Author: Jane McIntosh Publisher: Carlton Books ISBN: 9781847322999 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Sunken cargo, hidden jewels, and buried gold have long been the subject of myths and real-life discoveries. "Lost Treasures" recounts the fascinating stories behind the endless quest for the world's missing fortunes. Fully illustrated and containing detailed maps, the book charts the original histories of treasures waiting to be found-continent by continent and ocean by ocean. Written by an experienced archaeologist and filled with more than 250 remarkable images of precious finds, "Lost Treasures" takes readers on a journey through time and around the globe in search of rumored riches and uncovered wealth.
Author: Tommy Thompson Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN: 9780871137326 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 191
Book Description
In more than 250 photographs, drawings, and illustrations, "America's Lost Treasure" chronicles the sinking and recovery of the "Central America", the subject of "The New York Times" bestseller "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea".
Author: W.C. Jameson Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN: 1589796322 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
With his storyteller's gift, Jameson relates episodes from early explorers through the colonial period, the Civil War, the settling of the West, and the roaring 1920s. As a professional treasure hunter, he has followed the trails of many of the lost mines and buried treasures he describes. Sample treasures include Sir Francis Drake Treasure, Benedict Arnold Treasure, Lafayette's Sunken Riches, Maryland's Lost Silver Mine, The Wandering Confederate Treasury, Lost Treasure of the Gray Ghost, Oklahoma Outlaw Cache, and Lost Spanish Gold in the Sandia Mountains.
Author: Kevin D. Randle Publisher: M Evans & Company ISBN: 9780871317926 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 301
Book Description
Complete with maps and a directory, a guide to confirmed sites of treasure includes the most recent reports and history of lost fortunes from Nova Scotia to Southern Arizona to Peru. IP.
Author: David McKee Publisher: Andersen Press USA ISBN: 172844571X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
Elmer, Wilbur, and a brave troop of elephants set out on a quest to find the famous Lost Treasure of the jungle. When they stumble across a beautiful forgotten temple, Elmer's friends rush inside, eager to find the Lost Treasure before them, but Elmer appears to have stopped searching . . . A new Elmer tale from master storyteller David McKee that delivers just as much pathos as the very first.
Author: Helen M. Persons Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan ISBN: Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
Finding the Lost Treasure is a detective fiction novel written by Helen M. Persons, an adventure and mystery novelist and the author of “The Mystery of Arnold Hall”. Excerpts from the first chapter. The lives of the children had been simple, happy ones, until the recent death of their father and mother, hardly three months apart. John Wistmore, in whose veins flowed the blood of men of culture and ambition, had been anxious to give his children greater educational advantages than Sissiboo afforded. Jack, therefore, had been sent to Wolfville to school, and was now ready for college; while Desiré was looking forward to high school in the autumn
Author: Martin Taylor Publisher: Adventure Pop-ups S. ISBN: 9781845065546 Category : Picture books for children Languages : en Pages : 16
Book Description
"Join the quest and search for gold in this swashbuckling adventure-- but watch out for all the scary creatures that pop out at you!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Jane McIntosh
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