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- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil War Navies, USS Monitor, CSS Virginia
- Culture of the Sea
- Exploration, Voyages of Discovery, and Travel
- Geography & Cartography
- Harbors & Ports
- Immigration & Slave Trade
- Inland Waterways & Canals
- Lighthouses & Lifesaving
- The Mariners' Museum & Huntington Family
- Maritime Commerce, Merchant Marine & Work Boats
- Naval History and Naval Vessels
- Navigation & Seamanship
- Pirates and Piracy
- Recreation & Recreational Watercraft
- Sailing Vessels
- Shipbuilding, Ship Design & Ship Models
- Shipwrecks, Collisions, Salvage, & Underwater Archaeology
- Steamships & Passenger Liners
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- Electronic Resources
- Manuscripts
- Maps, Charts & Atlases
- Microfilm
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- Newspaper and Magazine Articles
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- Photographs
- Plans and Drawings
- Ships' Logbooks, Journals, and Account Books
- Vertical Files
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Immerse yourself in the study of underwater archaeology, marine salvage, shipwrecks, treasure and wreck sites, especially the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Examine materials on salvage standards and practices, excavations, legal issues, and deep diving.