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Martin, Colin

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Colin Martin’s (b. 1939) (Fig. 1) brief early career as a flying instructor was curtailed by an eyesight defect, and he joined the army on a short service commission in 1958. Posted to Cyprus he learned to dive and became fascinated by the many submerged antiquities around its coasts. From 1961 he worked as a freelance writer and photographer based in Scotland, specializing in historical and archaeological topics and diving when he could. During the early 1960s, he participated in David Bellamy’s “Operation Kelp” around Britain’s coast and later accompanied Bellamy on a botanical expedition to NW Spain.

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  • Martin, C. 1975. Full Fathom Five: the wrecks of the Spanish Armada. London: Chatto & Windus.

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  • - 1978. The Dartmouth, a British Frigate wrecked off Mull, 1690. 5. The ship. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 7(1): 29-58.

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  • - 1988. A sixteenth century siege train: the battery ordnance of the Spanish Armada, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 17(1): 57-73.

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  • - 2005. The Adelaar: a Dutch East Indiaman wrecked in 1728 off Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 34(2): 179-210.

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  • Martin, C. & G. Parker. 1988.The Spanish Armada. London: Hamish Hamilton.

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Further Reading

  • Martin, C. 1997. Ships as integrated artefacts: the archaeological potential, in M. Redknap (ed.) Artefacts from wrecks: 1-14. Oxford: Oxbow.

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  • - 2011. Stowed or mounted: the Spanish Armada of 1588 and the strategic logistics of guns at sea, in C. Beltrame & R. G. Ridella (ed.) Ships and guns: 85-97. Oxford: Oxbow.

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  1. Cupar, Fife, Scotland, UK

    Paula Martin

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  1. Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Claire Smith

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Martin, P. (2014). Martin, Colin. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_629

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