by Robert D. Ballard · Madison Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401312007
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«El Naufragio del Isis» is the underwater archaeology book by Robert D. Ballard, published by Madison Press in hardcover (64 pages, in Spanish).
The book recreates the voyage of the Roman ship Isis, caught in a violent storm while returning from Carthage with a cargo. It also recounts how Robert D. Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, identified the ship's remains and took part in its archaeological excavation, with illustrations and photographs from the expedition.
The work belongs to the collection «Misterios del Pasado» and the edition is from 1990.
For young readers drawn to archaeology, Roman history, and underwater expeditions.
Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew.
