Ghost Fleets of the Outer Banks Reference Map

Originally printed for the National Geographic Magazine in 1970, this map plots over 500 ill-fated ships that lie forever on the atlantic coastal sea floor—from the British Tiger, sunk in 1585 in Ocracoke Inlet, to the fishing trawler Oriental, lost in 1969 off Bodie Island Lighthouse.

11" x 20"
© 1970

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