{"product_id":"9781784743994-the-drowned-places","title":"The Drowned Places","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiving in Search of Atlantis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Literary and learned. It goes deep' \u003cb\u003eAMY LIPTROT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most compelling and evocative of underwater odysseys' \u003cb\u003eKATE HUMBLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most captivating book on diving that I have ever read' \u003cb\u003eMENSUN BOUND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamian Le Bas explores the meaning we find in sunken ruins around the world in this spellbinding love letter to diving.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands of years ago, an island off the Straits of Gibraltar went to war with ancient Athens. The battle was lost, and an earthquake cleaved the land in two. Overnight the island sank beneath the waves – or so legend tells.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a young boy, Damian Le Bas was captivated by the story of the lost city of Atlantis. As an adult, he dreams of diving to discover its ruins. After the death of his father, torn between his lifelong desire and the taboo his Romany culture places on the ocean, he comes by chance across a dive shop. He can’t help but go in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder the waves, Damian enters a breathtaking world. As he masters the skills of this exhilarating sport, diving with seals in the Farne Islands, exploring submerged Roman ruins in Naples and mapping the sunken city of Port Royal in Jamaica, he is entranced anew, by wonders both man-made and natural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlato's writings on Atlantis were a parable about the hubris of humankind; in witnessing our effects on oceans and ocean communities, Damian finds echoes of this in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41729576960097,"sku":"9781784743994","price":18.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12580756_39139_20250507032554.jpg?v=1746633599","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784743994-the-drowned-places","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}