Synopsis The book containing fifty significant and scholarly articles written by the specialists in international marine archaeology offers a scientific survey of maritime history and marine archaeology. This book is written by various outstanding scholars. This book has been profusely illustrated with coloured and black-white photos. The history of marine archaeology of theory and research in this sub-field in reviewed; and the current state of knowledge and research is summarised. This book is intended for research scholars, professors, specialists, students and readers interested in marine archaeology throughout the world because in this book the articles have vividly depicted authentic and useful information for the study in scientific marine archaeological development of the world.