lost
or missing in the seas, and going down in "the museum
of the deep" to find famous shipwrecks is a risky yet
profitable business, sometimes challenging the limits of human
endurance. Delgado, a marine archeologist and a member of
the Sea Hunter TV retrieval team, presents a chronicle of
distinguished wreckage, addressing the wrecks’ histories,
the scope of the undersea explorations to locate them, the
joy of discovery and the thrill of bringing artifacts to the
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Across
the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
After Columbus found his voyage to Asia unexpectedly blocked
by the New World, one driving goal of explorers was to find
a way around it. Arctic archeologist James Delgado relates
these tales--the voyages of the Norsemen, Henry Hudson, Sir
John Franklin, and others--with a rare combination of verve,
historical context, and lots of illustrations. |
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Lost
Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea
From the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium to the 1946
nuclear detonations at Bikini Atoll, Lost Warships
places shipwrecks in a broad historical, often-tragic narrative
of warfare at sea. Drawing on the author's knowledge as an
underwater archaeologist, naval historian, and maritime museum
director as well as historical accounts, paintings, contemporary
documents, photographs, and maps, the book presents a comprehensive,
graphically appealing overview of milestones in marine warfare
that changed the course of world history. Sidebars featuring
histories of specific battles, ships, relics, and shipwrecks
further illustrate and enhance this riveting tale. |
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Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology
This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference book
on the discovery and recovery of underwater archaeological remains
around the world and across time. Written by archaeologists
and other scientists who have made the discoveries, it offers
a wealth of authoritative and accessible information on shipwrecks,
drowned cities, ritual deposits, and other relics of our submerged
past.
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Ghost
Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll
In July 1946 a fleet of 242 ships, among them some of the most
famous of World War II, assembled within the lagoon of Bikini
Atoll, 4,500 miles from San Francisco. In Ghost Fleet,
author James Delgado, offers a fascinating account of Operation
Crossroads and the forgotten remains that have turned Bikini's
lagoon into a vast underwater ghost town. |
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The
USS Arizona
Jasper, Delgado and Adams trace the history of the Arizona,
from her launching in 1915, through her extensive cruises in
the Atlantic and Pacific, to the chaos after Japanese airplanes
sounded the death knell of America's battleship fleet. |
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Shipwrecks
from the Westward Movement (Watts Library: Shipwrecks)
Excerpt: The first Europeans who settled in North America came
by sea. They also spread across the continent on water. This
westward movement left wrecked canoes, riverboats, and ships.
Today, archaeologists are rediscovering these wrecks on the
bottom of the sea or in lakes and rivers. |
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Native
American Shipwrecks (Watts Library: Shipwrecks)
Excerpt: Many early native Americans lived and hunted near lakes,
rivers, and the sea for tens of thousands of years. |
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Wrecks
of American Warships (Watts Library: Shipwrecks)
Excerpt: For more than 200 years, the people of the United States
have seen the sea as a barrier to enemies in distant lands.
They built a navy with ships to defend a nation. |
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Arctic
Workhorse: The RCMP Schooner St. Roch
Dodging between the Arctic floes, almost crushed several times,
the little RCMP vessel St. Roch was the first ship
to conquer the hazardous Northwest Passage from west to east.
This book is a "biography" of St. Roch, from
her construction in Vancouver in 1928, through her working life
and famous voyages, to her resting place at the Vancouver Maritime
Museum. |
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