Adventures of a Sea Hunter: In Search of Famous Shipwrecks
Leading archaeologist and consummate storyteller James Delgado takes readers on a rollicking deep-sea dive into his highly unusual life's work: locating and exploring the world's most famous shipwrecks. Colorful characters, near misses, and the thrill of standing — or floating — in history's...
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Leading archaeologist and consummate storyteller James Delgado takes readers on a rollicking deep-sea dive into his highly unusual life's work: locating and exploring the world's most famous shipwrecks. Colorful characters, near misses, and the thrill of standing — or floating — in history's footprints make for a highly entertaining look at the fascinating history and glittering bounty beneath the waves. Included are accounts of Pearl Harbor, the Titanic, and Bikini Atoll, site of the world's first nuclear tests.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781553650713 (1553650719)
Publish date: September 10th 2004
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Adventures of a Sea Hunter is a decent book. It is really more of a shipwreck sampler than an in depth study of historical wrecks, but this format worked just fine for me, as it allowed me to refresh my memory regarding wrecks that I am familiar with, and whetted my curiosity of wrecks that are new...
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