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MARY ROSE - SOUVENIR
GUIDE to the
Introduction by HRH Prince Charles
Published by: The Mary Rose Trust in 1983.
Soft printed covers - 104 pages (unnumbered)
Dimensions: 21 cms tall by 15 cms wide
The Mary Rose was raised in 1982 and I guess this
1983 book was one of the first (if not the first) guide books to the subsequent
exhibition. Although the book has 104 pages, at least half of them
are advertisements from sponsors so the details is a lot less - still very
thorough and informative. Extremely well illustrated with relevant
photographs and diagrams of the wreck and artifacts, the book contains
lots of detail. It covers the loss of the ship and early attempts
of salvage in tudor times and later dives done by the Deane Brothers in
the 1800's followed by the detail of the excavation and survey between
1971 and 1979. Using photographs of recovered artifacts, the guide
describes life at sea in Tudor times including pastimes with games and
music, details of the barber surgeon aboard, navigation methodes, ordanance
(including cannon, guns and long bows), living conditions and food remains.
It goes on to explain conservation and the future plans for the Mary Rose
displays only now coming to fruition some 30 years after the ship was raised.
More of a book than a guide really
MARY ROSE - SOUVRENIR GUIDE to the
Introduction by HRH Prince Charles
Published by: The Mary Rose Trust in 1985.
Soft printed covers - 64 printed pages
Dimensions: 30 cms tall by 21 cms wide.
This is the second publication of the guide following
the ship being raised in 1982 although double in size to the 1983 edition.
Once again, like the 1983 edition the guide is possibly more than half
filled with adverts of sponsors at the time, maybe making the guide a "time
capsule" itself to life in 1985? The guide is more like an A4 book
now as things had moved on, more artifacts preserved maybe? Apart
from being larger, the book is totally different in format now. When
you get through the eleven pages of adverts, the book starts with a section
titled "The Ship, The King and the Princess" which gives the history of
the ship and the early salvage and modern recovery of artifacts up to the
time of the raising of the wreck. After 8 more full pages of adverts,
it goes on to "The Homecoming" which covers the raising and trip to its
current place of starage and preservation and another section entitled
"Inside the Ship Hall" which shows the preservation process. Thee
rest of the book mingles yet more full page adverts with photographs and
details of artifacts recovered and restored - really some amazing stuff!
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