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The shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands constitute an undeveloped, generally unseen and as yet unappreciated and unmanaged local marine resource with both historical and economic value. As in the case of any resource, proper management planning begins with an inventory designed to establish its .dimensional and qualitative characteristics so that appropriate and workable guidelines for both use and protection can be established. .
This inventory was first conceived' in 1966 when the senior author was serving as an associate curator of Naval History and '...,
Technology. A first draft based on research notes of Mr. Robert F. Marx, who had searched both Spanish and British archives,· . was completed at the Smithsonian with the helpful assistance of a colleague, Mr. Alan B. 'Albright, who was at that time the marine archaeology preservation specialist at that institution.
The first edition of the printed inventory was prepared .in 196.8 by the senior author I wit.h the assistance of Judith Fechner, while he 'was Director. of the Caribbean Research Institute in the u. S. Vi:rgin Islands and appeared in mimeograph form in F.ebruary 1969.
That edition has been out ot print for several years.
Recent efforts by the Government of the Virgin Islands ·to prepare a +full scale comprehensive management'plan for the coastal
zone resources of the Virgin Islands prompt this re-issue of "bhev original inventory with, minor corrections and additions. A completely revised edition extending the list to cover the periodvsince 1825 is in preparation' with the assistance of Mr .. George F: •.
Tyson, Foundation Staff Historian,and will include specific guidelines for excavation' methodologies, suggested protective legislation, and charts showing the location of known wreck sites.
http://www.irf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ShipwrecksOfTheVirginIslands.pdf
The shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands constitute an undeveloped, generally unseen and as yet unappreciated and unmanaged local marine resource with both historical and economic value. As in the case of any resource, proper management planning begins with an inventory designed to establish its .dimensional and qualitative characteristics so that appropriate and workable guidelines for both use and protection can be established. .
This inventory was first conceived' in 1966 when the senior author was serving as an associate curator of Naval History and '...,
Technology. A first draft based on research notes of Mr. Robert F. Marx, who had searched both Spanish and British archives,· . was completed at the Smithsonian with the helpful assistance of a colleague, Mr. Alan B. 'Albright, who was at that time the marine archaeology preservation specialist at that institution.
The first edition of the printed inventory was prepared .in 196.8 by the senior author I wit.h the assistance of Judith Fechner, while he 'was Director. of the Caribbean Research Institute in the u. S. Vi:rgin Islands and appeared in mimeograph form in F.ebruary 1969.
That edition has been out ot print for several years.
Recent efforts by the Government of the Virgin Islands ·to prepare a +full scale comprehensive management'plan for the coastal
zone resources of the Virgin Islands prompt this re-issue of "bhev original inventory with, minor corrections and additions. A completely revised edition extending the list to cover the periodvsince 1825 is in preparation' with the assistance of Mr .. George F: •.
Tyson, Foundation Staff Historian,and will include specific guidelines for excavation' methodologies, suggested protective legislation, and charts showing the location of known wreck sites.
http://www.irf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ShipwrecksOfTheVirginIslands.pdf
