400 years of Shipwrecks, Mysteries and Heroic Rescues. For more than four centuries, seafaring vessels have traversed the tempestuous and deadly ocean waters that have been known, nearly as long, as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The first ships came for exploration and discovery. Later, most participated in commerce, some delved in piracy, while others were engaged in warfare. In all, more than 1,000 unlucky vessels and their crew and passengers, were forced to make the ocean waters and beaches along North Carolina's Outer Banks their final port of call, respresenting one of the greatest densities of shipwrecks in the world. Approx. 90 minutes. |