Author: Clay BlairPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Diving for Pleasure and Treasure
Author: Clay BlairDiving For Pleasure And Treasure
Author: Clay Blair Jr.Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786253321
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This unique book covers the author, Clay Blair Jr., and Robert Marx’s diving adventures from the search for the Monitor off of Cape Hatteras, to the discovery of the Spanish treasure galleon “El Matanzero” off the coast of Yucatan. This book is also a practical guide for those skin divers who want to search for greater rewards: how to dig on a wreck and identify finds. The appendix includes extracts of 10 documents from the Archives of the Indies, in Seville, Spain, concerning the ship Nuestra Señora De Los Milagros, also known as El Matanzero.
Treasure Hunt
Author: Peter EarlePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312380397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
"By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, treasure hunting had become a professional occupation, with a new breed of diver emerging. Much of their time was spent salvaging the wrecks of English and Dutch East-Indiamen carrying treasure to finance business in Asia. Ever since, men have been prepared to risk life and fortune in the search for underwater riches."--BOOK JACKET.
National Oceanographic Program - 1965
Author: United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and FisheriesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and FisheriesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1764
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National Oceanographic Program -- 1965
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on OceanographyPublisher:
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 88-23. Includes Interagency Committee on Oceanography reports "University Curricula in Oceanography," June 1963 (p. 205-368); "Oceanography -- The Ten Years Ahead," June 1963 (p. 427-492); "National Oceanographic Program -- Fiscal Year 1964," April 1963 (p. 497-565); and "National Oceanographic Program -- Fiscal Year 1965," Mar. 1964 (p. 569-620).
Possible Sources of Wreck Information
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Salvage
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
A listing of agencies, institutions, museums, libraries, and individuals that provide data relating to charted shipwrecks.
Treasure Lost at Sea
Author: Robert F. MarxPublisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552978726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The vast hidden world of sunken treasure. With less than 2% of the world's ocean depths explored to date, a myriad of unimagined mysteries and treasures await discovery. Treasure Lost at Sea chronicles the excitement of underwater archaeology and search for treasure. The book recounts the major periods and geographic locations of shipwrecks. Chapters include: The classical world Scandinavian shipwrecks The age of discovery The Spanish galleons Bermuda, graveyard of ships Privateers, pirates and mutineers Deep-water shipwrecks (Bismarck, Titanic, and others) Port Royal: The sunken city The lively text details the potential treasure as well as the political turf wars, technological limitations, and forces of nature that threaten any mission's success. Humanity's long history of exploration, civilization, trade and war is littered with sunken vessels. Colorful and richly illustrated, Treasure Lost at Sea will inspire a new generation of underwater archaeologists.
A Diver's Sourcebook
Author: Ronald V. ZakrzewskiPublisher:
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Category : Skin diving
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Possible Sources of Wreck Information
Author: National Ocean SurveyPublisher:
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Category : Salvage
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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