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Reviews
The Salvage of Seven Treasure Ships
Review date: 2006-11-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
I live in Nevada, which if it were a country would be the third largest producer of gold in the world. Each year Nevada produces a bit more than 7,000,000 ounces of gold. Mr. Fine has looked at the Spanish records and in the years between 1493 and 1780 103,246,510 ounces of gold were produced and sent back to Spain in approximately 17,000 voyages. Some estimates are that 10% of those voyages never made it back to Spain. That's ten million ounces of gold at the bottom of the ocean somewhere. There are also emeralds, silver and other treasures.
Unfortunately, finding and then recovering anything of value is no simple matter. This book goes into detail about seven treasure ships that sunk and were then subsequently found and from which treasure has been removed. The sunken ships, the men who found them, and the results brought to the surface are discussed.
This is a beautifully printed, well illustrated, and written with a great understanding of the challenges faced by the salvagers.
An excellent adventure
Review date: 2006-11-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
Treasures of the Spanish Main: Shipwrecked Galleons in the New World tells of gold, treasure, and fleets which promised riches to divers who would unearth them. It's a history of the ships who sailed the 'Golden Highway' laden with gold - and it uses both historical record and the diving explorations of modern treasure hunters to spice its story of pirates, wrecks, and history. An excellent adventure evolves.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
John Christopher Fine
Recording label: The Lyons Press
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey decimal number: 910.9163
Number of items: 1
Number of pages: 192
Publication date: 2006-09-01
Format: Bargain Price,
Language: English (Published)
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