The Shipwreck Atlas

Why do ships sink? What happens to them when they do? And how are their wrecks located?

Join (the fictional) Dr Profundo and chart a course across the world’s oceans, seas and lakes, revealing the mystery surrounding more than 50 of the three million wrecks that lie under Earth’s waters.

A comprehensive and engaging insight into the underwater world of shipwrecks, told in compelling narrative non-fiction style by a well trusted voice in children's books. Each spread has full bleed illustration and is annotated by the fictional explorer in charming narrative non-fiction style. Some spreads are dedicated to single wrecks and others taking in two/three/four (or more, for examples like the fleet of Kubla Khan, The Spanish Armada, Chuuk lagoon and the Tangalooma wrecks, where many wrecks are concentrated in a small area). See examples of ships in their heyday as well as in their underwater resting place, close-up detail of specific artefacts or points of interest, and information split into digestible chunks, rather than heavy slabs of text, with a combination of prose, ‘In numbers’ lists and ‘Did you know?’ bubbles.

This is a perfect book for lovers of mystery and history and is a perfect Halloween-adjacent non-fiction armchair travel for children who love adventure. 

About the author

Jo Arnold is a writer based on the Scilly Isles. She has 42k followers on her Instagram page, @thelittleliterarysociety. She has a degree in English from Queen Mary, University of London. She is a Secondary School English teacher and book reviewer.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Arnold
• Assisted by: Philip Harris (Illustration)
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.05.2026
• EAN: 9781836002390
• ISBN: 978-1-83600-239-0
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 256 mm x 310 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 850 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Exploration & Discovery, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reference / Atlases, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pirates, Children’s / Teenage reference: Atlases and maps, Atlases & maps (Children's/Teenage)