# Begg 2007: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea > Paul Begg, 2007. 23 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The source for the inquiry's course and award, the explanations' assessment, and the ship's… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D00ZKR60QJF/mary-celeste-the-greatest-mystery-of-the-sea Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Mary Celeste](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste)Begg 2007 **0** # Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea Paul Begg, 2007. _Pearson Education, Harlow_. A careful modern history that re-reads the Gibraltar proceedings and Solly-Flood's correspondence, follows the ship to her 1885 wreck and the Parker fraud trial, assesses each explanation against the record, and traces the legend from Conan Doyle onward. Also records the 2001 Cussler wreck claim and its tree-ring refutation. **Mary Celeste** BookChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The source for the inquiry's course and award, the explanations' assessment, and the ship's later history. ## Cited by on this site 23 records [A waterspout or sudden squall struck the ship, flooding the galley and hold and giving a false reading of the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/answers/ANS0D00ZY843RJM/a-waterspout-or-sudden-squall-struck-the-ship-flooding-the) Answer ANS [Briggs and Morehouse conspired to abandon the ship for a salvage award.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/answers/ANS0D00ZZQ03M9B/briggs-and-morehouse-conspired-to-abandon-the-ship-for-a) Answer ANS [Briggs believed the ship was sinking or about to explode, and near land, and ordered a temporary abandonment…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/answers/ANS0D00ZWHE4P6K/briggs-believed-the-ship-was-sinking-or-about-to-explode-and) Answer ANS [The Dei Gratia's crew killed those aboard and claimed salvage.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/answers/ANS0D01006M03V7/the-dei-gratias-crew-killed-those-aboard-and-claimed-salvage) Answer ANS [The crew murdered the officers and family and fled in the boat.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/answers/ANS0D00ZYZJ3XS5/the-crew-murdered-the-officers-and-family-and-fled-in-the) Answer ANS [The Gibraltar survey and diver's reports on the derelict](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0104BE5YW0/the-gibraltar-survey-and-divers-reports-on-the-derelict) ART [The ship Mary Celeste (ex Amazon)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0102WJ250N/the-ship-mary-celeste-ex-amazon) ART [Vice-Admiralty Court of Gibraltar proceedings in the Dei Gratia salvage claim, 1872–1873](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0102540165/vice-admiralty-court-of-gibraltar-proceedings-in-the-dei) ART [No sign of violence was found; the sword stains proved not to be blood; nothing was taken.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D00ZZ7C7H80/no-sign-of-violence-was-found-the-sword-stains-proved-not-to) Evidence EVD [Solly-Flood's survey marks and stains did not survive examination; the testimony was consistent.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D0100EE7GQ4/solly-floods-survey-marks-and-stains-did-not-survive) Evidence EVD [The award was £1,700, a fifth of the value, and the salvors were themselves suspected and penalised.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D00ZZYT41A4/the-award-was-1-700-a-fifth-of-the-value-and-the-salvors) Evidence EVD [The departure was orderly, with instruments and papers taken, not a panic.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D00ZYQR4SJP/the-departure-was-orderly-with-instruments-and-papers-taken) Evidence EVD [The four seamen were of good character and none was ever heard of again.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D00ZZF631DA/the-four-seamen-were-of-good-character-and-none-was-ever) Evidence EVD [The main peak halyard trailed over the side, consistent with the yawl having been attached to the ship.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D00ZXGP4HA1/the-main-peak-halyard-trailed-over-the-side-consistent-with) Evidence EVD [Captain Gilman Parker runs the ship onto the Rochelois reef in an insurance fraud](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZV2J1RFA/captain-gilman-parker-runs-the-ship-onto-the-rochelois-reef) EVT [Conan Doyle publishes "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" in the Cornhill Magazine](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZTTR088Z/conan-doyle-publishes-j-habakuk-jephsons-statement-in-the) EVT [The Vice-Admiralty Court salvage hearing opens under Sir James Cochrane](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZTB42FFA/the-vice-admiralty-court-salvage-hearing-opens-under-sir) EVT [The court awards the salvors £1,700](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZTJY1G8W/the-court-awards-the-salvors-1-700) EVT [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZR4T1CNB/arthur-conan-doyle) FIG [Frederick Solly-Flood](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZQN647BT/frederick-solly-flood) FIG [Gilman C. Parker](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZRCM0GA5/gilman-c-parker) FIG [Sir James Cochrane](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZQX06RTK/sir-james-cochrane) FIG [The Mary Celeste](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` Begg, P. (2007). Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Pearson Education, Harlow. https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Mary+Celeste+Paul+Begg ``` [Find it at openlibrary.org](https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Mary+Celeste+Paul+Begg) Key **SRC** 0D00ZKR60QJF Kind Book Rights The publisher's Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D00ZKR60QJF/mary-celeste-the-greatest-mystery-of-the-sea/csl.json)