#C-1020
No author stated
1986 Federal Court Opinion Regarding Salvage Rights at Coffins Patch Reef
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 9
Editions: There is no publisher or copyright
date noted on this pamphlet. It was originally inserted into paperback copies
of "Diving to a Flash of Gold" (see #C-5790), published by Florida Classics
Library (1986).
Description: This short pamphlet is a legal
opinion of a case involving MDM Salvage and Elizabeth Massey Investment Company
over the rights to salvage wrecks near Coffins Patch in the Florida Keys.
#C-1023
No author stated
Adventure and Adventurers
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 7.25"
Pages: 288
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh (no date; circa
1910), in hardback with pictorial boards.
Description: This book includes many stories
of adventure, including a chapter about William Phips and his successful salvage
of the Spanish galleon, "Concepcion".
#C-1025
No author stated
The Atocha Treasure – A
Legend Continues…
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel
Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet;
illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
5
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by Columbus Industries (1987) in
paperback.
Description: This
promotional pamphlet was published in conjunction with the Butterfield &
Butterfield “Atocha” auction held on September 26, 1987 at Caesars
Palace in Las Vegas. It contains pictures of treasure coins, silver
bars, artifacts and on-the-bottom salvage scenes, along with a
description of each picture.
#C-1026
No author stated
An
Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the Hon. East-India Company’s Ship
Doddington…
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Dodington
Comments:
Includes a fold-out chart, glossary, and one illustration
Size:
5” x 8”
Pages:
74
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Jacob Jacob, Bookseller,
London (1826) in paperback. The book was republished at a later
date as a section in "The Gleaner or Entertainment for the Fireside" by
J. Watson.
Description:
This book tells the story of the wreck of the “Dodington” in 1755 off
the coast of South Africa and
the adventures of those who survived the wreck. The information was
extracted from the personal journal of an officer who survived the wreck
of the “Dodington”…and annotated by an officer aboard the “HMS Stag” who
visited the wrecksite in March 1814.
#C-1027
No author stated
El Cazador –
The Wreck that Changed the World
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: El Cazador
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
8.5”
x 11”
Pages:
51
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the El Cazador
Museum, Grand Bay, Alabama, (2003), in paperback (computer- produced and
in a binder).
Description: This booklet tells the story of the sinking and salvage of the
Spanish brig of war, El Cazador, which sank in the Gulf of Mexico, 80
miles south of New Orleans, in 1784. It also describes the coins and
artifacts recovered.
#C-1028
No author stated
The
Hanover
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Hanover, Cannons
Comments:
Spiral bound-computer produced pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
8.5”
x 11.75”
Pages:
22
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was computer-produced by the
Hanover Park Heritage Centre (circa 1997), and spiral bound.
Description:
This pamphlet briefly describes the history of the “Hanover”, a packet
ship that sank in 1763 during a storm off the coast of St. Agnes
(Cornwall), with a cargo of gold and cannons. It also recounts the
details of the excavation and describes some of the cannons and
artifacts recovered.
#C-1030
No author stated
Hidden Treasure Tales from 'Blackwood'
ISBN/ISSN: 851580181
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Laurentic, Spanish
Armada
Comments: Anthology
Size: 5" x 7.5"
Pages: 260
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, Scotland (1969), in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This book is an anthology of 12
treasure stories from Blackwood's Magazine, and includes sunken treasure stories
about the "Florencia" and "Laurentic".
#C-1031
No author stated
The
HMS Looe Story
ISBN/ISSN:
987-0955964503
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Looe
Comments:
Booklet, includes a brief bibliography and a glossary ; illustrated
Size:
5.75” x 8.25”
Pages:
48
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Looe Development
Trust, Cornwall, UK (2008), in paperback.
Description:
This well-researched booklet tells the story of six warships dating from
1696 to 1763, all named “HMS Looe” (and two similarly-named ships from
World War II). It was the 4th “HMS Looe” that foundered off
the Florida Keys…in 1744 (contrary to the booklet written by Mendel
Peterson).
#C-1033
No author stated
A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, August, 1782
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Royal George
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 2.75" x 4.5"
Pages: 109
Editions: The first edition was published by
S. Horsey, Sen., Portsea, England (1840), in hardback. There were at least 6
subsequent editions. Some of the volumes were bound in wood salvaged from the
wreck and were originally sold in wooden boxes, which were also made from the
wreckage.
Description: This book relates eyewitness
accounts of the sinking of the "HMS Royal George" in 1782 at Spithead, England. It
also recounts various attempts to salvage the vessel in the 60 years following
its demise, including Tracy's attempt to raise the wreck in 1783 and Col.
Pasley's operations in removing the wreck during 1839-1840. The preface of the
book is signed by J.S. (Julian Slight).
#C-1035
No author stated
The Repertory
of Patent Inventions
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Thetis
Comments:
Illustrated
Size: 5.25” x 8.25”
Pages:
64
Editions:
The first edition (not sated) was published by the London Journal of
Sciences and Art (June, 1834), in paperback.
Description:
This publication
contains 2 abstracts (6 pages) from the Proceedings of the Royal Society
regarding the salvage of the "HMS Thetis", which sank off the coast of
Southern Brazil in 1830. The salvage was an engineering marvel of the
time.
#C-1037
No author stated
Saga of the San Diego
ISBN/ISSN: 9719138009
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: San Diego, ceramics, artifacts
Comments: Anthology; includes a glossary;
illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 95
Editions: The first edition (not sated) was
published by the Concerned Citizens for the National Museum, Inc., Manila (1993),
in paperback.
Description: This anthology includes nine
articles about the warship, "San Diego", which was wrecked in 1600 off the
Philippine coast. Several of the articles deal with the ceramics and artifacts
recovered.
#C-1038
No author stated
The Search for Colossus –
A Story of Wreck and Discovery
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Colossus, ceramics
Comments: Pamphlet;
includes a short bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.75” x 8.25”
Pages:
40
Editions: The first
edition (not sated) was published by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Maritime Archaeology Society, UK (2006), in paperback.
Description: This
pamphlet describes the history of the "HMS Colossus" and the
excavations in 2004 and 2005 by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Maritime Archaeology Society. “HMS Colossus” was one of Admiral Nelson's
ships returning from the Battle of the Nile when it sank in 1798 off the
Isles of Scilly. The ship contained a portion of Sir William Hamilton’s
valuable Greek ceramics collection.
#C-1039
No author stated
The Silver Galleons
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Artifacts
Comments: Exhibition catalog; illustrated
Size: 9" x 9"
Pages: 164
Editions: The first edition (not sated) was
published by the Houston Museum of Natural History and the Mexican Cultural
Institute, Washington DC (1997), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This museum exhibition catalog
describes and illustrates the historical role of Mexico and the "Silver
Galleons" in linking Asia with Europe and Africa from 1565 to 1815. The exhibit
took place at the Houston Museum of Natural Science during June 6 to September
1, 1997 and at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington DC from October 16,
1997 to January 24, 1998.
#C-1050
No author stated
Treasure Ships of the Great Lakes
ISBN/ISSN: 0939362813
Library of Congress: 80-85200
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 72
Editions: The first edition (stated) was
published by the Maritime Research & Publishing, Detroit, Michigan (1981), in
paperback. Some copies have a white cover while others have a gold cover.
Description: This book includes a listing of
Great Lakes shipwrecks with brief information about each, organized by Lake. It
also has quite a few newspaper reprints about wrecks and a map of the richest
wrecks.
#C-1058
No author stated
The Wreck of the Auguste
ISBN/ISSN: 0660145626
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Auguste
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 70
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by Parks Service, Environment Canada (1992), in paperback. A French
edition was simultaneously published under the title, "Le Naufrage de l'Auguste."
Description: This pamphlet tells the story
of the sinking of the "Auguste" in 1761 off the coast of Nova Scotia, and the
subsequent excavation in 1977. Many artifacts are pictured.
#C-1060
No author stated
Wrecks & Sunken Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mary Rose, Association, Hollandia,
Abergavenny, Royal George, Florencia, Royal Charter
Comments: Very small pamphlet; brief
bibliography; illustrated
Size: 3.25" x 6"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by Drive Publications, London (1972), in paperback.
Description: This very small pamphlet is a
regional guide to some of Britain's most famous shipwrecks. The description of
the wrecks and treasure aboard is very brief. The ships include the "Mary Rose",
the "HMS Association", the "Hollandia", the "Earl of Abergavenny", the "HMS Royal
George", the "Florencia", and the "Royal Charter".
#C-1068
Addario, Dominic A.
Diving for Sunken Treasure - Excerpts from The Jupiter Wreck Trilogy
ISBN/ISSN: 0974341401
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: San Miguel de Archangel
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 26
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by the author, Jupiter, Florida (2003), in paperback.
Description: This large pamphlet describes
the salvage of the "San Miguel de Archangel", a Spanish ship that sank off Jupiter,
Florida in 1660. It contains excerpts from a trilogy of upcoming books and shows
some of the treasure recovered to date.
#C-1069
Addario, Dominic
A
Guide to Responsible Undersea Exploration
ISBN/ISSN: 9780974341422
Library of Congress:
2010905364
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
88
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Adventure in Discovery,
Jupiter, Florida (2009), in paperback.
Description:
This
book discusses, at a high level, the archaeological
techniques the author has used to excavate and document wreck sites, and
preserve artifacts. It also addresses legal issues and ethics in
shipwreck salvage.
#C-1070
Addario, Dominic A.
Sunken Treasures - Curse of the San Miguel Arcangel
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: San Miguel de Archangel
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 188
Editions: The first edition (stated) was
published by the author, Jupiter, Florida (2000), in paperback. Each copy is
numbered and signed. The book was produced on a computer printer and is
hand-bound.
Description: In 1660 a Spanish king's
messenger ship, laden with treasures from the new world, was lost in a place
called "Jeaga" (now Jupiter-by-the-Sea, Florida). This is the story of the
finding and early salvage effort of the "San Miguel de Archangel" in 10 feet of
water. The wreck is still being salvaged as of January, 2002, and the author has
promised updates to the book.
#C-1072
Addario, Yvonne
Treasure Diving with Captain Dom
ISBN/ISSN:
9781425990435
Library of Congress:
2007901584
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
San Miguel de Archangel
Comments:
Juvenile; includes a glossary; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
50
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published
simultaneously by AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana and AuthorHouse
UK Ltd., Milton Keynes, UK (2007), in paperback. A second edition
(not stated but with "Special Archival Section" on the cover) was
published by Adventure In Discovery Publishing, Jupiter, Florida (2007),
in paperback and includes an archival section and a treasure coupon.
Description:
This juvenile book tells the story of Captain Dominic Addario and
his salvage of what is believed to be the Spanish messenger ship, “San
Miguel de Archangel,” wrecked in 1660 off the coast of Jupiter, Florida.
Many artifacts are pictured and a chapter is devoted to the tools
treasure hunters use.
#C-1075
Albury, Paul
Paradise Island Story
ISBN/ISSN: 0333371615
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 121
Editions: The first edition (First Published
- stated) was published by Macmillan Publishers, London (1984), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the history of
Paradise Island, near Nassau in the Bahamas. One chapter recounts the story of
William Phips and his salvage of the "Concepcion"...as well as his attempted
purchase of Paradise Island.
#C-1080
Alderman, Clifford Lindsey
Stormy Knight: The Life of Sir William Phips
Library of Congress: 64-14290
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Adolescent; includes a
bibliography
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 171
Editions: The first edition (stated) was
published simultaneously by Chilton Books, Philadelphia and Ambassador Books,
Ltd., Toronto (1964), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book tells the
story of the life of William Phips and his successful salvage of the "Concepcion".
#C-1090
Allen, Geoffrey & David Allen
Clive's Lost Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0906030072
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Dodington
Comments: Includes a brief bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10.5"
Pages: 102
Editions: The first edition (First Published
- stated) was published by Robin Garton, London (1978), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This well-illustrated book
tells the story of the search and salvage of gold from the "Dodington", an East
Indiaman, off the coast of South Africa.
#C-1100
Allen, Geoffrey & David Allen
The Guns of Sacramento
ISBN/ISSN: 0906030064
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Sacramento, cannons
Comments: Includes a brief bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10.5"
Pages: 81
Editions: The first edition (First Published
- stated) was published by Robin Garton, London (1978), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This book describes the raising
of 40 bronze cannons from the Portuguese galleon, "Sacramento".
#C-1105
Allen,
Madelene Freguson & Ken Scadden
The
General Grant’s Gold
ISBN/ISSN:
9780908988372
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
General Grant
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9.25”
Pages:
192
Editions:
The first edition (First Published – stated) was published by
Exisle Publishing Limited, Auckland, New Zealand (2009), in paperback.
Description:
This book tells the story of the wreck of the “General Grant” in a cave
on the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand, in 1866. It also tells
of the plight of the survivors and the many subsequent searches for the
gold that it was rumored to be carrying.
#C-1110
Allyn, Charles Francis
The Great Outdoors Book of Skin and Scuba Diving
ISBN/ISSN: 0820006017
Library of Congress: 61065228
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Santa Margarita
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 80
Editions:
The first edition was entitled, “Treasure in
the Sun” (see #C-1112). This title is the greatly expanded second edition
(stated) and was published by the Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg,
Florida (1961), in paperback. 50,000 copies of the second edition were
published. A third edition was published in 1971 in paperback.
Description:
This book is a largely about scuba diving, but
includes the sunken treasure stories from the author’s prior book, “Treasure in
the Sun” (#C-1112). The chapters include scuba equipment, diving medicine,
spear fishing, tournaments, underwater photography…and treasure hunting. Also
included is a centerfold map of Florida treasure locations, and a listing of 66
documented Florida treasures.
#C-1112
Allyn, Rube, Stan Witwer, Charles Francis Allyn, Dick Bothwell and The Secret
Six
Treasure in the Sun
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Santa Margarita, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Art McKee
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 30
Editions: The first edition (stated) was
published by the Great Outdoors Association, St. Petersburg, Florida (1961), in
paperback. A greatly expanded second and third edition was published under
the title, "Great Outdoors Book of Skin and Scuba Diving"
(see #C-1110), in paperback, also in 1961.
Description: This book mixes fact and fiction. The sunken treasure stories are
real, but most of the
pirate stories are fiction. It tells the story of Mrs. Bula Croker, who
partially salvaged the "Santa Margharita" off Palm Beach, Florida; it also tells
of the early 1715 and 1733 Fleet recoveries, including some of Art McKee's
treasure hunting adventures.
#C-1115
Almqvist, Bertil
The Vasa Saga - The Story of a Ship
ISBN/ISSN: 9100390933
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 8" x 10"
Pages: 24
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Bonniers Junior Forlag,
Belgium (1990), in
hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This juvenile book tells the story of the "Vasa's" sinking in 1628
off the coast of Sweden,
its discovery and its raising in 1962.
#C-1118
Amrhein, John Jr.
The
Hidden Galleon
ISBN/ISSN:
9780979687204
Library of Congress:
2007935481
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
La Galga, 1750 Fleet
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.25” x 9.25”
Pages:
523
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the New Maritima Press,
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (2007), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book tells the story of the Spanish galleon, “La Galga”, which sank
off the Virginia coast in 1750 and may have been the original source of
the wild ponies on Assateague Island. In the late 1990s “La Galga” was
the subject of a law suit by the Spanish government which claimed
ownership…and the Kingdom of Spain was ultimately awarded the wreck.
However, subsequent research has shown the wreck the Kingdom of Spain
was awarded is probably not “La Galga”.
#C-1119
Amrhein, John Jr.
Treasure Island – The Untold Story
ISBN/ISSN:
9780983084303
Library of Congress:
2010915642
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Guadalupe, 1750 Fleet
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.25”
Pages:
396
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the New Maritima Press,
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (2012), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This well-researched book describes the trail of Spanish treasure from
the time it was loaded aboard the “Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe” in
Veracruz, Mexico to its theft at Ocracoke, North Carolina, burial on
Norman Island, and finally, dispersal around the Caribbean isles. The
second half of the book draws many parallels between the events and
places in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” and the story of
the “Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe”.
Amundson, Katherine
The Story of the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Salvors, Inc., Key
West, Florida (1987), in
paperback and reprinted in paperback in 1994.
Description: This juvenile book is really a coloring book telling the story of
the sinking and salvage of
the "Atocha", with captions under the pictures. There is a foldout map of the
routes of the Spanish galleons in the back of the book.
#C-1140
Anderson, David
The Spanish Armada
ISBN/ISSN: 0531195058
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada
Comments: Adolescent; includes a glossary; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 10.75"
Pages: 47
Editions: The first edition was published by Macdonald & Company (Publishers)
Ltd., London
(1988), in hardback. The book was first published in the US (stated) by
Hampstead Press, New York City (1988) in hardback. The US edition has a
pictorial binding. I've never seen either edition with a dust jacket, but one
could exist.
Description: This adolescent book tells the story of the Spanish Armada and
examines the recent
findings of the Armada wrecks.
#C-1150
Anderson, Nina and William
Southern Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0887420281
Library of Congress: 86-45971
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet, Art McKee, 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Mel
Fisher,
1554 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 189
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by The Globe Pequot Press,
Chester,
Connecticut (1987), in paperback.
Description: While this book is primarily about land and pirate treasures, it
includes a chapter
about sunken treasures and overviews the wrecked fleets of Spanish treasure
galleons in 1554, 1622, 1715 and 1733.
#C-1152
Apuzzo, Robert
The
Endless Search for the HMS Hussar – New York’s Legendary Treasure
Shipwreck
ISBN/ISSN:
9780962991325
Library of Congress:
2007939695
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Hussar
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
151
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by R & L Publishing,
New York City (2008), in paperback.
Description:
This book is a series of newspaper articles relating to the sinking and
salvage of the "HMS Hussar", which sank in 1780 in the Hell Gate area of
the East River (Bronx, New York City) and was reputed to be carrying 14
chests of coins (a British army payroll during the Revolutionary War).
The articles range from 1780 to 1985. A few conclusions about the wreck
are drawn in the introduction, but the question as to why no treasure
has ever been found on the "HMS Hussar" is unanswered.
#C-1155
Ardley, Neil
Know Your Underwater Exploration
ISBN/ISSN: 52887019X
Library of Congress: 77-76217
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: See Ardley, Neil, "Learn About Underwater Exploration" (#C-1158)
Size: 9.75" x 12"
Pages: 48
#C-1156
Ardley, Neil
Learn About Underwater Exploration
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Adolescent; includes a glossary; illustrated
Size: 9.75" x 12"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition was published by Intercontinental Book Productions.
The book was
republished under the title, "Know Your Underwater Exploration", by Rand McNally
& Company, New York City (1977), in paperback.
Description: This adolescent book includes three 2-page chapters about
underwater archaeology,
including the story of the raising of the Swedish warship, "Vasa" and
excavating several ancient wrecks.
#C-1157
Armentrout,
David & Patricia Armentrout
Treasures from Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
1559162937
Library of Congress:
00-029076
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet
Comments:
Juvenile; includes a glossary; illustrated
Size:
7.75” x 10.25”
Pages:
48
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by The Rourke Book
Company, Inc., Vero Beach, Florida (2001), in hardback with pictorial
boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description:
Half of this juvenile book is about Spanish art and buildings, with the
other half about Spanish galleons and salvage. While no specific wrecks
are mentioned in the text, there are 4 pictures of “Atocha” treasures
and the cover of the book features the gold plate recovered from the
“Atocha”
#C-1158
Armstrong, Douglas R.
A Bronze Saker for England's King Henry VIII
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 13
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Palm Bay,
Florida (1993),
in paperback. A revised edition (stated) was published in 2000.
Description: This booklet describes a bronze gun, cast by the Owyn family in
England for King
Henry VIII in 1543. It was discovered near the Bahamas Islands in 1992.
#C-1168
Armstrong, Douglas R.
A Wrought Iron Gun for Early 16th Century Sea Service
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 49
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Palm Bay,
Florida (1993) in
paperback. A revised edition (stated) was published in 2000.
Description: This booklet describes a very
early wrought iron cannon, constructed near the end of the 15th century. It was discovered near the Bahamas Islands in 1992.
#C-1166
Armstrong, Douglas R.
The
Winter Beach Salvage Camp
Category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
1715 Fleet
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 11”
Pages:
156
Editions:
The first edition was
produced on a CD by the author in 2005. A revised edition was
published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island, Florida, 2012, in paperback.
Description:
This book
describes the history and site location of the camp on Merritt Island
that was used by the Spanish to salvage the 1715 Fleet (one of several
such camps). It includes the artifacts recovered (many
illustrations), the conservation procedures utilized, and the field
notes. As an addendum, the book includes the site profile and log
sheets for the 1990 Cannon Wreck.
#C-1170
Armstrong, Richard -editor
Treasure and Treasure Hunters
ISBN/ISSN: 241017475
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Laurentic, Great Basses Reef Wreck
Comments: Anthology
Size: 5.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 203
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Hamish
Hamilton Ltd., London (1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. The Children's
Book Club, London, published an edition in 1970, in hardback with a dust jacket.
The first US edition (not stated) was published by David White, Publishers, New
York City (1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. The US edition was reprinted
(stated) in 1971 in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This anthology includes 12 treasure stories, 2 of which are about
sunken treasures.
Arthur C. Clarke writes about his adventures salvaging an unidentified shipwreck
on the Great Basses Reef in Sri Lanka and Sir Robert H. Davis tells of the
successful salvage of 3186 gold bars from the White Star liner, "Laurentic".
#C-1173
Armstrong, T.L. and Tommy Gore
The Rainbow Chasers Tricentennial Yearbook
ISBN/ISSN:
9781505701463
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
241
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island,
Florida (2015), in paperback.
It was published in both a Limited Color Edition and a Black & White
edition. A second edition (stated) was published in paperback in
August, 2015.
Description:
This
book is a review of the 1715 Fleet disaster with emphasis
on the fleet's salvage over the last six decades. The book contains
many first-hand recollections of people directly involved in the salvage
of the ships, more than twenty maps, and over two hundred photos. An
analysis of the coastal venue, the ships involved, the storm track, and
previously unpublished narratives are also included. The book is an
expanded version of "The Rainbow Chases in the
Great Florida Treasure Hunt".
#C-1175
Armstrong, T.L. and Randy Andrews
West of the Bull – A Brief Romance with Forbidden
Treasure
ISBN/ISSN:
9781490509648
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
248
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt
Island, Florida (2013), in paperback.
Description:
This is the story of the shipwrecks and treasure salvage in the
Cape Canaveral area of Florida before the government started closing
the area in the 1960s. It is also the story of the New Channel
Historical Survey Group, of which the authors were involved. Bob Marx’s
notes of the shipwrecks in this area and a list of archaeological
sites recorded for NASA are additionally included.
#C-1180
Arnold, J. Barto III & Robert S. Weddle
The Nautical Archeology of Padre Island
ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-063650-6
Library of Congress: 78-3331
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 9.5"
Pages: 462
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Academic Press, New
York City (1978),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a history and archaeological study of the
Spanish ships which
sank in 1554 off Padre Island, Texas. The author is an eminent archaeologist who
worked on the recovery of the wrecks.
#C-1190
Aston, Paul
True Sea Stories
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Royal Charter
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 5"
Pages: 346
Editions: The first edition was published by Robinson Publishing Ltd., England
(1997) in paperback.
The book was republished in the US by Sterling Publishing Co., New York City
(1997), also in paperback.
Description: This book recounts 23 stories of the sea...with one sunken treasure
story about the
"Royal Charter" wreck off Anglesey, England in 1859 with 370,000 English Pounds
of gold on board.
#C-1194
Atherton, Dave
La
Trinidad Valencera
Category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
La Trinidad Valencera, Spanish Armada
Comments:
Include a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8” x 10.25”
Pages:
128
Editions:
The first edition was published by
Great Sea,
Derry, Ireland, in 2013, in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust
jacket issued).
Description:
This book relates the history, discovery and excavation
of the Spanish Armada vessel, "La Trinidad Valencera", off the Irish
coast by the City of Derry Sub Aqua Club. Not only did the club
discover the ship, but they also worked with archaeologists and
government to excavate it and preserve the artifacts in a museum.
Well illustrated with many pictures of artifacts.
#C-1195
Atlantis Salvage Corporation
The Wreck of the Merida
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Merida
Comments:
Salvage prospectus
Size:
8.5” x 14”
Pages:
79
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Atlantis Salvage
Corporation, Syracuse, New York (1987) in a spiral bound document.
Description:
This salvage prospectus contains historical documents
relating to the sunken liner, “Merida,” which sank in 1911 off Cape
Henry in Virginia. The prospectus alleges that wreck
contains $50,000,000 in treasure.
#C-1196
Austin, Keith
The Victorian Titanic - The Loss of the S.S. Schiller in 1875
ISBN/ISSN: 184114133X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Schiller
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 9.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 240
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Halsgrove,
Tiverton, England (2001), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This well-researched book tells the story of the German liner,
"S.S. Schiller", and its
demise on the rocks off the Isles of Scilly in 1875. A chapter on the salvage of
£57,712 in specie the year after the wreck is included.
#C-1197
Avery, Thomas
The Mystery Ship from 19 Fathoms
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Alvin Clark
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 44
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, AuTrain,
Michigan (1974), in
paperback.
Description: This booklet describes the discovery and excavation of the "Alvin
Clark", which
disappeared in 1864 off Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1969 this schooner was raised
and put on display (only to decay at the dock).
#C-1198
Baer, Robert H.
The Last Voyage of the San Miguel de Archangel
ISBN/ISSN:
9781466205239
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
San Miguel de Archangel
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
210
Editions:
The first edition
(stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island,
Florida (2011), in paperback.
(not stated) was published by the author, AuTrain, Michigan (1974), in
paperback.
Description:
This book is the story of an accidental discovery of a
Spanish vessel on a secret mission
carrying a unique cargo bound from Peru to the King of Spain, circa
1659. The "San Miguel de Archangel" carried a sample of the 'Star of
Lima' coinage, minted illegally by the Count Alba de Liste. The book
describes the ship, the sinking, the discovery, the salvage, and the
troubles amongst the investors. The author is a professional
archaeologist.
#C-1200
Baker, Emerson W. & John G. Reid
The New England Knight
ISBN/ISSN: 0802009255
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Includes a bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 359
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by the University of Toronto Press, Canada (1998), in hardback (no
dust jacket issued) and paperback.
Description: This book is a scholarly study
of William Phips' life, and his successful salvage of the "Concepcion".
#C-1205
Balder, A.P.
The Complete Manual of Skin Diving
Library of Congress: 68-23060
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 302
Editions: The first edition (First Printing
stated) was published by The Macmillan Company, New York City (1968), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The Macmillan Company, London, published a hardback
edition with a dust jacket in 1970. There have been at least 9 subsequent
printings.
Description: This book is primarily an early
how-to scuba book. However, it includes a chapter on underwater archaeology, and
briefly deals with search methods, recognizing decomposed wooden shipwrecks,
recovery tools, and artifact preservation.
#C-1208
Baldwin, Hanson
Admiral Death
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Central America
Comments: Same book as "Sea
Fights and Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven Seas" (#C-1210); illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 277
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by Simon and Schuster, New York City (1939), in hardback with a dust
jacket. The book was later republished under the title, "Sea Fights and
Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven Seas" (#C-1210), in an expanded form by
Hanover House, Garden City, New York (1955), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Hanover House reprinted "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven
Seas" in hardback with a dust jacket in 1956. A paperback edition of "Sea Fights
and Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven Seas" was published in 1955 by
Doubleday/Dolphin, New York City. A UK edition of "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks -
True Tales of the Seven Seas" was published by the Museum Press Ltd., London
(1956), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a collection of
true stories about shipwrecks and nautical disasters, including a short chapter
on the "SS Central America".
#C-1210
Baldwin, Hanson W.
Sea Fights and Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven Seas
Library of Congress: 55-7669
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Central America, Birkenhead
Comments: Expanded version of "Admiral
Death"; illustrated with maps
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 315
Editions: The real first edition (not stated) was published under the title,
"Admiral Death" by
Simon and Schuster, New York City (1939), in hardback with a dust jacket. The
book was expanded and republished under the title, "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks -
True Tales of the Seven Seas," (no edition stated) by Hanover House, Garden
City, New York (1955), in hardback with a dust jacket. Hanover House reprinted
"Sea Fights and Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven Seas" in hardback with a
dust jacket in 1956. A paperback edition of "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks - True
Tales of the Seven Seas" was published in 1955 by Doubleday/Dolphin, New York
City. A UK edition of "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks - True Tales of the Seven Seas"
was published by the Museum Press Ltd., London (1956), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This book is an expanded edition of "Admiral Death" (#C-1208). It
is a collection of
true stories about shipwrecks and nautical disasters and includes short chapters
on the "SS Central America" and the "Birkenhead".
#C-1220
Ball, Dorian
The Diana Adventure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Diana
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 176
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Malaysian
Historical Divers, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia (1995), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is the story of the search and salvage of the "Diana", an
1817 shipwreck
off Malacca (Malaysia) filled with Ming Dynasty china.
#C-1230
Ball, Duncan
Amazing Australian Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0207152608
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.5"
Pages: 27
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Angus &
Robertson,
Sydney, Australia (1987), in hardback with a dust jacket and pictorial binding.
Description: This book is a brief overview of the more famous Australian
shipwrecks, including
one chapter on various lost treasures.
#C-1232
Ballard, Robert D. and Toni Eugene
Mysteries of the Ancient Seafarers
ISBN/ISSN:
0792258452
Library of Congress:
2003056163
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9.5" x 11"
Pages: 256
Editions: The first edition was published by
the National Geographic Society,
Washington, DC (2004) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This
book documents ancient maritime
civilizations along the Mediterranean and Black seas, largely through underwater
archaeology.
#C-1234
Ballard, Robert D.
The Lost Wreck of the Isis
ISBN/ISSN: 0590438522
Library of Congress: 89-070280
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Isis
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 9" x 11.5"
Pages: 63
Editions: The first edition was published by Scholastic/Madison Press, New York
City (1990) in
hardback with a dust jacket. A UK edition was published by Hodder & Stoughton,
London (1990) and a Canadian edition was published by Random House, Toronto
(1990), both in hardback with dust jackets. A paperback edition was published in
1994 by Scholastic. Inc., New York City.
Description: This juvenile book tells the story of the author's search for, and
excavation, of the
Roman shipwreck, "Isis", in the Mediterranean Sea.
#C-1237
Banko, Richard
How a Year Treasure Diving Turned Into a Life Changing
Experience
ISBN/ISSN:
1533623252
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, Seaborne Ventures, Dominica
Size: 8.5”
x 11”
Pages:
28
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by CreateSpace (2016), in
paperback.
Description:
This is the author's story of working one year for
Seaborne Ventures, salvaging treasure. The author found gold bars and
chains on the "Atocha" when Seaborne Ventures worked as a subcontractor
to Treasure Salvors. He also worked in Dominica looking for treasure
wrecks, but nothing was found. This is a great first person story of
what it's like to work for a treasure salvage company (not all fun).
#C-1240
Bankson, Ross -editor
Hidden Treasures of the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0870446584
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 10.75"
Pages: 104
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National
Geographic Society,
Washington DC (1988), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket
issued). There was also a library edition published by National Geographic in
1988.
Description: This adolescent book is a profusely illustrated overview of
salvaging shipwrecks
from ancient to modern times. The focus is more archaeology than treasure.
#C-1250
Barada, Bill
Underwater - The Skindiver's Manual
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.75"
Pages: 127
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Citadel Press, New
York City (1955), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by Trend Books,
New York City (1955).
Description: This book is an overview of spear fishing and scuba diving, but
includes one
chapter on salvaging sunken treasure.
#C-1253
Barada, Bill
Underwater Adventure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.75"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Trend Books, New York
City (1959), in
paperback.
Description: This book includes an article on "Scuba Diving for Treasure", but
is primarily about
sharks, competition diving, spear fishing, unusual sea creatures, and other
adventurous aspects of scuba diving.
#C-1260
Barber, Nicola & Anita Ganeri
The Search for Sunken Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0817248382
Library of Congress: 97-5403
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 9" x 11.5"
Pages: 47
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Publishers,
Austin, Texas (1998), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket
issued).
Description: This adolescent book is an overview of salvaging sunken treasure
and
underwater archaeology of ancient ships.
#C-1263
Barnette, Michael
Encyclopedia of Florida Shipwrecks – Volume 1: Atlantic
Coast
ISBN/ISSN:
9780974303611
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
San Miguel de Archangel, 1715 Fleet
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
307
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Association of
Underwater Explorers (2010), in paperback.
Description:
This book briefly details hundreds of shipwrecks off the east
coast of Florida, from ancient times to modern times. Several
treasure ships are briefly described, including the “San Miguel
de Archangel” and the 1715 Fleet wrecks (listed by name).
#C-1264
Barnette, Michael
Florida's Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 9780738554136
Library of Congress: 2008921895
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Winchester, Art McKee
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6.5” x 9.25”
Pages:
127
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the Arcadia Publishing,
Charleston, South Carolina (2008), in paperback.
Description: This book is an illustrated history of
shipwrecks in Florida. The second chapter includes the following
treasure wrecks: "Nuestra Senora de
Atocha", the 1715 Fleet, the 1733 Fleet, and the "HMS Winchester".
Several of the pictures show Art McKee.
#C-1265
Barnette, Michael C.
Shipwrecks of
the Sunshine State - Florida’s
Submerged History
ISBN/ISSN: 0974303607
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet
Comments:
Includes GPS and Loran coordinates for 1000+ shipwrecks; includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
195
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the Association of
Underwater Explorers, Tampa, Florida (2003), in paperback.
Description: This book chronicles over 150 Florida maritime casualties, both
modern and historic. It includes chapters on the 1622 Fleet (“Atocha”),
the 1733 Fleet wrecks, and the 1715 Fleet shipwrecks. Many artifacts
are illustrated.
#C-1268
Barr, James
Spanish Armada - The Lost Spanish Galleons and Treasure in Donegal
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Spanish Armada, La Trinidad
Valencera, El Gran Griffon
Comments: Includes maps; illustrated
Pages: 179
Editions: The first edition was published by
the author in Ireland (2003), in paperback.
Description:
This extensively researched book tells the story of the
demise of the Spanish Armada on the Ireland coast, and the disposition
of the treasure salvaged and Spanish survivors.
#C-1270
Barrett, T.D.
True Tales of Buried Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Pamphlet
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Haldeman-Julius
Publications, Girard,
Kansas (1946), in paperback. This book was also published in 1946 by
Little-Blue-Books, Girard, Kansas in a much smaller size (3.5 x 5) with 63
pages, but without the Notes section of the Haldeman-Julius edition. It is also
paperback.
Description: While the majority of this pamphlet is about land treasures, it
includes a chapter about
William Phips and his recovery of the "Concepcion's" treasure.
#C-1275
Barthel, Donald A. and
George Robinson
Detecting South-East
Florida
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet
Comments:
Spiral-bound, includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
45
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the authors in Florida,
probably in the late 1990s (no date or place stated).
Description:
This obscure book describes the potential for metal detecting on the
beaches between Key West and Sebastain Inlet. Much of the book is
devoted to the beaches between Ft. Pierce and Sebastian Inlet, and the
1715 Fleet coins that have been recovered there. The book also includes
pages on the equipment needed, the hazards of beach detecting, and where
to stay.
#C-1280
Bascom, Willard
The Crest of the Wave - Adventures in Oceanography
ISBN/ISSN: 0060159278
Library of Congress: 87-46114
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Maravillas, San Jose; Robert Marx
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9.5" x 6.25"
Pages: 318
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Harper & Row Publishers,
New York City
(1988), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was reprinted in paperback by
Doubleday/Anchor, New York City (1990).
Description: This autobiography chronicles Bascom's 40 years in oceanography.
Included is a
chapter about his involvement in one of the early efforts to seek the "San Jose"
off Cartagena, Colombia, and also a salvage venture with Robert Marx on the "Maravillas".
#C-1290
Bascom, Willard
Deep Water, Ancient Ships - The Treasure Vault of the Mediterranean
ISBN/ISSN: 0385089821
Library of Congress: 74-2503
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 5.75"
Pages: 226
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Doubleday & Company, New
York City
(1976), in hardback with a dust jacket. A UK edition was published by David &
Charles, Newton Abbot (1976).
Description: This book overviews the archaeological treasure under the
Mediterranean and
Black Seas. It includes why ships sink, the development of marine archaeology,
deep water searching, site inspection, and shipwreck recovery.
#C-1300
Basque, Garnet
Lost Bonanzas of Western Canada - Volume II
ISBN/ISSN: 0919531393
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Pacific
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Sunfire
Publications Limited,
Langley, British Columbia, Canada (1994), in paperback. An enlarged and revised
second printing (stated) was published in 1988 in both hardback and paperback.
The book was reprinted in 1990 (Third Printing - stated) and again in 1996
(Fourth Printing - stated).
Description: While the majority of this book is about land treasures and lost
mines, it does have a
chapter about the "SS Pacific", which sank off Cape Flattery, Washington, in
1875 with $100,000 in gold.
#C-1310
Bass, George F.
Archaeology Beneath the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0802704778
Library of Congress: 74-24795
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 238
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by Walker
and Company, New
York City and Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited, Toronto (1975), in hardback with
a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by Harper Colophon Books, New
York City (1976).
Description: This book is the story of the author's first significant underwater
archaeology project, a
3200-year-old Bronze Age wreck at Cape Gelidonya, Turkey, and several subsequent
projects.
#C-1320
Bass, George F.
Archaeology Under Water
Library of Congress: 66-12992
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.25"
Pages: 224
Editions: The first edition was published by Thames and Hudson, London (1966),
in hardback with
a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by Frederick A. Praeger, New
York City (1966), in hardback with a dust jacket. Praeger did a second hardback
printing in 1968. Penguin Books Limited, Middlesex, England published a
paperback edition in 1970. A US paperback edition was published by Pelican
Books, New York City (1970).
Description: This book is an overview of the techniques used in underwater
archaeology including
search and survey, mapping, raising operations, salvaging of artifacts, and
tools used.
#C-1324
Bass, George F.
Beneath the Seven Seas –
Adventures with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN:
0500051364
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Belle, Sieur de LaSalle, Port Royal
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 11”
Pages:
256
Editions:
The first edition (First Published in the United Kingdom -
stated) was published by Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, in hardback with
a dust jacket.
Description:
This well-illustrated coffee table book is divided into 7
sections: The Oldest Wrecks, Ancient Greek Wrecks, Roman and Byzantine
Wrecks, Medieval and Renaissance Wrecks, Seventeenth Century Wrecks
(including LaSalle’s “Belle” and Port Royal,
Jamaica), Eighteenth Century Wrecks and Wrecks of Modern Times. Within
each section, a number of excavations are described and many artifacts
are illustrated.
#C-1330
Bass, George F. -editor
A History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0802703909
Library of Congress: 72-81455
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 320
Editions: The first edition was published by Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London
(1972), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by Walker and
Company, New York City (1972), in hardback with a dust jacket. There seem to be
2 varieties of the US edition. Some of the US editions say, "Printed and Bound
in Great Britain" and have blue end papers. Other US editions say "Printed and
Bound in Italy" and have white end papers. The two US editions also have quite
different paper stock. A paperback edition was published by Omega, London (1972)
and reprinted in 1974. A book club edition was published in 1974 by Book Club
Associates, London.
Description: This book is an excellent overview of underwater archaeology as it
existed in the
early 1970's, including successes to date and current projects in the field. It
is authored by many of the experts in the field. The time span includes the
earliest known shipwrecks to 1850.
#C-1340
Bass, George F. -editor
Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas
Library of Congress: 88-50246
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Cayo Nuevo Wreck, 1554 Fleet, San Pedro, San Antonio, 1622
Fleet, Atocha, Concepcion, 1733 Fleet, Guadalupe, Conde de Tolosa, Sacramento,
Kip Wagner, Mel Fisher, Teddy Tucker, 1715 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 272
Editions: The first edition was published by Thames and Hudson Ltd., London
(1988), in hardback
with a dust jacket. A US edition (First Published in the USA - stated) was
published by Thames and Hudson, Inc., New York City (1988), in hardback with a
dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by Thames and Hudson, Inc., in
both London and New York City, in 1996 and this is still in print.
Description: This book is a history of shipwrecks in North and South America
based on underwater
archaeological discoveries. It begins with pre-Columbian watercraft and extends
through the 19th century.
One chapter, ‘Treasure
Ships of the Spanish Main’,
includes descriptions of the Cayo Nuevo wreck off the coast of Mexico, the 1554
Fleet, the “Atocha”
from the 1622 Fleet, the “San
Pedro”
and “San
Antonio”
wrecks off the coast of Bermuda, the
“Concepcion”,
the 1733 fleet, the “Guadalupe”
and the “Conde
de Tolosa”
off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and the
“Sacramento”
off Brazil.
#C-1350
Bass, George F.
Shipwrecks in the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 9751716055
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography with each chapter; profusely illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Museum of
Underwater
Archaeology, Bodrum, Turkey (January, 1996) in paperback.
Description: This book illustrates many of the artifacts excavated from the
ancient shipwrecks
around the Turkish coast, and briefly tells the story of the development of
underwater archaeology in Turkey.
#C-1355
Bauer, Dr. Joseph
Art
McKee – a Keys Legend
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Comments:
Booklet; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
16
Editions:
The first edition (1st Annual Art McKee Days
Commemorative Edition - stated) was published by the Florida Keys
History of Diving Museum, Islamorada, Florida (2013), in paperback.
Description:
This booklet recounts Art McKee’s childhood, his time in the Florida
Keys, and his exploits treasure diving.
#C-1358
Bax, Alan and Rex Cowan
Juno - 1782
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Juno
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
8.25” x 11.75”
Pages:
13
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the authors in
Plymouth, England (1970), in paperback. The binding is crude with the
pages stapled together and a printed cover attached.
Description:
This oversize pamphlet describes the underwater survey conducted
by the authors on the "Juno" (sank 1782 off the Isles of Scilly) during
December 4-5, 1970. This is a record of the dives they made to the
wreck and the finds they made. Some of the artifacts are illustrated
and there is a site map included.
#C-1359
Bayerle, Captain Martin and G.S. Payne
The
Tsar’s Treasure – The Sunken White Star Liner with a Billion Dollar
Secret
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
RMS Republic
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.35”
Pages:
214
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Barnburner Books, LLC
(2013), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This is the story of the author's search for the White
Star liner, “RMS Republic”, and his attempts to salvage it. It's also
the story of the rumored gold treasure on board and the author's
meticulous research to solve the mystery.
#C-1360
Bazrod, Sondra Farrell
The Hunt for Amazing Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0440508886
Library of Congress: 99-23462
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Maravillas, El
Cazador, Bob
& Margaret Weller
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 228
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by Dell
Publishing, New
York City and Dell Publishing Canada (1999), in paperback.
Description: This is a book about found treasures and is based on a TV series
with the same
name...everything from movie posters, gems, guns and manuscripts to shipwrecks.
Each found treasure is described in a 5-10 page chapter. The shipwreck stories
include the "Atocha", "Maravillas", "El Cazador", the 1715 Fleet, the 1733
Fleet, and the story of Bob & Margaret Weller.
#C-1365
Beare, Nikki
Pirates
Pineapples and People – Tales and Legends of the Upper Florida Keys
Library of Congress: 61-18682
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1733 Fleet
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
134
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by the Atlantic Publishing
Company, Miami Beach, Florida (1961), in paperback and was limited to
5000 copies.
A
print-on-demand version of the book is now available.
Description: This book relates stories about a variety of topics in the Upper
Keys. It includes several pages about the 1733 Fleet wrecks and shows
two full-page pictures of some of the relics recovered by Olin Frick and
Tim Watkins. The book mentions several other non-treasure shipwrecks
and provides a listing of treasure wrecks in the Keys (although much of
the information is erroneous).
#C-1370
Beasant, John
Stalin's Silver
ISBN/ISSN: 0747523444
Library of Congress: 99-21627
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: John Barry
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 216
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Bloomsbury Publishing,
London (1995), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing (stated) was also published in
1995 in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition (First US Edition - stated)
was published by St. Martin's Press, New York City (1999), in hardback with a
dust jacket. Paperback editions were published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London
(1996) and St. Martin's Griffin, New York City (2000).
Description: This book documents the loss and partial salvage of the American
submarine, "USS
John Barry", which was loaded with $380 million in silver coins and bullion when
it was sunk in 1944.
#C-1375
Belleville, Bill
Sunken
Cities, Sacred Cenotes & Golden Sharks
ISBN/ISSN: 0820325929
Library of Congress:
2003020881
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Port Royal, Drake
Comments:
Illustrated
Size: 6.25” x 9.25”
Pages:
233
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia (2004), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This is a book about the author’s
diving adventures in North, South and Central America and reads like a
travel log. One chapter describes the author’s
visit to the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica, and another chapter
tells of searching for a sunken galleon and Sir Francis Drake’s
lead coffin in Panamanian waters.
#C-1378
Beltrame, Carlo and Renato Gianni Ridella
Ships & Guns
ISBN/ISSN:
9781842179697
Library of Congress:
2011000547
Category:
Cannons
Keywords:
Cannons
Comments:
Includes references after each chapter; illustrated
Size:
8.25” x 11.75”
Pages:
132
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Oxbow Books,
Oxford, UK (2011), in paperback.
Description:
This book includes 15 articles about Venetian, Italian, and European
ordnance used between the 15th to 17th centuries.
There are many illustrations and pictures.
#C-1380
Belyk, Robert C.
Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 0471384208
Library of Congress: 2001024241
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Yankee Blade, Brother Jonathan
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 276
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., New York City
(2001), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book about shipwrecks off the western coast of the United
States includes a
chapter about both the "Yankee Blade" and "Brother Jonathan" treasure wrecks.
#C-1390
Bergaust, Erik and William Foss
Skin Divers in Action
Library of Congress: 65-15137
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vasa, Concepcion, William Phips, Genovesa
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 95
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by G.P.
Putnam's Sons, New
York City and Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto (1965), in hardback with a dust
jacket. A library edition was also published with pictorial boards.
Description: This adolescent book is an overview of skin diving. It includes a
chapter on
underwater treasure hunts with a brief mention of the "Vasa", the "Concepcion"
(which the book calls the "Nuestra Senora"), and the "Genovesa" (which the book
calls "Genovase").
#C-1400
Bevan, David
Drums of the Birkenhead
ISBN/ISSN: 902845012
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Birkenhead
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.5"
Pages: 190
Editions: The first edition was published by Purnell & Sons (SA) (Pty) Ltd.,
Cape Town, South
Africa (1972), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second enlarged edition was
published by The London Stamp Exchange, England (1979), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This book is mostly about the shipwreck, and subsequent
investigation into the
sinking, of the British troopship, "Birkenhead", which sank in 1852 off the
coast of South Africa. The second enlarged edition does, however, include one
chapter on the search for the gold the ship was supposedly carrying.
#C-1410
Bevan, John
The Infernal Diver
ISBN/ISSN: 0950824216
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mary Rose, Royal George, Enterprise
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x12"
Pages: 314
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Submex Ltd., London
(1996), in hardback
with a dust jacket.
Description: This huge book documents the story of John and Charles Deane, the
true inventors
of the hard hat diving helmet, and their exploits in salvaging shipwrecks in the
early 1800's. It includes the "Mary Rose", the "HMS Royal George" and treasure
salvage on the "Enterprise". While this book is first and foremost about the
early days of diving, it should also appeal to the treasure and underwater
archaeology enthusiast.
#C-1420
Billings, Henry
Man Under
Water
Library of Congress:
54-9597
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Phips, Concepcion, Laurentic
Comments:
Adolescent; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.25”
Pages: 189
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published
simultaneously by The Viking Press, New York City and The Macmillan
Company of Canada Limited, Tornoto (1954), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
There were later
printings published in 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1967, all in hardback
with a dust jacket. Lutterworth
Press, London, published a British edition in 1956 (First Published –
stated), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book recounts the history of diving and the
history of the submarine. One chapter tells the story of William Phips’
salvage of the Spanish galleon, “Concepcion”, off the coast of
Hispaniola in 1687 and the salvage of gold bullion from the liner, “S.S.
Laurentic”, in the early 1920s.
#C-1422
Billings,
Richard N.
Battleground
Atlantic
ISBN/ISSN:
0451217667
Library of Congress:
2005028562
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
I-52, World War II
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.25”
Pages:
311
Editions:
The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by the New
American Library, New York (2006) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book tells the story of the transfer of precious metals and
technology by submarine between Germany and Japan during World War II.
It includes the author's search for the Japanese submarine, I-52, that
was supposedly carrying a cargo of gold bullion to Germany at the end of
World War II. While the author succeeded in finding the I-52 and
investigating the debris field with a mini-sub 18,000 feet below the
surface, technical problems, weather problems, and a dispute with the
investor eliminated any chance for salvaging the cargo.
#C-1424
Bingeman, John M.
The First HMS Invincible (1747-58) – Her Excavations
(1980-1991)
ISBN/ISSN:
9781842173930
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Invincible
Comments:
Illustrated; includes a DVD containing a full artifact record
Size:
7.5” x 10”
Pages:
198
Editions: The first edition (First
Edition – not stated) was published jointly by Oxbow Books, UK & The
David Brown Book Company, Oakville, Connecticut (2010), in hardback with
pictorial boards
Description: This book tells the
story of the loss, discovery and excavation of the “HMS Invicible”, with
a detail description of the artifacts recovered (including a DVD with
pictures). It also details the construction, rigging, and armaments of
the ship.
#C-1427
Blackmore, H.L.
The Armouries of the Tower of London - The Ordnance
ISBN/ISSN: 0116702516
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 425 plus 80 plates
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Her
Majesty's Stationery
Office, London (1976), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This massive book describes the many cannons in the collection of
the British
Government and housed in the Tower of London. All of the cannons and many types
of ammunition are described, and most are illustrated. Many of the cannons are
nautical in origin and from a variety of nations. An excellent reference.
#C-1430
Blair, Clay Jr.
Diving for Pleasure and Treasure
Library of Congress: 60-11449
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck
Comments: Same book as "Diving for Treasure" (#C-1440); illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 348
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published simultaneously by World
Publishing Company,
Cleveland and Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd., Canada (1960), in hardback with a
dust jacket. A second printing (stated) was also published in hardback in 1960.
A British edition was published under the title, "Diving for Treasure" by Arthur
Barker Limited, London (1961), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book is the story of the author's (and Robert Marx's) search for, and
salvage of, the Spanish merchant ship at Matanceros Reef (which the author incorrectly
calls "El Matanzero") off the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. One of the "Top
75 Books".
#C-1440
Blair, Clay
Diving for Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck
Comments: See Blair, Clay, "Diving for Treasure and Pleasure" (#C-1430)
Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 240
#C-1450
Blassingame, Wyatt
Diving for Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0825516935
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Kip Wagner, Mel
Fisher, Tom Gurr,
San Jose, Laurentic, Niagara
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 146
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Macrae-Smith
Company, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (1971) in hardback with a dust jacket. A library edition was also
published by Macrae-Smith with a pictorial binding (I've never seen a dust
jacket on this printing but there may have been one). Macrae-Smith also
published a second hardback printing (stated) in 1971.
Description: This adolescent book includes the stories of William Phips and the
"Concepcion", the
ancient wrecks at Antikythera and Cape Gelidonya, Turkey (which were valuable
for archaeological reasons), the 1715 Fleet, (including the exploits of both Kip
Wagner and Mel Fisher), the Tom Gurr story about the "San Jose" from the 1733
Fleet, and from the World Wars the stories of the "Laurentic" and the "Niagara".
#C-1460
Blot, Jean-Yves
Underwater Archaeology - Exploring the World Beneath the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0500300682
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 7"
Pages: 175
Editions: The first edition was published in French by Gallimard (1995). The
first English
translation was published by Thames and Hudson, London (1996), in paperback.
Description: This general interest paperback contains a good overview of
underwater
archaeology, including techniques and shipwreck excavations. The focus is on
artifacts and their significance.
#C-1470
Blount, Steve and Lisa Walker
Treasure Hunting with a Metal Detector - In, Around and Under Water
ISBN/ISSN: 0866360492
Library of Congress: 86-30357
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Pisces Books, New York
City (1987), in
paperback.
Description: This book is primarily about metal detecting techniques, but tells
the story of the 1715
Fleet and Kip Wagner, and Mel Fisher and the "Atocha". It includes many photos,
some color, of treasure finds.
#C-1473
Blum, Wilf
Bringing Up the Past – An Autobiographical Adventure
Story
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Le Scipion
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
245
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was privately published by the author
(2009) in paperback.
Description:
This autobiography tells the story of the author’s 2007-2008
salvage of the French ship, Le Scipion, which sank in 1782 off
the Dominican Republic.
#C-1480
Boer, Susan Dudnick
Treasure of the Quicksilver Galleons
Library of Congress:
82-50614
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Conde de Tolosa, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 8" x 11"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Smithsonian
Institution,
Washington, DC (1982), in paperback.
Description: This adolescent paperback book was published as an exhibit catalog
(with a
fictional background story) for the exhibit of artifacts from the "Conde de
Tolosa" and "Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe", which sank in 1724 off the coast of
the Dominican Republic.
#C-1485
Bolton, G.K.
In Search of a Cannon
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Endeavour, cannons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10"
Pages: 52
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Vince Vlasoff,
Australia (1969) in
paperback.
Description: This booklet is the pictorial history of the finding and salvage of
6 cannons that
were thrown overboard from Captain Cook's ship, "Endeavour", in 1770 on
Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
#C-1487
Bonifacio, Claudio
Galleons and Sunken Treasure
ISBN/ISSN:
978-1-4507-2476-0
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Capitana, Rosario, Remedios, Juncal, Mercedes, Concepcion,
Maravillas, San Jose, Genovesa, Luz
Comments:
Includes a glossary; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
378
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was entitled, "Galeones Con
Tesoros", and published in Spanish by Munoz Moya Editores Extremenos,
Spain (2007), in paperback. The first English language edition (not
stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island, Florida (2010), in
paperback. A revised and expanded English language version was
published in 2014.
Description:
This momumental work by a noted Spanish shipwreck scholar
includes research on the following wrecks: nao “Nicolas Castellon”
(Utila Island, 1545); the “San Salvador” naos on the beaches of Buarcos
and Carrapateira, Portugal (1555); “Capitana” (Bahamas, 1563); “Nuestra
Senora Del Rosario” (Troia Beach, Portugal, 1589); “San Roque” (1605);
“Santo Domingo” (1605); “San Ambrosio y Nuestra Senora de Begona”
(1605); “Nuestra Senora los Remedios” (Mexico,
1610); “Capitana Santa Teresa” (Gulf of Campeche, 1631); almiranta
“Nuestra Senora del Juncal” (Gulf of Campeche, 1631); nao “San Antonio”
(Tabasco, 1631); “Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes” (Faro Beach, 1636);
“Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion” (Dominican Republic, 1641); “Nuestra
Senora de las Maravillas” (Bahamas, 1656); Urca “San Francisco Javier”
(Cadiz, 1656); Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes” (Sibarimar Beach, 1698);
“Capitana San Jose” (Columbia, 1708); “Nuestra Senora del Carmen” (aka
“Genovesa”, Jamaica, 1730); “Nuestra Senora de la Luz” (Uruguay, 1752);
navio “San Francisco” (aka “Suberbio”, Spain, 1752); navio “San Andres”
(Philippines, 1798); and “Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes” (Portugal,
1804).
The author relates survivor accounts, location information, and treasure
manifests from the archives in Seville, Spain. The book also has an
appendix that includes lists of shipwrecks in Cuba, the Philippines and
Pacific, Spain (1496-1822), Portugal (1520-1804), Mexico (1519-1819);
and the open waters of the Atlantic and Pacific (1522-1804). The
source material for each wreck is noted (folio number in the Spanish
archives).
#C-1490
Borgeson, Lil and Jack Speirs
Skin and Scuba Diver
Library of Congress: 62-16792
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 143
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Arco Publishing
Company, New York City
(1962), in hardback with a dust jacket. There were at least 2 subsequent
printings (stated) of this hardback edition, with the third printing in 1974. A
paperback edition was published in 1962 by Fawcett Books, New York City, and an
Abridged Edition paperback was published by Fawcett Books in 1966.
Description: This book is one of the early scuba diving books. It includes a
chapter on treasure
diving, which is mostly about Lt. Harry Rieseberg's adventures in treasure
salvage (a lot of this appears to be fiction).
#C-1500
Borrell, Pedro J.
The Quicksilver Galleons
Library of Congress: 84-125863
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Conde de Tolosa, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 122
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Underwater
Archaeological Recovery
Commission, Dominican Republic (1984), in hardback (with pictorial boards but no
dust jacket was issued) and paperback. The hardback edition contains a small
plastic case embedded in the front cover with some actual mercury (quicksilver)
salvaged from the wreck site of these ships.
Description: This book tells how two Spanish Galleons, the "Nuestra Senora de
Guadalupe" and "El
Conde de Tolosa", sank in 1724 off the coast of the Dominican Republic...and the
salvage of them in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Many of the artifacts
recovered are illustrated.
#C-1530
Bound, Mensun
Lost Ships
ISBN/ISSN: 0684852519
Library of Congress: 98-36551
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mahdia, Agamemmon, Nelson
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 10.5"
Pages: 182
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Simon & Schuster
Editions, New York
City (1998), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This lavishly illustrated coffee table book is about the discovery
and exploration of three
wrecks: the "Mahdia" wreck which sank off North Africa 2000 years ago with a
rich cargo from the sacking of Athens by Sulla; the "Agamemmon", Admiral Horatio
Nelson's first ship of the line; and the Nazi battleship, "Graf Spee".
#C-1540
Bowden, Tracy
Quest for Adventure with Tracy Bowden
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Concepcion, Conde de Tolosa, Guadalupe
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
25
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Silver Bank Expeditions
Partners, LLC, Miami, Florida (2004), in paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet describes the author’s excavation of the “Conde de Tolosa”
and the “Guadalupe” (the "Quicksilver Galleons"), which sank in 1724 off
the coast of the Dominican Republic. It also describes past salvages of
the “Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion” by other salvors and the authors
intended approach to salvaging the remaining booty. It is beautifully
illustrated in color and pictures many artifacts, jewelry items,
ceramics, and coins.
#C-1560
Bowers, Q. David
American Coin Treasures and Hoards
ISBN/ISSN: 094316169X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Feversham, Le Chameau, Lexington, Arabia, Republic, Vineyard, 1715
Fleet, 1733
Fleet, Winfield Scott, Yankee Blade, Central America, Brother Jonathan
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 456
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Bowers and Merena
Galleries, Inc.,
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (1997), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust
jacket issued).
This book was updated and republished under the title,
"Lost and Found - Coin Hoards and Treasures" in 2015 by Whitman
Publishing, Atlanta, Georgia, also in hardback with a pictorial binding
(no dust jacket issued).
Description: This large book about hidden and lost treasures deals mostly with
land treasures.
However, it includes 3 chapters on sunken treasure. Shipwreck treasures
described include the "HMS Feversham", "Le Chameau", "Lexington", "Arabia",
"Republic", "Vineyard", 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, "SS Winfield Scott", "SS Yankee
Blade", "SS Central America" and "SS Brother Jonathan".
#C-1570
Bowers, Q. David
A California Gold Rush History - Featuring the Treasure from the S.S. Central
America
ISBN/ISSN: 0943161878
Library of Congress: 2001135804
Category: Sunken Treasure
Key Words: Central America
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 10.25" x 13.25"
Pages: 1055
Editions: The first edition was published by
the California Gold Marketing Group, Newport Beach, California (2002), in
hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued). A deluxe
leather-bound edition (in a slipcase) was also produced, limited to 400 numbered
copies (numbered on the bottom of the inside rear cover). These were never sold,
but were given away with the purchase of a gold ingot salvaged from the "S.S.
Central America". Each of the deluxe editions contain real gold dust
from the wreck inset into the inside front cover.
Description: This comprehensive book covers just about every topic related to
the California gold
rush of 1849, including the discovery of gold at Sutters Mill, migrations to
California, mining operations, mints and coins, and the transport of gold from
the west coast of America to the east coast. The book also includes the story of
the sinking of the "SS Central America" in 1857 and the subsequent salvage in
the 1990s by the Columbus-America Discovery Group. Many of the gold bars and
coins salvaged from the wreck are illustrated and described.
#C-1575
Bowers, Q. David
Lost and Found – Coin Hoards and Treasures
ISBN/ISSN:
9780794842932
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Feversham, Le Chameau, Lexington, Arabia, Republic, Vineyard, 1715
Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Winfield Scott, Yankee Blade, Central America,
Brother Jonathan
Comments:
Illustrated in color
Size:
8.5” x 11.25”
Pages:
468
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published under the title,
“American Coin Treasures and Hoards,” by Bowers and Merena Galleries,
Inc., Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (1997), in hardback with a pictorial
binding (no dust jacket issued).
This book was updated and republished under the title,
"Lost and Found - Coin Hoards and Treasures" in 2015 by Whitman
Publishing, Atlanta, Georgia, also in hardback with a pictorial binding
(no dust jacket issued).
Description:
This large book about hidden and lost treasures deals mostly with land
treasures. However, it includes 3 chapters on sunken treasure.
Shipwreck treasures described include the “HMS Feversham”, “Le Chameau”,
“Lexington”, “Arabia”, “Republic”, “Vineyard”, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet,
“SS Winfield Scott”, “SS Yankee Blade”, “SS Central America” and “SS
Brother Jonathan”.
#C-1580
Bowers, Q. David
The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan - Her Life and Loss 1850-1865
ISBN/ISSN: 0943161819
Library of Congress: 99-072750
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Brother Jonathan
Comments: Includes a bibliography and a listing of coins salvaged from the
wreck; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 412
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Bowers and Merena
Galleries, Inc.,
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (1999), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust
jacket issued).
Description: This book contains much historical information about the California
gold rush, the
coins and currency during the gold rush period, the early California mints. It
also tells the history of the "SS Brother Jonathan" and its loss off the
California coast in 1865. It includes 4 chapters about the search for, and
salvage of, the ship.
#C-1582
Bowers, Q. David
The
Treasure Ship S.S. New York - Her Story 1837-1846
ISBN/ISSN:
0982174209
Library of Congress:
2008941280
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
New York
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 11.25”
Pages:
94
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Stacks LLC, Wolfeboro,
New Hampshire (2008), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust
jacket issued). A deluxe hardbound limited edition of 200 copies was
produced with a bookplate signed by the author and the four treasure
finders.
Description:
This book contains much historical information about America in
1846, including the mints and money of this period. It also tells the
history of the “SS New York” and its primary ports of call: New Orleans
and Galveston. The second half of the book describes the sinking of the
ship, the finding of the “SS New York” and the salvage of the ship. The
final chapter describes and illustrates the coins recovered from the
wreck.
#C-1590
Bradford, Ernie
The Story of the Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN: 0241107687
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10"
Pages: 207
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Hamish
Hamilton Ltd., London (1982), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was also
published by Book Club Associates, London (1982) in hardback with a dust jacket.
A US edition (First American Edition - stated) was published by W.W. Norton &
Company, New York City (1982) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the loss of King Henry VIII's
flagship, the "Mary Rose",
off Portsmouth, England, in 1545, and the subsequent excavation efforts.
Approximately half of the book is devoted to the successful recovery of the
wreck by the Mary Rose Trust in 1982, the artifacts recovered and the
preservation of the hull.
#C-1595
Bradley, Michael and Ted Streuli
Guide to the World’s Greatest Treasures
ISBN/ISSN:
0760772142
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Central America
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.5” x 9.5”
Pages:
208
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Barnes & Noble,
Inc., New York City. (2005) in hardback with a cover decorated in
simulated emeralds (no dust jacket issued).
Description:
This book provides a brief 3 page overview for each of 45 great
treasures…including land treasures, archaeological treasures, and 2
sunken treasures. There is no new material in this book and only a very
short summary of the “Atocha” and “SS Central America” shipwreck salvage
operations.
#C-1600
Brandeis, Margaret L.
Women Can Find Shipwrecks Too
ISBN/ISSN: 1893181286
Library of Congress: 99-65662
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 375
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Le Gesse Stevens
Publishing, San Diego,
CA (1999), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of the author's quest
for the sunken Spanish galleon, “Nuestra
Senora de la Magdalena”, which
sank off Ecuador in 1612.
This is the
true story of a young woman who chases her dream, but is unsuccessful in the
end.
#C-1604
Bratten, John R.
The Gondola Philadelphia & the Battle of Lake Champlain
ISBN/ISSN: 1585441473
Library of Congress: 2001005630
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Philadelphia
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 235
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Texas A&M University
Press, College
Station, Texas (2002), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book describes the history, finding, excavation and raising of
the American
Revolutionary War ship, "Philadelphia" from Lake Champlain, New York, in 1935.
Many artifacts are pictured.
#C-1610
Breeden, R.L. and D.J. Crump -editors
Undersea Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0870441477
Library of Congress: 74-1563
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Teddy Tucker
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 10.25" x 7"
Pages: 200
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National
Geographic Society,
Washington DC (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of treasure salvage from early
times to modern times. Stories include Teddy Tucker's successful recoveries in
Bermuda, the 1715 Fleet, the 1733 Fleet and the "Atocha" made famous by Mel
Fisher. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-1620
Breeden, Robert L. -editor
World Beneath the Sea
Library of Congress: 71-17330
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Vasa, Girona, Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a brief bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 204
Editions: The first edition was published by the National Geographic Society,
Washington DC (1967),
in hardback with a dust jacket. A revised edition (Revised Edition stated on the
dust jacket and Second Edition stated on copyright page) was published in 1973,
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book covers a complete range of underwater topics, but devotes
a chapter to
underwater archaeology. The shipwrecks mentioned include the 1715 Fleet, the
Spanish Armada ship, "Girona", the "Vasa", the Cape Gelidonya (Turkey) Bronze
Age wreck and the Yassi Island (Turkey) wrecks.
#C-1622
Breen, Colin, et al
Integrated Marine
Investigations on the Historic Shipwreck La Surveillante
ISBN/ISSN:
1859231535
Category: Underwater
Archaeology
Keywords:
Surveillante
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.25” x 11.75”
Pages:
141
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
Ulster, Ireland (2001), in paperback.
Description:
This book describes the history of the French frigate, "La
Surveillante", it's loss on the Irish coast in 1797 after the failed
French invasion of Ireland. Also, the excavation of the ship in the
late 1990s is described along with the artifact recovered.
#C-1630
Bridges, T.C.
The Romance of Buried Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Lutine, Florencia, William Phips, Concepcion, Vigo Bay Galleons,
Spanish Armada
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 285
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Nisbet
and Co., Ltd.,
London (1931), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While this book is primarily about buried treasure, it includes
chapters on the
"Lutine", the Spanish Armada galleon, "Florencia", William Phips and his
recovery of the "Concepcion", and the Vigo Bay galleons.
#C-1640
Brindze, Ruth
All About Undersea Exploration
Library of Congress: 60-9417
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Juvenile; includes a reading list; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.25"
Pages: 145
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by Random
House, Inc., New
York City and Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto (1960), in hardback with
a pictorial binding and with a dust jacket.
Description: This juvenile book includes a chapter that overviews the early days
of sunken treasure
hunting and underwater archaeology.
#C-1645
Brook, Henry
True
Sea Stories
ISBN/ISSN:
0746058144
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Niagara
Comments:
Adolescent; illustrated
Size:
5” x 7.75”
Pages:
154
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Usborne Publishing Ltd., London (2005), in paperback. The first US
edition (First Published – stated) was published by Usborne Books
(2005), also in paperback.
Description:
This adolescent book covers a variety of nautical topics. The
last chapter tells the story of salvaging the gold bars from the
“Niagara” off the coast of New Zealand during World War II.
#C-1650
Brown, Joseph E.
The Golden Sea - Man's Underwater Adventures
ISBN/ISSN: 872234126
Library of Congress: 74-80348
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, 1733 Fleet, William Phips, Concepcion,
Santa Maria,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 12.75"
Pages: 214
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Playboy Press, New
York City (1974),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This oversize coffee table book contains a chapter about treasure
ships and many
color photos. Included are overviews of the 1715 Fleet, the 1733 Fleet, the "Atocha",
William Phips and his recovery of the "Concepcion", the Spanish Armada ships,
and Columbus's ship "Santa Maria".
#C-1651
Brown, Olive and Jean Whittaker
A
Treasure Lost – The Spanish Wreck in Tobermory Bay
ISBN/ISSN:
095327750X
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments:
Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
7.5” x
9.5”
Pages:
28
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Brown & Whittaker
Publishing, Tobermory, Scotland (2000), in paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet takes the position that the Tobermory Wreck wasn’t
a galleon, wasn’t called the “Florencia,” and wasn’t even Spanish…but
was rather the Slavic merchant vessel, “San Juan,” with little or no
treasure aboard.
#C-1652
Brown, Roxanna M. and Sten
Sjostrand
Maritime
Archaeology and Shipwreck Ceramics in Malaysia
ISBN/ISSN: 967993537X
Category: Ceramics
Keywords: Turiang, Nanyang, Longquan, Royal Nanhai, Hoi An, Xuande, Singtai,
Nassau, Risdam, Diana, Desaru
Comments:
Exhibition catalog, includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
11” x 11”
Pages:
74, plus 44 pages of color plates
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the Department of
Museums & Antiquities, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2001), in hardback with a
dust jacket and in paperback. A second edition was published in both
hardback with a dust jacket and paperback in 2004.
Description: This well-illustrated exhibition catalog includes the ceramics
excavated from 12 shipwrecks near the Malaysia coast: Pontian boat (3rd
– 5th century), Turiang wreck
(~1370), Nanyang wreck
(~1380), Longquan wreck
(~1400), Royal
Nanhai wreck
(~1460), “Hoi
An”
(~1500), “Xuande”
(~1540), “Singtai”
(~1550), “Nassau”
(1606), “Risdam”
(1727), “Diana”
(1817), and “Desaru”
(~1830). It also has an overview of the ceramics trade in Southeast
Asia, and a description of Chinese trade pottery, Thai trade pottery,
Vietnamese ceramics, and Sisatchanalai wares.
#C-1653
Brown, Roxanna Maude
The Ming Gap and Shipwreck Ceramics in Southeast Asia
ISBN/ISSN:
9789749863770
Category:
Ceramics
Keywords:
Turiang, Nanyang, Longquan, Royal Nanhai, Hoi An, Xuande, Singtai,
Nassau, Risdam, Diana, Desaru
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
7” x 9.75”
Pages:
206 including 73 color plates
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by The Siam Society,
Bangkok, Thailand (2009), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust
jacket issued).
Description:
This book investigates some nagging problems in studies of 15th
century Asian ceramics. It includes materials from shipwrecks in
China, Thailand, and Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, and
Indonesia. The book has 73 color plates of ceramics and tables
describing the shipwrecks with references. It also has an outstanding
bibliography.
#C-1654
Brown,
Roxanna M. and Sten Sjostrand
Turiang: A Fourteenth-Century Shipwreck in Southeast Asian Waters
ISBN/ISSN:
1877921173
Library of Congress:
99-075068
Category:
Ceramics
Keywords:
Turiang, Nanyang, Longquan, Royal Nanhai
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
7.75” x 10”
Pages:
63
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the Pacific Asia
Museum, Pasadena, California (2000) in paperback.
Description:
This book describes the Thai ceramic cargo found aboard the Turiang
wreck, a 14th century Chinese ship discovered in the South
China Sea during 1998. Additionally, the book overviews 3 other Thai
ceramic wrecks: the Nanyang wreck, the Longquan wreck, and the Nanhai
wreck.
#C-1655
Bruseth, James E. and
Toni S. Turner
From a Watery Grave – The
Discovery and Excavation of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle
ISBN/ISSN:
1585443476
Library
of Congress:
2004012105
Category: Underwater
Archaeology
Keywords: LaBelle,
Sieur de LaSalle
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 10.75”
Pages:
159
Editions: The first
edition (stated) was published by Texas A&M University Press, College
Station, Texas (2005), in hardback.
Description:
This well-done book recounts LaSalle’s journey to Texas to
establish a new colony in 1686, the wreck of his ship “LaBelle” off the
Texas coast, the discovery of the ship in 1995, and the excavation of
the wreck during the past 10 years. Many of the artifacts recovered are
pictured.
#C-1660
Bryce, Douglas
Weaponry from the Machault - An 18th-Century French Frigate
ISBN/ISSN: 0660117088
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Machault, Cannons
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 69
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Parks Canada, Ottawa
(1984), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet describes and illustrates the rifles, pistols,
swords, cannons and shot
recovered from the French frigate, "Machault", which sank in the Restigouche
River near Quebec in 1760.
#C-1670
Buranelli, Vincent
Gold - An Illustrated History
ISBN/ISSN: 0843731362
Library of Congress: 79-13434
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Vigo Bay Galleons, Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622
Fleet
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 224
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Hammond Incorporated,
Maplewood, New
Jersey (1979), in hardback with a dust jacket. An edition with a simulated black
leather cover was also published, without a dust jacket. A second printing
(stated) was published in 1979. A British edition was published by Book Club
Associates, London (1981), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: One chapter in this lavishly-illustrated oversize book is about
hidden treasure and
includes William Phips and his recovery of the "Concepcion", the Vigo Bay
galleons, and Mel Fisher's recovery of the "Atocha".
#C-1673
Burbank, Ted
Shipwrecks, Pirates, and Treasure on Cape Cod
ISBN/ISSN:
9781935616054
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Port Nicholson, Whydah
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
115
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by the Salty Pilgrim Press,
Millis, Massachusetts (2013) in paperback.
Description:
While this is primarily a shipwreck book, it does have chapters on the
“S.S. Port Nicholson” WWII wreck, supposedly carrying platinum ore,
and the pirate ship, “Whydah”.
#C-1680
Burgess, Robert F. and Carl J. Clausen
Florida's Golden Galleons
ISBN/ISSN: 0912451076
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner
Comments: See Burgess, Robert F. and Carl J. Clausen, "Gold, Galleons &
Archaeology" (#C-1690)
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 195
#C-1690
Burgess, Robert F. and Carl J. Clausen
Gold, Galleons & Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0672521474
Library of Congress: 76-6080
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner
Comments: Same book as "Florida's Golden Galleons" (#C-1680); includes a
bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 195
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by The Bobbs-Merrill
Co.,
Indianapolis, Indiana (1976), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first
paperback edition was published under the title, "Florida's Golden Galleons" by
Florida Classics Library, Port Salerno, Florida (1982), and has a light blue
paper cover with a nautical chart on it. A second paperback edition (also
entitled "Florida's Golden Galleons") was published and copyrighted as 1982, but
it has a white paper cover with a ship on it. Finally, a third revised (not
stated) paperback edition was published with the same identical paper cover and
copyright date (1982) as the second paperback edition, except this third edition
has 18 chapters and color illustrations (whereas the second edition has 15
chapters and black and white illustrations).
Description:
This excellent book tells the story of the sinking and salvage of the 1715
Spanish fleet, which sank in a hurricane off Vero Beach, Florida and spilled
millions of dollars in gold, silver and jewels just offshore. One of the
"Top 75 Books".
#C-1700
Burgess, Robert F.
Man: 12,000 Years Under the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 039607801X
Library of Congress: 80-186
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, Teddy Tucker, Vasa
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 331
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1980), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by
iUniverse.com, Inc. (Authors Guild Backinprint.com edition), Lincoln, Nebraska
(2000).
Description: This book encompasses both underwater archaeology and sunken
treasure. It includes
a chapter about Teddy Tucker's successful treasure hunt in Bermuda and a chapter
about Florida treasure hunting (1715 Fleet and the "Atocha"). The chapters on
underwater archaeology include the story of a bronze age shipwreck excavation in
the Mediterranean, the "Vasa" excavation in Sweden and the dives on the Civil
War ironclad, "Monitor", off North Carolina.
#C-1710
Burgess, Robert F.
Sinkings, Salvages, and Shipwrecks
Library of Congress: 74-117356
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Niagara, William Phips, Concepcion, Port Royal, Robert
Marx
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 188
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was simultaneously published by the
American Heritage
Press, New York City and Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Canada (1970), in hardback with
a dust jacket. The book was reprinted by American Heritage in 1974 in hardback
with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by iUniverse.com, Inc.
(Authors Guild Backinprint.com edition), Lincoln, Nebraska (2000).
Description:
This book is an overview of shipwreck recoveries, both treasure wrecks and
archaeological wrecks. It includes the 1715 Fleet of Spanish galleons sunk near
Vero Beach, Florida; the Civil War ironclad, "Monitor"; the "Niagara" which was
sunk near New Zealand during World War II; and the "Concepcion" shipwreck, which
William Phips partially salvaged. It also includes the story of Robert Marx's
work on the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-1720
Burgess, Robert F.
Sunken Treasure: Six Who Found Fortunes
ISBN/ISSN: 0396088481
Library of Congress: 87-24444
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Kip Wagner, Robert Marx, Burt Webber, Barry Clifford, Mel
Fisher,
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, Concepcion, Whydah, Matanceros Wreck, Maravillas
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 333
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1988), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by
iUniverse.com, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska (2000).
Description:
This book is the story of Art McKee, Kip Wagner, Robert Marx, Burt Webber, Barry
Clifford and Mel Fisher...and their successful sunken treasure hunts. One
of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-1730
Burgess, Robert F.
They Found Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0396074502
Library of Congress: 77-1891
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Kip Wagner, Mel Fisher, Tom Gurr, John Baker, Atocha, 1622
Fleet,
1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Girona, Slot ter Hooge, San Jose, Maravillas
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 243
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1977), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by
iUniverse.com, Inc. (Authors Guild Backinprint.com edition), Lincoln, Nebraska
(2000).
Description:
This book is the story of 9 treasure hunters and their challenges in finding and
recovering sunken treasure: Art McKee, Kip Wagner, Tom Gurr, John Baker, Robert
Marx, Robert Stenuit, Mel Fisher, Eugene Lyon and Duncan Mathewson. One of
the "Top 75 Books".
#C-1740
Burke, Edmund
The Golden Lure
Library of Congress: 64-22150
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vigo Bay Galleons, William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Same book as "Stories of Famous Lost Treasures" (#C-1750); illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Hill and Wang, New York
City (1964), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition was published in 1965. The same
book was published in England by Arthur Barker Limited, London (1964), under the
title "Stories of Famous Lost Treasures" and is also marked "first edition".
Description: While most of this book is about land treasures, it includes a
chapter about William
Phips and his recovery of the "Concepcion" and a chapter about the Vigo Bay
(Spain) galleons.
#C-1750
Burke, Edmund
Stories of Famous Lost Treasures
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vigo Bay Galleons, William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: See Burke, Edmund, "The Golden Lure" (#C-1740)
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 192
#C-1752
Burke, Edmund
The Underwater Handbook
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vigo Bay Galleons, William Phips, Concepcion, Rio de Janeiro,
Florencia, San
Fernando, Golden Hind, Laurentic
Comments: Includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 260
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by
Frederick Muller Limited, London (1963), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While this book is primarily about skin and scuba diving, it
includes a chapter
primarily about treasure salvage, describing the Vigo Bay galleons, the "Concepcion",
the "Florencia", the Rio de Janeiro", the "San Fernando", the "Golden Hinde",
and the "Laurentic".
#C-1760
Burman, Jose
Great Shipwrecks off the Coast of Southern Africa
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Grosvenor, Birkenhead
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 155
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by C. Struik, Cape Town,
South Africa
(1967), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book chronicles 22 wrecks off the coast of South Africa,
including the "Grosvenor",
which sank in 1782 and the "Birkenhead" which sank in 1852...both of which have
had numerous salvage attempts over the years.
#C-1770
Burman, Jose
Strange Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Huys te Craijestein, Meeresteijn
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 186
Editions: The first edition was published by C. Struik, Cape Town, South Africa
(1968), in hardback
with a dust jacket. The first 300 copies produced of this book contain a
printing error. In the erroneous books, there is a picture of the famous
4-funnel ship, the "Lusitania", across from page 157. In the corrected books,
there is a 1-funnel ship across from page 157 (a different "Lusitania" than the
famous liner sunk at the outset of World War I).
Description: This book details factual accounts of 30 unusual shipwrecks off the
coast of Africa.
It includes 2 chapters about treasure wrecks: "Huys te Craijestein" which sank
in 1698 and "Meeresteijn" which went down in 1702.
#C-1780
Burton, Hal
The Real Book about Treasure Hunting
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Laurentic, Egypt, Niagara, Santa Margarita, Oceana, Hussar
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 190
Editions: The first edition (not stated, but "Deluxe Edition" noted on the
inside flap of the dust
jacket) was published by Garden City Books, Garden City, NY (1953), in hardback
(tan boards) with a dust jacket. There was also a book club edition (noted only
on the bottom of the inside flap of the dust jacket) published by Garden City
Books (1953), in hardback (gray boards) with a dust jacket. A UK edition was
published by Dobson, London (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book includes one chapter on sunken treasure. It
very briefly tells
the story of the bullion salvaged from 4 liners: "Laurentic", the "Egypt", the
"Niagara, and "Oceana". It also briefly mentions the Revolutionary War pay ship,
"Hussar", sunk just north of what was then New York City, and the Spanish
galleon, "Santa Margarita", supposedly sunk near Palm Beach, Florida, in 1595.
#C-1790
Butter, Nathaniel, Nicholas Bourne and William Sheffard
A True Relation of that Which Lately Hapned to the Great Spanish Fleet, and
Galleons of Terra Firma in America
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet; written in Old English
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 28
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the authors, London
(1623) in paperback.
A reprint edition (not stated) was published by En Rada Publications, West Palm
Beach, Florida (2001), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet is a reproduction of the original English-language
printed account of the
loss of the "Atocha" and 1622 Fleet (printed in London in 1623). It also
includes an easy guide to translating the "Old English" into new English.
#C-1800
Butts, Ed
X
Doesn’t Mark the Spot
ISBN/ISSN:
9780887768088
Library of Congress:
2007943127
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Le Chameau, Atlantic
Comments:
Adolescent; includes a bibliography
Size:
7” x 9”
Pages:
78
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by
Tunda Books in the US (Plattsburgh, NY) and Canada (Toronto) in 2008,
in paperback.
Description:
This adolescent book includes 9 stories of Canadian buried
treasure and 2 stories of Canadian sunken treasure. “Le Chameau” sank
off Cape Breton Island in Canada in 1725. The wreck was salvaged in
early 1960s with 876 gold coins and 7619 silver coins recovered. The
“Atlantic” sank in Lake Erie in 1852 with $36,000 in the vault. Johnny
Green tried to salvage the safe shortly after it sank and he almost got
it, but the 165 foot depth crippled him. The safe was ultimately
salvaged by Elliot P. Harrington several years later. More recently 600
artifacts were recovered.
#C-1810
Byron, Kenneth W.
Lost Treasures in Australia & New Zealand
Library of Congress: 64-8932
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zuytdorp, General Grant, Elingamite, Niagara
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 232
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Ure
Smith Pty. Limited,
Sydney, Australia (1964), in hardback with a dust jacket. A facsimile edition
was published in the UK by Angus & Robertson, London (1965), in hardback with a
dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by the Hesperian Press, Perth,
Australia (1980).
Description: More than half of this book is about treasure ships lost in
Australia and New Zealand,
including the "Batavia", "Gilt Dragon", "Zuytdorp", "General Grant", "Elingamite",
and "Niagara". Many more lesser-known wrecks are also described.
#C-1820
Byron, Kenneth W.
Treasure Ships and Tropic Isles
ISBN/ISSN: 0909223181
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Port au Prince, Eliza
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 118
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Gemcraft,
East Malvern,
Victoria, Australia (1985), in paperback.
Description: This book describes the loss of two ships and the attempts to find
the treasure they
carried. The "Port au Prince" was burned by Islanders off the Tonga coast in
1806 with a sizeable fortune in pirate treasure on board, and the "Eliza" ran
aground and sank in 1808 off the Fijian coast with 30,000 Spanish dollars
aboard.
#C-1830
Cafiero, Gaetano
Sunken Treasures - The World's Greatest Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1565660382
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Girona, Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher, Batavia, Central America,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 10.25" x 14.5"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by Thomasson-Grant,
Charlottesville, Virginia and Prion, London (1993), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This very large and lavishly illustrated coffee table book includes
25 shipwrecks from
1300 B.C. to the present. The book starts out with the Bronze Age and Roman
wrecks of archaeological interest, and then describes the Spanish Armada ship, "Girona",
the "Atocha" made famous by Mel Fisher, the "Batavia" wreck off Western
Australia, and the "SS Central America" gold rush steamer that foundered off the
North Carolina coast. The last third of the book is devoted to more modern
wrecks, including the "Titanic" and "Andrea Doria".
#C-1838
Cahill, Robert Ellis
Diary of the Depths
ISBN/ISSN: 0805917217
Library of Congress: 72-81639
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Le Chameau
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 178
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dorrance & Company,
Philadelphia
(1972), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book describes the fascinating adventures of several pioneer
scuba divers,
including the author. It includes a chapter about Alex Storm's salvage of
$700,000 from "Le Chameau" off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
#C-1840
Cahill, Robert Ellis
Finding New England's Shipwrecks and Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0916787052
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 52
Editions: The first edition (stated on back of book) was published by
Chandler-Smith Publishing,
Peabody, Massachusetts (1984), in paperback. There have been at least 4 editions
published.
Description: This pamphlet describes a multitude of wrecks off the New England
coast, and
devotes a chapter to the pirate ship, "Whydah" (called the "Whidah" in the
book).
#C-1850
Cain, Emily
Ghost Ships
ISBN/ISSN: 0825301696
Library of Congress: 83-10551
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Hamilton, Scourge
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 10.75"
Pages: 152
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Musson, Toronto, Canada
(1983), in both
hardback with a dust jacket and paperback. The book was published in the UK
(First Published stated) by the Fountain Press, Windsor, UK (1983), in hardback
with a dust jacket. In the US, the book was published by Beaufort Books, New
York City (1983), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book details the history and excavation of two extremely well
preserved War of
1812 warships, the "Hamilton" and the "Scourge", sunk in Lake Ontario.
#C-1890
Callan, Louise
Shipwreck - Tales of Survival, Courage & Calamity at Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 1869587847
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Boyd, Elingamite, Niagara
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Hodder Moa Beckett
Publishers
Limited, Auckland, New Zealand (2000), in paperback.
Description: This book includes the stories of New Zealand's most famous
shipwrecks, including the
treasure ships "Niagara", "Elingamite" and "Boyd". Other wrecks described
include the "Orpheus", the "Holmglen", the "Delaware", the "Tararua", the "Ben
Venue", the "Ariadne", the "Wiltshire", and the "Turakina". Each story features
details of the ship, historic photographs, a narrative of the events that led to
the wreck, and any efforts made to salvage of the wrecks.
#C-1900
Callegari, Dennis
Cook's Cannon and Anchor
ISBN/ISSN: 0864176449
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Captain Cook, Endeavour, Anchors, Cannons
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.75"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Kangaroo
Press Pty. Ltd.,
Kenthurst, NSW, Australia (1994), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts the loss, recovery and conservation of artifacts
from Lieutenant
James Cook's ship, the "HMB Endeavour", lost in 1770 off the coast of Queensland
in Australia. Most of the emphasis is on the anchor and cannons excavated.
#C-1903
Cameron, Duncan and Richard Platt
Duncan Cameron’s Shipwreck Detective
ISBN/ISSN:
1405313285
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Central America, Whydah, Association, Edinburgh
Comments:
Juvenile; illustrated
Size:
9.25” x 11.5”
Pages:
96
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Dorling Kindersley Limited, London (2006), in hardback (no dust jacket
issued).
Description:
This juvenile book
introduces many aspects of shipwreck salvage through outstanding
illustrations. The treasure shipwrecks described include the “SS
Central America”, the pirate ship “Whydah”, the “HMS Association”, the “HMS
Edinburgh”. The book also looks at a variety of other shipwrecks.
#C-1905
Campbell, Lord Archibald
Armada Cannon
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons, Spanish Armada, Florencia
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 63
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Phillimore and Co.,
London (1899), in
hardback.
Description: This book describes a cannon that was salvaged from the Spanish
Armada galleon,
"Florencia". The cannon was manufactured by Benvenuto Cellini.
#C-1910
Canning, John -editor
50 Strange Mysteries of the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0285624131
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Florencia, Laurentic, Niagara, 1715 Fleet, William Phips,
Concepcion,
Lutine, Vigo Bay Galleons, Spanish Armada
Comments: Same book as "Fifty True Mysteries of the Sea" (#C-1920) and "Strange
Mysteries
from the Sea - Fifty True Tales from the Deep" (#C-1922); anthology; includes a
bibliography
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 478
Editions: The first edition was published by
Souvenir Press, London (1979), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was
published in the US as "Fifty True Mysteries of the Sea" by the Dorset Press,
New York City (1979), in hardback with a dust jacket, and later reprinted in
1988. A "Book of the Month Club" edition was published by Stein & Day, New York
City (1980), in hardback with a dust jacket. This book was again republished in
1992 under the title, "Strange Mysteries from the Sea - Fifty True Tales from
the Deep," by the Chancellor Press, London, in hardback with pictorial boards
(no dust jacket issued).
Description: This anthology includes chapters on the "Egypt", the "Florencia",
the "Laurentic", the
"Niagara", the 1715 Fleet, William Phips and his recovery of the "Concepcion's"
treasure, the "Lutine" and the Vigo Bay wrecks.
#C-1920
Canning, John -editor
Fifty True Mysteries of the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0880291958
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Florencia, Laurentic, Niagara, 1715 Fleet, William Phips,
Concepcion,
Lutine, Vigo Bay Galleons, Spanish Armada
Comments: See Canning, John -editor, "50 Strange Mysteries of the Sea" (#C-1910)
#C-1922
Canning, John -editor
Strange Mysteries from the Sea - Fifty True Tales from the Deep
ISBN/ISSN: 1851522271
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Florencia, Laurentic, Niagara, 1715 Fleet, William Phips,
Concepcion,
Lutine, Vigo Bay Galleons, Spanish Armada
Comments: See Canning, John -editor, "50 Strange Mysteries of the Sea" (#C-1910)
#C-1930
Carlisle, Norman
The Modern Wonder Book of Ships
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Laurentic
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 313
Editions: There are two stated first editions of this book, however, I suspect
that one is really a
second printing. What I believe is the real first edition was published by the
John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1947), in hardback with a
dust jacket. The "other" first edition was jointly published by The Junior
Literary Guild, New York City, and the John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (1947), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is an overview of ships, shipping and
shipwrecks. One chapter
includes the story of the bullion salvaged from both the "Laurentic" and the
"Egypt".
#C-1940
Carlisle, Norman and David Michelsohn
The Complete Guide to Treasure Hunting
Library of Congress: 73-6452
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Le Chameau, De Braak, Rio de Janeiro
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 280
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Henry Regnery
Company, Chicago
(1973), in hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback.
Description: This book covers virtually every aspect of treasure and gem
hunting. The chapter on
sunken treasure includes the French transport ship, "Chameau", which sank in
1725, the "HMS De Braak" lost off the Delaware coast in 1798, Gasparilla's
treasure, and the "Rio de Janeiro", lost entering San Francisco harbor in 1901.
#C-1950
Carlisle, Norman
Treasure Hunting in the U.S.A.
ISBN/ISSN: 0445040696
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: De Braak
Size: 4.25" x 6.75"
Pages: 286
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Popular Library,
New York City
(1977), in paperback.
Description: This book describes 34 US treasures, 2 of which are related to
sunken treasure...the "HMS De Braak" which sank off the Delaware coast in 1798 and the treasure of
the pirate, Gasparilla, which sank near Boca Grande Pass, Florida.
#C-1952
Cawthorne, Nigel
Shipwrecks – Disasters of the Deep Seas
ISBN/ISSN:
076076879X
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Lutine, SS Central America, Egypt, Vasa, Mary Rose,
Batavia, Birkenhead
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
9” x 11.25”
Pages:
144
Editions:
The first edition was published by Foulsham & Co. Ltd., UK (2005), in
hardback with a dust jacket and paperback. The first US edition was
published by Barnes & Noble Books, NYC (2005), in hardback (pictorial
covers) with a dust jacket.
Description:
This books is an overview of shipwrecks from ancient times to modern
times. One chapter, "Treasure Ships", includes brief stories about the
"Atocha", "Lutine", "SS Central America", and "Egypt". Other chapters
describe the sinking of the "Vasa", "Mary Rose", the "Batavia", and the
"Birkenhead". However, the bulk of the book is about ferry disasters,
sunken submaries, naval losses during modern wars, and sunken ocean
liners.
#C-1953
Cayford, John E.
The How-To Book of Skin
and Scuba Diving
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size:
6.5” x 9.25”
Pages:
112
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Fawcett
Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut (1964), in paperback.
Description: This is
one of the early overviews of scuba diving, including chapters on
equipment, underwater photography, spearfishing, and marine life. It
also contains a brief chapter on sunken treasure.
#C-1954
Cederlund, Carl Olof
Vasa
I – The Archaeology of a Swedish Warship of 1628
ISBN/ISSN:
9197465909
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Vasa
Comments:
Includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size:
10” x 12”
Pages:
491
Editions:
The first edition was published in English by the National Maritime Museums of Sweden, Stockholm
(2006), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket).
Description:
This huge book is the most comprehensive work to date on the “Vasa”,
a 64 gun Swedish warship that sank in 1628 on its maiden voyage. The
wreck was discovered in 1956 and raised to the surface in tact in 1961.
The book covers the history of the ship, the sinking, the discovery, the
raising, the restoration, the artifacts onboard, and the ships
construction. An outstanding work.
#C-1955
Chamberlain, David
The Goodwin Sands
Man-of-War 1703-2003
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Stirling
Castle, Northumberland, Restoration
Comments: Pamphlet;
includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
7” x 10”
Pages:
38
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by the author in the UK (2002), in
paperback.
Description:
This book tells the story of 4 Men-of-War which sank on the
Goodwin Sands during Great Storm of November 27, 1703: the “Stirling
Castle”, the “Northumberland”, the “Restoration”, and the “Mary”. The
“Stirling Castle” was partially excavated by a group of divers,
including the author. A cannon, complete with its wooden carriage, was
recovered, along with many artifacts.
#C-1957
Chamberlain, David
Saga
of the Goodwins
ISBN/ISSN:
0954843924
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Rooswijk
Comments:
Includes a brief glossary and bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.25” x 11.75”
Pages:
68
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Beaches Books, UK
(2006), in paperback.
Description:
This book has a 3-page chapter that tells the story of the Dutch ship, "Rooswijk",
which sank off the Goodwin Sands in 1740. The ship was located in 2004
and a large number of silver coins and silver bars were salvaged in
2005. There are also 19 additional chapters that tell of modern ship
and plane wrecks in the Goodwins.
#C-1960
Charley, Catherine
Hunting for Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0517033984
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Girona, Spanish Armada, 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner, Atocha, 1622 Fleet,
Mel Fisher,
Geldermalsen, Edinburgh
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 9.25"
Pages: 62
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Salamander Books, Ltd.,
London (1990) in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket). A US
edition was published by Crescent Books, New York City (1990), in hardback with
a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This well-illustrated high-level overview book includes a multitude
of mostly land
treasures, as well as related topics. However, there is a short sunken treasure
section, which includes the Giglio wreck (a 600 BC Etruscan wreck), the "Girona"
Spanish Armada wreck, the 1715 Fleet, the "Atocha", the "Geldermalsen" (Nanking
Cargo), and the "HMS Edinburgh".
#C-1970
Charroux, Robert
Treasures of the World
Library of Congress: 66-26649
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vigo Bay Galleons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 248
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain- stated) was
published by Frederick
Muller Limited, London (1966), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US
edition (First American Edition - stated) was published by Paul S. Eriksson,
Inc., New York City (1966), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is almost entirely about land treasures, but does contain
one chapter
entitled, "Galleons and Gold of the New World". This chapter gives a historical
perspective and tells the story of the Vigo Bay wrecks (and attempted salvage).
#C-1980
Chase, Virginia
The Knight of the Golden Fleece
Library of Congress: 59-5290
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Adolescent
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 219
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published simultaneously by Little
Brown & Company,
Boston (1959) and Little Brown & Company (Canada) Limited (1959), both in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is a biography of William Phips, who salvaged
the "Concepcion" in
1687 off the coast of Hispaniola.
#C-1985
Chien, Nguyen Dinh
The Ca Mau Shipwreck 1723-1735
Category: Ceramics
Keywords: Ca Mau
Comments: Illustrated; written in Vietnamese and English
Size: 8" x 11.75"
Pages: 260
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The National Museum of
Vietnamese
History, Hanoi (2002), in paperback.
Description: This museum catalog describes the wreck of an unidentified trading
vessel that sank in
the 1723-35 timeframe, the discovery in 1998, and the artifacts (mostly
ceramics) excavated from it. Magnificent color illustrations.
#C-1990
Chorlton, Windsor -editor
Buried & Sunken Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0856850632
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, De Liefde, Hollandia
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.5"
Pages: 120
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Marshall
Cavendish,
London (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While this book touches on many shipwrecks in British waters, it
provides a good
overview of the "HMS Association", "De Liefde" and the "Hollandia". It also includes
a brief overview of Caribbean shipwrecks, British land archaeological
recoveries, and lost pirate hoards.
#C-1998
Christensen, Erik
The Cannon Hall - Guide to the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.25"
Pages: 91
Editions: The first edition was published by The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum,
Copenhagen
(1948), in paperback. A reprint edition was published in paperback in 1961.
Description: This book is a guide to the 827 cannons and weapons in the Royal
Danish Arsenal
Museum, including many ships cannons of the 17th and 18th centuries. There is a
brief description for each listing, with a few illustrations throughout.
#C-2160
Ciampi, Elgin
The Skin Diver - A Complete Guide to the Underwater World
Library of Congress: 60-7763
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Teddy Tucker, Art McKee
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 315
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Ronald Press
Company, New York City
(1960), in hardback with a dust jacket. There have been at least 3 printings of
this book (2nd and 3rd printings stated).
Description: While this book is primarily about snorkeling, scuba and spear
fishing, it includes a
chapter on "Exploring Sunken Ships". This chapter recounts the author's own
adventures, and includes some of Teddy Tucker's and Art McKee's exploits. It
also gives a historical perspective and identifies some of the areas in the
Americas with salvage potential.
#C-2170
Clarke, Arthur C.
Indian Ocean Adventure
Library of Congress: 61-12081
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Great Basses Reef Wreck
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 104
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Harper & Brothers,
Publishers, New York
City (1961), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While the majority of this adolescent book is about the fish and
sea life around the
Great Basses Reef off the coast of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka), the 6-page postscript
describes the finding of an early 18th century shipwreck (which is covered more
fully in the author's books, "Indian Ocean Treasure" - #C-2180 and "The Treasure
of the Great Reef" - #C-2190).
#C-2180
Clarke, Arthur C. and Mike Wilson
Indian Ocean Treasure
Library of Congress: 64-16640
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Great Basses Reef Wreck
Comments: Adolescent version of "The Treasure of the Great Reef" (#C-2190);
illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9"
Pages: 147
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Harper & Row
Publishers, New York City
(1964), in hardback (pictorial boards) with a dust jacket. A cadmus edition
(extra sturdy library edition) was published by E.M Hale, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
(1967), in hardback (no dust jacket issued). A UK edition was published by
Sidgwick & Jackson, London (1972), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback
edition was published by Carousel Books, London (1974).
Description: This adolescent book is a condensed version of Clarke's "The
Treasure of the Great
Reef". It tells the story of Clarke's accidental finding of an early
18th
century wreck off the coast of Sri Lanka and his subsequent salvage of it.
#C-2190
Clarke, Arthur C. and Mike Wilson
The Treasure of the Great Reef
Library of Congress: 64-12697
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Great Basses Reef Wreck
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 233
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Harper & Row Publishers,
New York City
(1964), in hardback with a dust jacket. UK editions were published by Arthur
Barker Limited, London (1964), The Scientific Book Club, London (1964), and
Sidgwick & Jackson, London (1972), all in hardback with a dust jacket. There
were also 3 different paperback editions: 1) Perennial Library (Harper & Row
Publishers), New York City (1965), marked "First Perennial Library Edition" and
illustrated; 2) Scholastic Book Services, New York City (1966), marked "1st
Printing" and not illustrated; and 3) Ballantine Books, New York City (1974),
marked "First Revised Printing" and illustrated.
Description: This book is the story of the
authors' accidental finding, and successful salvage, of an early 18th century
wreck off the coast of Sri Lanka. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2195
Clausen, Carl J.
A 1715 Spanish Treasure Ship
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 49
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
Florida, Gainesville
(1965), in paperback. It is part of a series entitled, "Contributions of the
Florida State Museum," and is Social Sciences Number 12 in the series.
Description: This scholarly pamphlet is primarily an analysis of the artifacts
and treasure recovered
by Treasure Salvors in 1964 from the "Colored Beach Wreck" of the 1715 Fleet,
including armaments, ceramics, ship materials, cultural items, coins, jewelry
and specie.
#C-2200
Claybourne, Anna & Caroline Young
The Usborne Book of Treasure Hunting
ISBN/ISSN: 0746034466
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher, Vasa, Mary Rose, Whydah, Geldermalsen,
Edinburgh, Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 79
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Usborne
Publishing Ltd.,
London (1998), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued) and
in paperback. The US edition (First Published in America - stated) was published
by Usborne Publishing Ltd. (1999) in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust
jacket issued) and in paperback.
Description: This adolescent book includes three major sections: 1) buried
treasures; 2) treasures at
sea; and 3) ancient treasure (archaeology). The second section includes chapters
on the "Mary Rose", "Vasa", "Florencia", "Atocha", "Titanic", "Whydah",
"Geldermalsen" (Nanking Cargo), and "HMS Edinburgh".
#C-2210
Cleator, P.E.
Treasure for the Taking
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Robert
Hale Limited, London (1960), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is an overview of some of the major treasures throughout
the world that
could still be found and recovered in 1960. While it is mostly about land
treasures, the book includes a chapter about the "Concepcion" shipwreck (1641)
north of Hispaniola, which was partially salvaged by William Phips in 1687.
#C-2220
Cleator, P.E.
Underwater Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0709133545
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 224
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Robert Hale
and Company, London (1973), in hardback with a dust jacket. A reprint edition
was published by the Scientific Book Club, London (1973). A US edition was
published by St. Martin's Press, New York City (1973), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This book is a well-written overview of underwater archaeology,
including the
challenges it presents, methods, materials and the future of the science.
#C-2230
Clifford, Barry and Paul Perry
The Black Ship
ISBN/ISSN: 0747222975
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: See Clifford, Barry and Paul Perry, "Expedition Whydah" (#C-2240)
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 311
#C-2240
Clifford, Barry and Paul Perry
Expedition Whydah
ISBN/ISSN: 0060192321
Library of Congress: 99-13849
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Same book as "The Black Ship" (#C-2230); illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 311
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Cliff Street Books/Harper
Collins, New York
City (1999), in both hardback (with a dust jacket) and paperback. The book was
subsequently published in the Great Britain (First Published in Great Britain -
stated) under the title, "The Black Ship" by Headline Book Publishing, London
(1999), in hardback with a dust jacket. Headline also published a paperback
edition of "The Black Ship" in 2000. A large print edition was published by Isis
Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK and Replica Books, Bridgewater, New Jersey (2001).
Description: This autobiography is the story of the excavation of the "Whydah",
which sank off of
Cape Cod in 1717, and the man who found her (the author). The "Whydah" is the
first documented pirate ship ever to be salvaged. The book is really a
continuation of the author's previous book, "The Pirate Prince".
#C-2245
Clifford, Barry
The Lost Fleet
ISBN/ISSN: 0060198184
Library of Congress: 2001027588
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1678 fleet
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 287
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by William Morrow, New York
City (2002), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published in 2003 by First
Perennial Edition/HarperCollins.
Description: This book tells the story of the accidental wrecking and subsequent
discovery of the
French fleet of 1678. The author suggests the sinking of this fleet on the reefs
of Las Aves Island, 100 miles north of Venezuela, started the golden age of
piracy, and devotes more than half the book to the adventures of the more famous
Caribbean pirates of this era.
#C-2250
Clifford, Barry and Peter Turchi
The Pirate Prince
ISBN/ISSN: 0671768247
Library of Congress: 93-16266
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 222
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Simon & Schuster, New
York City
(1993), in hardback with a dust jacket. There was also a second printing in
1993.
Description: This book is a first person account of a modern-day treasure
hunter's struggles to
find and salvage the legendary pirate ship, "Whydah", which sank off Cape Cod in
1717.
#C-2253
Clifford, Barry & Kenneth J. Kinkor
Real
Pirates – The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship
ISBN/ISSN:
9781426202629
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Whydah
Comments:
Includes references; illustrated
Size:
8” x 9.25”
Pages:
175
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the National
Geographic Society, Washington, DC (2007), in paperback. A
juvenile edition of this book was published in hardback in 2008 with 32
pages.
Description:
This book is a companion volume to the National Geographic
Society “Whydah” exhibition at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The book
encompasses some Caribbean history, the life of a pirate, the capture of
the Whydah, it’s demise, and the salvage. It also pictures many of the
artifacts that have been salvaged.
#C-2255
Clifford, Barry and Paul Perry
The Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd
ISBN/ISSN: 0060185090
Library of Congress: 2003048774
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Adventure Galley, Fiery Dragon
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 278
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by William Morrow, New York
City (2003), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by Perennial, New
York City (2004).
Description: This book tells the story of the author's search for Captain Kidd's
ship, the "Adventure
Galley," off the coast of Madagascar. The search was complicated by another
salvor, Dick Swete, who was searching nearby for John Paul Jones' ship, the
"Serapis" and managed to convince government officials that Clifford was there
only to pillage the "Adventure Galley". Intertwined with the search story, is
the biography of Kidd. In the end, both the "Adventure Galley" and another
pirate ship, the "Fiery Dragon," were located and partially excavated by
Clifford...and Dick Swete died suddenly of malaria.
#C-2257
Clyne, Pat
The
Atocha Odyssey
ISBN/ISSN:
9781569444061
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Santa Margarita
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
11.25” x 8.75”
Pages:
64
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the author (2010), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of Mel and Deo Fisher,
and the finding of the “Atocha” and “Santa Margarita” treasures. The
author worked for Mel Fisher for many years and adds many personal
insights.
#C-2260
Cockett, Mary
Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0460058762
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Kip Wagner, 1715 Fleet, Association
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 52
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by J.M.
Dent & Sons Limited,
London (1973), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is primarily about land treasures, but
includes a chapter on
"Treasure in the Sea". The chapter briefly tells the story of Kip Wagner and the
1715 Fleet, and the salvage of the "HMS Association" in England.
#C-2270
Codinach, Guadalupe Jimenez
The Hispanic World 1492-1898
ISBN/ISSN: 084440697X
Category: Reference
Size: 9.25" x 11.5"
Pages: 1060
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Library of
Congress, Washington DC
(1994), in hardback (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This massive book is a guide to photo-reproduced manuscripts from
Spain in the
collections of the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. As such, it is an
essential book for serious Spanish shipwreck researchers.
#C-2280
Coffman, F.L. (Ferris LaVerne)
1001 Lost, Buried or Sunken Treasures
Library of Congress: 57-8128
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Harry Rieseberg
Comments: Includes a listing of shipwrecks; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 277
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Thomas Nelson & Sons,
New York City
(1957), in hardback with a dust jacket. There were at least 4 additional
printings, including 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1969 editions, with the later dates
noted.
Description: This book covers a variety of treasures, including wrecks in the
Caribbean, wrecks in
Florida, Harry Rieseberg and his exploits, Great Lakes wrecks, and treasure
hunts in Gorda Cay, Carysfort Reef and Jupiter Inlet. At the end of the book
there is a listing of Western Hemisphere treasure wrecks and their estimated
value (in 1957).
#C-2290
Coffman, F.L. (Ferris LaVerne)
Atlas of Treasure Maps
Library of Congress: Map 57-3
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated with maps
Size: 12" x 17"
Pages: 124
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Thomas Nelson & Sons,
New York City
(1957, 1958), in hardback with a dust jacket. Some books are bound in gray
boards and some are bound in sky blue boards...but are identical inside.
Description: This is a book of 41 nautical charts showing 3,047 known (or
suspected) wreck sites in
the Western Hemisphere and British Isles (including the longitude and latitude).
It also includes some land treasure sites on the maps.
#C-2300
Cohen, Daniel
Gold - The Fascinating Story of the Noble Metal Through the Ages
ISBN/ISSN: 0871312182
Library of Congress: 76-18067
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 186
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by M. Evans and Company,
Inc., New York
City (1976), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is about the many aspects of gold, and includes a chapter
on "Lost Treasures".
In this chapter, the story of Mel Fisher's salvage of the "Atocha" is told.
#C-2310
Colby, C.B.
Strangely Enough!
ISBN/ISSN: 0706123425
Library of Congress: 59-12989
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 125
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Sterling
Publishing Co., Inc., New
York City (1959) in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published by Popular Library, New York City (1959). Since 1963, Scholastic Book
Services, New York City has published at least 36 editions of the book, both in
hardback and paperback. Castle Books, London, published a hardback edition in
1966 and Sterling Publishing Company, New York City, published a hardback
edition in 1973 with pictorial boards.
Description: This adolescent book is a collection of eighty 1-2 page treasure
stories. Most of the
stories are related to land treasures, although a few sunken treasure stories
are included.
#C-2320
Colby, C.B.
Underwater World
Library of Congress: 66-10210
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Teddy Tucker, San Pedro, Vasa, L'Herminie
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10.75"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Coward-McCann, Inc.,
New York City
(1966), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued). There were
at least 2 additional printings.
Description: This adolescent book is mostly black & white pictures with
captions. Half of the book is
about treasure hunting and shows many artifacts and salvage pictures. The
shipwrecks featured include the "Vasa", "L'Herminie", and Teddy Tucker's
recoveries from the "San Pedro" in Bermuda.
#C-2330
Colby, C.B.
World's Best Lost Treasure Stories
ISBN/ISSN: 0806984201
Library of Congress: 91-14377
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8.5"
Pages: 95
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Sterling Publishing
Co., Inc., New York
City (1991), in hard back with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book is primarily about land treasures, but
includes a few sunken
treasure stories. Most of the material in the book was adapted from the author's
book, "Strangely Enough!" (see #C-2310).
#C-2340
Connor, Vida Lee
Treasures Recovered Off Padre Island (title on cover)
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Title page calls this book "Treasures Recovered From Spanish Galleon
Wreck Off
Padre Island"; pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 30
Editions: The first edition was published by J.A. Baldwin Company (1959), in
paperback. A second printing (stated) was published in paperback in 1969, and a
third printing (stated) was also published in 1969.
Description: This pamphlet tells the story of the salvage of the Spanish
treasure fleet that sank
off of Padre Island, Texas in 1554 in the first person. The author claims to
have discovered the wrecks in 1964 and participated in the salvage operation.
#C-2344
Conway, Jim
Reefs and Wrecks - A Diver's Guide to the Florida Keys
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 45
Editions: The first edition was published by the author, Miami, Florida (mid
1960's), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet includes several pages on wrecks and treasure, and
has 8 pictures of
1733 Fleet coins and artifacts. It also has chapters on fish, reefs, photography
and equipment.
#C-2345
Conway, J. North
Shipwrecks of New England
ISBN/ISSN:
9781580660266
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Whydah
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
136
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Covered Bridge Press,
North Attleborough, Massachusetts (2000), in paperback.
Description:
This books describes various shipwrecks in New England waters, but
includes a chapter about the pirate ship, “Whydah”.
#C-2350
Cook, Jan Leslie
The Mysterious Undersea World
ISBN/ISSN: 0870443178
Library of Congress: 79-1791
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; lavishly illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 10.75"
Pages: 104
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National
Geographic Society,
Washington, DC (1980), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket
issued).
Description: This adolescent book covers many topics related to the ocean and
includes one
chapter on Sunken Treasure (mostly pictures with limited text).
#C-2360
Cooke, James Herbert
The Shipwreck of Sir Cloudesley Shovell on the Scilly Islands in 1707
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association
Comments: Pamphlet
Size: 6" x 8.25"
Pages: 16
Editions: The first editions of these articles were published in the late 1800s.
This pamphlet
(reprints of the 3 articles) was published by the Isles of Scilly Museum,
England (no date), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet contains 3 documents about the "HMS Association"
shipwreck in the Isles
of Scilly in 1707: 1) Extracts from a paper read by James Herbert Cooke on
February 1, 1883 to the Society of Antiquaries (14 pages); 2) Extracts from an
article by S.R. Pattison entitled, "Sir Cloudesley Shovell" published in the
"Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall" in 1864-1865 (1 page); and 3)
Extracts from an article by T. Quiller Couch entitled, "Sir Cloudesley Shovell"
published in the "Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall" in 1866-1867 (1
page).
#C-2367
Cooper, Elizabeth
The Mary Rose
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Juvenile, illustrated
Size: 6" x 8"
Pages: 23
Editions: The first edition (not state) was published by Macmillan Education,
London (1984), in
paperback.
Description: This juvenile reader tells the story of the "Mary Rose", which sank
in 1545, and was
ultimately raised and preserved.
#C-2370
Cooper, Gordon
Treasure-Trove, Pirates' Gold
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Susan and Rebecca, Florencia, Vigo Bay Galleons, Lutine, Thetis,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 188
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by the
Lutterworth Press,
London (1951), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition (printed in Great
Britain) was published by Wilfred Funk, Inc. (1951), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This book, which is primarily about land treasures, has a chapter
entitled, "Where the
Lost Ships Lie". Included in this chapter are brief overviews of the following
wrecks: "Susan and Rebecca"; the Spanish Armada ship, "Florencia"; the Vigo Bay
wrecks; the "Lutine"; and the "Thetis".
#C-2380
Corbin, Thomas W.
The Romance of Submarine Engineering
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 316
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published in 1913 simultaneously by
both J.B.
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., London.
A print-on-demand
version of the book is now available.
Description: While this book is primarily about salvage, submarines and
underwater work, it
includes a few pages here-and-there about sunken treasure.
#C-2385
Costello, Ben and Ernie Richards & Phil Pringle
Treasures of a Lost Fleet
ISBN/ISSN:
978-0-578-18792-1
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet
Comments:
Lavishly illustrated
Size:
11.25” x 8.75”
Pages:
167
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the 1715 Fleet Society,
Washington, Pennsylvania, in hardback with a pictorial binding (no
dust jacket issued). Limited to 100 copies. Copies #1-25 are
autographed by all 3 authors.
Description:
This book
illustrated in color the major treasure finds on the 1715 Fleet from
2011 to 2016, with descriptive text.
#C-2390
Courtney, Charles
Unlocking Adventure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Hampshire, Egypt, Lord Kitchener
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" 8.25"
Pages: 335
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Whittlesey House, New
York City (1942),
in hardback with a dust jacket. A British edition was published in 1951 by
Robert Hale Ltd. in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This autobiography is about one of the world's most famous
locksmiths and safe
crackers. The book tells how he opened the safe recovered off the "Egypt" and of
his misadventures on a treasure salvage expedition to recover the gold from the
British cruiser, "HMS Hampshire".
#C-2398
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves and James Dugan -editors
Captain Cousteau's Underwater Treasury
Library of Congress: 59-12820
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Teddy Tucker, Hermoine, Laurentic, Vasa
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 415
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Harper & Brothers,
Publishers, New York City
(1959), in hardback with a dust jacket. Harper published a second hardback
printing in 1960 (with a dust jacket), and a paperback edition was published by
Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York (1971). A UK edition was
published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London (1960), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This anthology contains 59 short stories on various underwater
adventures around the
world. Included are stories about Teddy Tucker's exploits in Bermuda and his
salvage of the "Hermoine", the liner, "Laurentic", and the "Vasa".
#C-2400
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
Diving for Sunken Treasure
Library of Congress: 76-158349
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.5"
Pages: 302
Editions: The first edition was published in French. The first US edition (not
stated) was
published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York (1971), in hardback with
a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by A&W Publishers, New York
City (1971). The first UK edition was published by Cassell, London (1971), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A second impression (stated) was published by
Cassell in 1972.
Description: This book tells of the author's unsuccessful hunt for the sunken
Spanish galleon,
"Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion", with references to William Phips' prior
salvage efforts. However, the expedition did find and salvage an unidentified
shipwreck.
#C-2405
Coutts, Herbert -editor
Quest for a Pirate
ISBN/ISSN: 0905072669
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Exhibition catalog; pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 16
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the City of Edinburgh
Museums and
Galleries and the City of Edinburgh District Council, Scotland (1996), in
paperback.
Description: This pamphlet is an exhibition guide for artifacts from the pirate
ship, "Whydah",
on display in the Edinburgh, Scotland museum, and describes both New World
piracy and the salvage of the "Whydah".
#C-2410
Cowan, Rex
Castaway & Wrecked
ISBN/ISSN: 0715611453
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Anson
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Gerald
Duckworth & Co.
Ltd., London (1978), in hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback.
Description: This book describes the wrecks of 19 ships off the coast of
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and shows many unpublished photos of the wrecks. It also shows the
excavation of a large cannon from the "HMS Anson", which sank in 1807.
#C-2411
Cowan, Rex & Zelide, and
Peter Marsden
The Dutch East Indiaman
Hollandia Wrecked on the Isles of Scilly in 1743
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Hollandia
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
7” x 10”
Pages:
33
Editions: This
article was first published in "The International Journal of Nautical
Archaeology and Underwater Exploration" in September, 1975. A bound
reprint edition of this article was subsequently published in paperback.
Description:
This magazine article describes the shipwreck, search for, and
excavation of the "Hollandia", which sank in 1743 off the Isles of
Scilly. It also shows many of the artifacts recovered and describes
their significance.
#C-2412
Cowan, Zelide
Early Divers
ISBN/ISSN: 0952060507
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Lethbridge, Vasa, Abergavenny, tVliegent
Hart, Royal
George, Florencia, Gran Griffon, Spanish Armada, Hollandia, Mary Rose, Hartwell,
De Liefde
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 102
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Treasure World
Publishing, Norfolk,
England (circa 1985), in paperback.
Description: This is book is about early divers who salvaged sunken ships and
the equipment they
used, including the diving bell, underwater chambers, and early hard-hat suits.
It includes a chapter about John Lethbridge, and mentions a number of early
attempts to salvage treasure wrecks, including: William Phips and the salvage of
the "Concepcion", the "Vasa", the "Earl of Abergavenny", the "tVliegent Hart",
the Spanish Armada galleons "Florencia" and "Gran Griffon", the "Hollandia", the
"Mary Rose", the "Hartwell", the "De Liefde", and the "HMS Royal George".
#C-2418
Cox, David G.
More
Beyond: A Selected Bibliography of Sunken Treasures, Shipwrecks and
Related in the National Geographic Magazine, 1941 to 1990
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Comments:
Pamphlet; limited to 100 numbered copies
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
10
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the author,
Tucson, Arizona (1990), in paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet lists 46 articles in the “National Geographic
Magazine” that include sunken treasure, shipwrecks, and several related
topics.
#C-2445
Craig, Alan K. and Ernest J.
Richards, Jr.
Spanish Treasure Bars From New World Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN:
0974470503
Keywords:
1554 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Maravillas, Tumbaga
Bars, El Nuevo Constante
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
213
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by EN RADA
Publications, West Palm Beach, Florida (2003) in paperback and was
limited to 750 copies.
Description:
This scholarly book describes the gold, silver, copper and
tumbaga bars found on the 1554 Fleet (Padre Island), the 1715 Fleet, the
“Atocha” (with an appendix detailing each bar salvaged), the “Maravillas,”
the “El Nuevo Constante” wreck, and the Los Mimbres wreck off Little
Bahamas Island where the tumbaga bars were found. This is the only book
on precious metal bars from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth
centuries.
#C-2453
Cramer, Max
Treasures, Tragedies and Triumphs of the Batavia Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 064638483X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zeewijk, Zuytdorp
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 333
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Scott Four Colour
Print, Perth, Australia
(1999), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued) and paperback.
Description: This autobiography primarily tells the story of the author's
exploits in salvaging four
Western Australia shipwrecks: the "Batavia", the "Gilt Dragon", the "Zeewijk"
(called "Zeewyk" in the book), and the "Zuytdorp". It also includes many other
exploits, both on land and underwater.
#C-2460
Crile, George Jr.
The Way It Was - Sex, Surgery, Treasure and Travel 1907-1987
ISBN/ISSN: 0873384652
Library of Congress: 92-2971
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Looe, Art McKee, Edwin Link, Mendel Peterson
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 418
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Kent State
University Press, Kent,
Ohio (1992), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of George "Barney" Crile (the author's
father), a founder of the
Cleveland Clinic, prolific author and treasure hunter. One chapter in the book
tells the story of a treasure hunt for the "HMS Looe" with Art McKee, Edwin Link
and Mendel Peterson in the Florida Keys. This adventure is covered in much more
detail in the Barney Crile's book, "Treasure Diving Holidays" (#C-2480).
#C-2470
Crile, Jane and Barney
More Than Booty
Library of Congress: 65-23819
Category: Sunken Treasure
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 188
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the McGraw- Hill Book
Company, New York
City (1965), in hardback with a dust jacket. There was also a second printing
(stated) in 1965.
Description: This is the Crile's somewhat philosophical autobiography, written
largely by Jane as
she was dying of cancer. It recounts their many world travels together, and
devotes a chapter to their adventures seeking sunken treasure in the Caribbean
(which is more fully covered in the authors' other book, "Treasure Diving
Holidays" - see #C-2480).
#C-2480
Crile, Jane and Barney
Treasure Diving Holidays
Library of Congress: 54-6426
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Looe, Art McKee, Mendel Peterson
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 263
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by The
Viking Press, New
York City and the Macmillan Company of Canada Limited (1954), in hardback with a
dust jacket. There was a second hardback printing in 1955 and a third in 1956. A
British edition was also published in 1954 by Collins, London, in hardback with
a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by Fontana Books, London, in
1956. A condensed version of the book was published by Odhams Condensed Books,
London (Third Series).
Description: This book is the story of the
Crile family of Cleveland, Ohio, and their adventures treasure hunting in the
Caribbean during the 1950's and 60's. The Criles teamed up with Art McKee and
Mendel Peterson to salvage the "HMS Looe". One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2482
Crooks, David S.
Bibliography of Important
Shipwreck Auction Catalogs
Category:
Bibliography
Comments: Limited to 100 copies
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
81
Editions: The first
edition (stated) was published by the author, Clarendon Hills, Illinois
(2004), in paperback.
Description:
This annotated bibliography of shipwreck auction catalogs includes only
catalogs where the entire catalog is shipwreck material, or where a
particular section of the catalog includes
shipwreck material.
#C-2483
Crooks, David S.
Bibliography of Sunken
Treasure Books
Category:
Bibliography
Comments: Limited to 200 copies
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by the author, Clarendon
Hills, Illinois (2002), in paperback.
Description:
This annotated bibliography includes 750 non-fiction sunken
treasure and general- audience underwater archaeology books.
#C-2485
Croome, Angela
Know About
Wrecks
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa, Spanish Armada
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size:
6” x 8.25”
Pages:
64
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Blackie & Son Limited,
London (1965), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book briefly describes the excavation of several
Viking shipwrecks, the Spanish Armada wrecks, and the raising of the "Vasa".
Briefly mentioned are the wrecking of the "Lutine" and the
"HMS Association".
#C-2490
Cross, E.R.
Skin Diving Annual
Library of Congress: 57-7770
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a listing of treasure wrecks; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Trend Books, Los
Angeles (1957), in
paperback.
Description: This booklet is one of the early US publications on scuba diving,
and overviews of all
aspects of the sport. A chapter is dedicated to sunken treasures, primarily in
US waters, and lists 106 lost treasure wrecks still waiting to be recovered.
#C-2500
Crothall, Allan C.
Wealth from the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0952274701
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Empire Manor, Egypt, SORIMA, Risdon Beazley
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 136
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Starr
Line, Kent, UK
(1993), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the history of two well-respected salvage
companies, SORIMA and
Risdon Beazley. It includes many salvage stories, as well as the recovery of
gold from the "Egypt" and the "SS Empire Manor".
#C-2510
Crowell, Bill
Atlantic Treasure Troves
ISBN/ISSN: 0889992983
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Le Chameau
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 111
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Lancelot Press,
Hantsport, Nova Scotia,
Canada (1985), in paperback.
Description: This book includes both land and sea treasures, although most
shipwreck treasures
are only briefly described. The exception is "Le Chameau", which the author
devotes an entire chapter to.
#C-2517
Curryer, Betty Nelson
Anchors - An Illustrated History
ISBN/ISSN: 1861760809
Category: Artifacts
Keywords: Anchors
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain- stated) was
published by Chatham
Publishing, London (1999), in paperback. A US edition was published by the Naval
Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland (1999), in paperback.
Description: This book traces the development of the anchor from the early Greek
and Roman
anchors, through modern anchors, including anchors of the 16th, 17th and
18th
centuries. It is very well illustrated and an outstanding reference.
#C-2520
Cush, Cathie
Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 156799475X
Library of Congress: 97-141
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, Pandora, Central America,
Mary Rose,
Land Tortoise
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 120
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Metro Books, New York
City (1997), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This lavishly illustrated coffee table book covers the "SS Central
America", the
"Atocha", and briefly, the 1715 Fleet. For the underwater archaeology
enthusiast, it includes the "Monitor", the "HMS Pandora", the "Mary Rose", the
"Land Tortoise" and several wrecks from the 20th century.
#C-2530
Cussler, Clive and Craig Dirgo
The Sea Hunters
ISBN/ISSN: 0684830272
Library of Congress: 96-28656
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 364
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Simon & Schuster, New
York City (1996),
in hardback with a dust jacket (size is 6.25 by 9.5 inches). I have also seen a
1996 hardback edition of this book that is 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Paperback editions
were published by Pocket Books, New York City (1997) and by Pocket Star Books,
New York City (2003).
Description: This non-fiction book (by an author who's known for his fictional
works) is the story of
the author's search for 13 lost shipwrecks of historic importance, including his
successful search for the Confederate submarine, "Hunley". However, there is
only a small portion about the excavation of these vessels.
#C-2531
Cussler, Clive and Craig Dirgo
The Sea Hunters II
ISBN/ISSN: 0399149252
Library of Congress: 2002075401
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: L'Aimable, Sieur de LaSalle
Comments: Same book as
"The Sea Hunters 2" (#C-2532); illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 446
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by James Cahill Publishing
Co., Aliso Viejo, California (2002), under the title, "The Sea Hunters 2", in hardback with a slipcover case (no dust
jacket issued). The first edition was numbered, signed, and limited to 600 copies. The more common
edition of this book was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York City (2002),
in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by the Berkley
Publishing Group (2003).
Description: This book, a sequel to the author's first non-fiction book,
describes the search for a
multitude of sunken ships and aircraft, most of which sank during the Civil War
or in the 1900s. However, it does include one chapter about his search for
LaSalle's ship, "L'Aimable", which he may have located off Matagorda Island,
Texas. It will require excavation to confirm the finding.
#C-2532
Cussler, Clive and Craig Dirgo
The Sea Hunters 2
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: L'Aimable, Sieur de LaSalle
Comments: See Cussler,
Clive, "The Sea Hunters II" (#C-2531)
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 443
#C-2540
Daggett, Charles and Christopher "Kris" Shaffer
Diving for the Griffin
ISBN/ISSN: 0297810634
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Griffin, ceramics
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated; strangely, one of the authors
uses
"Christopher" Shaffer on the dust jacket and "Kris" Shaffer on the title page.
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 178
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London (1990), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the search for, and excavation of, the
English East
Indiaman, "Griffin", that sank in 1761 off the Philippines with a load of
Chinese porcelain.
#C-2550
Daley, Robert
Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0394412710
Library of Congress: 76-53478
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 341
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published simultaneously by Random
House, New York City
and Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto (1977) in hardback with a dust
jacket. There was also a second printing (stated) and a Book Club edition
(stated) published by Random House in 1977 (both hardback with dust jackets).
The book was republished in paperback by Ballantine Books, New York City (1978).
The book was again published in paperback by Pocket Books, New York City (1986).
Description: This book is the story of Mel
Fisher's successful search for the sunken Spanish galleon, "Atocha", which sank
near Key West, Florida in 1622. It also includes some of the early salvage
efforts. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2560
Daly, Audrey
The Book of Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Juvenile; pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 17
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by British Petroleum, UK
(1986), in
paperback.
Description: This juvenile oversize pamphlet briefly mentions 11 shipwrecks,
devoting 2 pages
to the "Mary Rose". The illustrations are excellent.
#C-2570
Daly, Loraine and Pat Reumert
The Padre Island Story
ISBN/ISSN: 0811101452
Library of Congress: 62-13061
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 7.5"
Pages: 52
Editions: The first edition was published by The Naylor Company, San Antonio,
Texas (1962), in
both hardback (with a dust jacket) and paperback. This edition was reprinted 4
times. The book was revised in 1964, and then reprinted several more times.
Description: This booklet overviews various topics about Padre Island, Texas,
but includes a chapter
on treasure wrecks (mostly about the 1554 Fleet).
#C-2580
Dash, Mike
Batavia's Graveyard
ISBN/ISSN: 0609607669
Library of Congress: 2001054775
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia
Comments: Includes 100 pages of notes and a bibliography; illustrated with maps
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 381
Editions: The first edition (stated) was
published by Crown Publishers, New York City (2002), in hardback with a dust
jacket. A UK edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was published
by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London (2002) in hardback with a dust jacket. There
have been at least 2 subsequent printings by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Paperback
editions were published in 2003 by Crown Publishers, New York City and Orion
Publishing Co./Phoenix, London.
Description: This book tells the story of the "Batavia" wreck off the west coast
of Australia in 1629,
and the subsequent mutiny. The "Batavia" was carrying a huge amount of gold and
silver from the Netherlands to Java (Indonesia) when it was wrecked.
#C-2590
Dau, Frederick W.
Florida Old and New
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Santa Margarita
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated; folding map bound in
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 377
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons,
New York City
(1934) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a history of Florida, with many interesting stories
and some glaring errors.
I believe this book is the first modern reference to the sinking of the 1715
Fleet, which the author incorrectly places off Key Largo (perhaps he was
confused with the 1733 Fleet). There are also several other treasure references,
including one to a Spanish galleon named "Santa Margarita" lost between Palm
Beach and Jupiter, Florida.
#C-2600
Davis, John L.
Treasure, People, Ships, and Dreams
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10"
Pages: 75
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Texas Antiquities
Commission, Austin,
Texas (1977), in paperback. All copies I've seen of this book are very poorly
bound with the pages unglued and loose.
Description: This booklet was designed to accompany an exhibit of artifacts
recovered from the
1554 Fleet, which sank in a storm off the coast of Padre Island, Texas. It
includes an overview of the history and salvage of the wrecks, and illustrates
many of the artifacts recovered.
#C-2604
Davis, Robert H.
Deep Diving and Submarine Operations
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Telemaque, Florencia; William Phips, Concepcion, Vigo Bay Galleons,
Grosvenor,
Lutine, Thetis, Royal Charter, Hamilla Mitchell, Alphonso XII, Skyro, Oceana,
Laurentic, Tubantia, Egypt, Niagara, Mary Rose, Royal George
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 10"
Pages: 693
Editions: All editions have been published by Siebe, Gorman & Company Ltd., UK
in hardback.
The first edition (1909), second edition (1917-18) and third edition (1918-1919)
were published under the title of "Diving Scientifically and Practically
Considered - A Diving Manual and Handbook of Submarine Appliances". In the
fourth edition (1935), the name was changed to, "Deep Diving and Submarine
Operations - A Manual for Deep Sea Divers and Compressed Air Workers". The fifth
edition was published in 1951, the sixth edition in 1955, the seventh edition in
1962 and the eighth edition in 1981. A ninth edition was published in 1995 to
commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Siebe Gorman company. This edition was
produced as a two volume set in a slipcase, with each set being numbered.
Description: This is one of the great books on hard hat diving and includes
numerous references
to treasure ships (typically 1-5 pages in length each). A few of those described
include the "Telemaque", "Florencia"; William Phips and his salvage of the
"Concepcion", the Vigo Bay wrecks, "Grosvenor", "Lutine", "HMS Thetis", "Royal
Charter", "Hamilla Mitchell", "Alphonso XII", "Skyro", "Oceana", "Laurentic",
"Tubantia", "Egypt", "RMS Niagara", "Mary Rose", and "HMS Royal George".
#C-2610
Dawlish, Peter and John Johnstone
Johnno the Deep-Sea Diver
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara, Johnno Johnstone
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by George W. Harrap &
Co., London (1960), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition (not stated) was published by
Franklin Watts, Inc., New York City (1960), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
large print edition was published by F.A. Thorpe (Ulverscroft), Leicester, UK
(1968), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of Johnno Johnstone, an English hard hat
diver that is famous
for his salvage of the "Niagara", a liner sunk by a mine off the New Zealand
coast. During 1940 and 1941, Johnstone and his divers recovered eight tons of
gold bullion in 438 feet of water...an amazing feat in its day.
#C-2615
Dawson, Warren R.
The Story of the H.M.S.
“Lutine”
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Lutine
Comments: Pamphlet;
illustrated
Size:
5” x 8”
Pages:
11
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by Lloyd's, London (unknown date but
probably 1940s), in paperback.
Description: This
small pamphlet briefly tells the story of the wreck of the H.M.S. Lutine,
and the subsequent salvage attempts up through 1924.
#C-2620
Deagan, Kathleen
Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida & Caribbean, 1500-1800 - Volume 1:
Ceramics, Glassware and Beads
ISBN/ISSN: 0874743923
Library of Congress: 86-24772
Category: Shipwreck Artifacts
Keywords: Artifacts, ceramics
Comments: Includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 222
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Smithsonian
Institution Press,
Washington DC (1987), in both hardback (with a dust jacket) and paperback.
Description: This scholarly book details the ceramic, tile, glassware and bead
artifacts that have
been recovered from Spanish colonial archaeological sites in Florida. Deagan's
book is one of the best reference manuals for identifying glassware and ceramics
from Spanish shipwrecks during 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
#C-2621
Deagan, Kathleen
Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida & Caribbean, 1500-1800 - Volume 2:
Portable Personal Possessions
ISBN/ISSN: 158834035X
Library of Congress: 86-24772
Category: Shipwreck Artifacts
Keywords: Artifacts, ceramics
Comments: Includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 372
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Smithsonian
Institution Press,
Washington DC (2002), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This scholarly book details the personal possessions used by
residents of the Spanish
colonies in America and found on early Spanish shipwrecks, including jewelry,
clothing ornaments and fasteners, religious items, firearms, coins, weights,
grooming equipment, harnesses, bells, games, and pipes. This volume of Deagan's
book is one of the best reference manuals for identifying personal artifacts
from Spanish shipwrecks during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
#C-2635
Deas, Walter and Clarrie Lawler
Beneath Australian Seas
ISBN/ISSN: 58907072X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zuytdorp, Zeewijk, Captain Cook
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 7"
Pages: 112
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by A.H. &
A.W. Reed, Sydney, Australia (1970), in hardback with pictorial boards and a
dust jacket.
Description: This small book includes many aspects of oceanography and diving,
such as sea
animals, spear fishing, shells, the history of scuba and underwater photography.
One 14 page chapter deals with "Wrecks and Treasure Trove", and includes the
Western Australia wrecks "Batavia", "Gilt Dragon", "Zuytdorp", and "Zeewyck". It
also describes the cannon recovered from where Captain Cook threw it off his
ship, "Endeavour", in 1770 on the Queensland coast.
#C-2640
deBorhegyi, Suzanne
Ships, Shoals and Amphoras
ISBN/ISSN: 0917920111
Library of Congress: 61-9050
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Art McKee, Teddy Tucker
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 176
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, New York City
(1961), in hardback (blue boards) with a dust jacket. There was also a second
printing in 1961, which has khaki boards and does not state "first edition".
Description: This book is an overview of various early underwater archaeological
projects. It
includes a chapter on the history of the Spanish galleon wrecks, and a brief
mention of Art McKee's work on the 1733 Fleet and Teddy Tucker's work in
Bermuda.
#C-2641
de Castro, Filipe Vieira
The Pepper Wreck – A
Portuguese Indiaman at the Mouth of the Tagus River
ISBN/ISSN:
1585443905
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Nossa Senhora dos Martires, ceramics
Comments:
Includes a bibliography and artifact list; illustrated
Size:
6.5” x 9.5”
Pages:
287
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by the Texas A&M
University Press, College Station, Texas (2005), in hardback (with a
dust jacket).
Description:
This scholarly book describes the sinking and excavation of the
Portuguese Indiaman, “Nossa Senhora dos Martires”, which sank in 1606
with a load of peppercorns and porcelain. The author also discusses the
India Route, the development of the nau (the type of ship), and the
nautical history of Iberia.
#C-2643
de Donato, Gabriel, Stephane Duperray, Alain-Xavier Wurst
Mare Nostrum: The Roman Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 1902699556
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 78
Editions: The first edition was published by Periplus Publishing London, Ltd.
(2003), in hardback
with a dust jacket. This is Volume 3 in the Periplus Encyclopedia of
Underwater Archaeology.
Description: This book describes the most significant Roman shipwrecks
discovered to date, and
surveys their cargos.
#C-2645
Delano, Leonard
Sunken Klondike Gold
ISBN/ISSN:
9781450736602
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
SS Islander
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
11” x 8.5”
Pages:
166
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Delano Publishing
(2011), in paperback.
Description:
This book tells the story of the sinking (1901), salvage attempts, and
law suits of the “SS Islander” off the coast of Alaska in 2012. The
ship was rumored to be carrying 12,000 ounces of placer gold (1200
ounces was recovered in 2012 after the book was published).
#C-2648
Delgado, James P.
Adventures of a Sea Hunter - In Search of Famous Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1553650719
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vrouw Maria
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 230
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., Vancouver, Canada (2004), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book is based on the
TV series, “The Sea Hunters”, which in turn is based on Clive
Cussler’s underwater explorations (see #C-2530 and #C-2531). It
includes the liners “Titanic” and “Carpathia”, the “Vrouw Maria” (which
sank in 1771 carrying a cargo of art belonging to Catherine the Great),
one of Kublai Khan’s warships that sank in 1281 in an assault on Japan,
the “Artic Fox” (which Capt. Francis McClintock used to solve the
disappearance of Sir John Franklin in the Arctic in 1845), the “Somers”
(scene of the alleged mutiny by Philip Spencer in 1842 and his
execution), the “General Harrison” (a gold rush steamer in San
Francisco), a forgotten Civil War submarine that was located in
Panamanian waters, and the German cruiser, “Dresden”, which was sunk off
Chile in 1914 with an alleged load of gold coins. Also included are
dives at Peral Harbor, Bikini Atoll, and in the flooded tunnels of a
German concentration camp.
#C-2650
Delgado, James P. -editor
British Museum Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0714121290
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Same book as "Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology"
(#C-2660); includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size: 9" x 11.25"
Pages: 493
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the British Museum Press,
London (1997), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The British Museum Press published a paperback
edition in 2001. The first US edition, entitled "Encyclopedia of Underwater and
Maritime Archaeology", was published by the Yale University Press, New Haven,
Connecticut (1998), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published in 2001 by the British Museum Press.
Description: This book is an extensive encyclopedia of underwater archaeology
and shipwrecks...all
in one volume. Each entry is followed by a bibliography for that topic, making
this book a valuable research tool.
#C-2660
Delgado, James P. -editor
Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0300074271
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: See Delgado, James P. -editor, "British Museum Encyclopedia of
Underwater and
Maritime Archaeology" (#C-2650)
Size: 9" x 11.25"
Pages: 493
#C-2670
Delgado, James P.
Lost Warships - An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 1550548336
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Kronan, Vasa, Mary Rose, La Trinidad Valencera, Swan, Invincible,
Spanish
Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 11.25"
Pages: 190
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by Douglas
& McIntyre Ltd.,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Checkmark Books, New York City (2001),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This lavishly illustrated book encompasses 3000 years of military
shipwrecks and the
modern day excavation of these warships using underwater archaeological
techniques. It touches on many well-known shipwrecks as examples, including the
"Kronan", "Vasa", "Mary Rose", "La Trinidad Valencera", "Swan", "Invincible" and
"Monitor".
#C-2680
Desroches, Jean-Paul, Gabriel Casal, and Franck Goddio -editors
Treasures of the San Diego
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: San Diego
Comments: Exhibition catalog; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 379
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published in Spanish under the title, "El San Diego. Un Tesoro Bajo el Mar", by
Cooperación Española, Madrid (1995). The first English language edition (not
stated) was published by the National Museum of the Philippines, Manila (in
conjunction with Foundation ELF) in 1996, in paperback. A French edition was published by
AFAA, RMN, Paris (1994) under the title, “Le San Diego”. A German edition was
published by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Prebishcher Kulturbesitz, Berlin
(1997) under the title, “Die Schatze der San Diego”.
Description: This exhibition catalog is extraordinary. It is very well
illustrated, comprehensive in
scope, provides the historical background and the salvage details. The Spanish
ship, "San Diego", sank off the Philippines in 1600 and was discovered in 1991
by Frank Goddio (one of the editors). The exhibition was held at the Philippine
Consulate in New York City from November 1, 1996 to - February 28, 1997 (and
previously in Madrid and Paris).
#C-2684
Desrosiers, Mark
Pirates and
Pieces of Eight
ISBN/ISSN: 1414041209
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Whydah
Comments:
Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5” x 8”
Pages: 108
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by 1st Books
Library, New York City (2004), in paperback.
Description: This adolescent book is mostly about pirates and land treasure,
but includes a chapter about “Black Sam” Bellamy’s pirate ship,
“Whydah”, which sank off Cape Cod in 1717. Other chapters are on Oak
Island, Henry Avery, Blackbeard, and Captain Kidd. It also has a
state-by-state listing of treasure locations.
#C-2690
Dethlefsen, Edwin
Whidah: Cape Cod's Mystery Treasure Ship
ISBN/ISSN: 0916149013
Pages: 84-051126
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Illustrated; includes a fold-out picture of the ship and a fold-out
map of Cape Cod
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 171
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Seafarers
Heritage Library,
Key West, FL (1984), in paperback.
Description: This was the first book about the search for the "Whydah" (the name
of the ship is
misspelled in the title). The "Whydah" was a pirate ship that sank off the Cape
Cod coast in 1717. In 1984, when the book was published, the wreck still had not
been found.
#C-2700
Dickinson, Capt. Thomas
A Narrative of the Operations for the Recovery of the Public Stores and Treasure
Sunk in HMS Thetis at Cape Frio, on the Coast of Brazil, on the 5th December,
1830
Library of Congress: 17030668
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Thetis
Comments: Illustrated; fold-out map of Thetis Cove
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 191
Editions: The first edition was published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown Green
and Longman,
London (1836), in hardback. A reprint edition was published by Kessinger
Publishing, Whitefish, Montana (2008), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of the sinking of the "HMS Thetis" off
the coast of Southern
Brazil in 1830, and the recovery of $750,301 in treasure during 1831 and 1832 by
the author and his shipmates using a diving bell and some amazing engineering.
In the end, Lloyd's of London, the insurer, only rewarded the 400 sailors
involved in the salvage with $17,000 ($42.50 each).
#C-2710
Dingman, Roger
Ghost of War
ISBN/ISSN: 1557501599
Library of Congress: 97-25742
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Awa Maru
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 373
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by the Naval
Institute Press,
Annapolis, Maryland (1997), in hardback with a dust jacket. There was also a
second printing (stated) in hardback in 1997.
Description: This book tells the story of the sinking of the WWII "protected"
Japanese transport
ship, "Awa Maru", as well as the events leading up to the "accident". It also
recounts the US and Japanese salvage efforts, and subsequent recovery by the
Chinese.
#C-2720
Diole, Philippe
4000 Years Under the Sea
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8" x 5.25"
Pages: 320
Editions: The first edition was published in French as "Promenades d'Archeologie
Sous-Marine" by
Albin Michel, Paris, 1952. The first UK edition was published by Sidgwick and
Jackson, London (1954), in hardback with a dust jacket. There were at least 3
printings of the UK edition in 1954 (second and third printing stated). The
first US edition was published by Julian Messner, Inc., New York City (1954), in
hardback with a dust jacket, and there were at least two US printings (first and
second printing stated). A paperback edition was published by Pan Books, New
York City (1957).
Description: This book tells of the author's adventures in the early days of
underwater archaeology,
primarily in Southern France and North Africa. It includes an interpretation of
man's history in the Mediterranean area based on the archaeological treasures
excavated from shipwrecks. Diole was a pioneer in underwater archaeology and a
close associate of Jacques Cousteau.
#C-2725
Diole, Philippe
The Undersea Adventure
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 218 (UK edition)
Editions: The first edition was published in French by Albin Michel, Paris
(1951) under the title,
"L'Adventure Sous-Marine". The first English language edition was published
simultaneously by Julian Messner, Inc., New York City, and Sidgwick & Jackson
Limited, London (1953), in hardback with a dust jacket. It has been reprinted
and republished many times subsequently in both hardback and paperback.
Description: This book is a description of the author's experiences in the early
days of underwater
exploration and the many animal and plant curiosities encountered. It includes a
chapter on excavating Greek and Roman shipwrecks.
#C-2730
Diole, Philippe
Underwater Exploration
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 118
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by Elek
Books, Ltd., London
and the Ryerson Press, Toronto, Canada in 1954, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This is one of the early books on scuba diving, recounting the
entire history of diving. It
includes several passages about wreck exploration and salvage.
#C-2740
Dipper, Dr. Francis
The New Book of Treasures Under the Ocean
ISBN/ISSN: 0761306404
Library of Congress: 97-24313
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: John Barry, Concepcion, William Phips, Queen Anne's Revenge, Edinburgh
Comments: Adolescent, illustrated
Size: 9.75" x 14"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition was published by Aladdin Books, Ltd., London (1997),
in hardback with a
pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued). The first US edition (stated) was
published by Copper Beech Books, Brookfield, Connecticut (1997), in hardback
with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent oversize book is lavishly illustrated and describes
salvage technology,
treasure salvage, underwater archaeology, and touches on oceanography. Salvages
of the "USS John Barry", the "Concepcion", the "Queen Anne's Revenge", the
"Titanic" and the "HMS Edinburgh" are briefly described and illustrated.
#C-2750
Disney Productions, Walt
The Underwater Adventure Book
ISBN/ISSN: 0394836022
Library of Congress: 77-90198
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Le Chameau
Comments: Juvenile, illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10.25"
Pages: 61
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Random House, New York
City (1978), in
hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: While much of this juvenile book is purely fiction, it includes
several non-fiction
chapters. One of the serious chapters is devoted to the story of "Chameau"
salvage off the coast of Nova Scotia.
#C-2770
Doak, Wade
The Burning of the Boyd
ISBN/ISSN: 0340338857
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Boyd
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 184
Editions: The first edition (First Printed - stated) was published by Hodder and
Stoughton,
Auckland, New Zealand (1984), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This is the author's own story about finding and salvaging the
"Boyd", which had a
fierce massacre on board in 1809 resulting in 66 of the crew being eaten by
Maoris (native New Zealanders). There were supposed to be gold coins on board,
but none were recovered in the salvage.
#C-2780
Doak, Wade
The Elingamite and its Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0340107774
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Elingamite, Kelly Tarlton
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (First Printed - stated) was published by Hodder and
Stoughton, London
(1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing (Second Impression -
stated) was also published in 1969, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This is the author's own story
about finding and salvaging of the "Elingamite" with Kelly Tarlton. The
"Elingamite" sank in 1902 off the New Zealand coast with a cargo of gold and
silver. Many copies of this book will have a "treasure coin voucher" attached to
the title page...redeemable for a shilling salvaged from the "Elingamite".
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2781
Dobbs, Horace E.
The Great Diving Adventure
ISBN/ISSN: 0946609233
Library of Congress: 86-80183
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Harry Cox, Eagle (Bermuda)
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 252
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by the
Oxford Illustrated Press
Ltd., Somerset, UK and Haynes Publications Inc., Newbury Park, California
(1986), in hardback with pictorial boards and a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts the author's diving exploits around the world.
One chapter, "Diving
for Treasure in Bermuda" tells of the author's encounter with renowned Bermuda
treasure diver, Harry Cox, and a day of diving on the "Eagle" (sunk in 1659).
#C-2782
Dobbs, Horace E.
Snorkelling and Skindiving - An Introduction
ISBN/ISSN: 0902280376
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Trinidad Valencera, Spanish Armada, Association
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Oxford Illustrated
Press Ltd.,
Headington, UK (1976), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket
issued).
Description: This book is primarily about skin diving and snorkeling, but
includes a chapter about
treasure hunting and underwater archaeology. The two shipwrecks discussed are
the "Trinidad Valencera" and the "HMS Association".
#C-2790
Donnelly, Judy
True-Life Treasure Hunts
ISBN/ISSN: 0394868013
Library of Congress: 84-4777
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Kip Wagner, 1715 Fleet, Hussar
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 68
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Random House, New York
City (1984), in
hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued). A paperback edition
was published by Scholastic, Inc., New York City (1987). Another paperback
edition was published by Random House, New York City (1993).
Description: This juvenile book includes a chapter about sunken treasure, which
tells the story of
Kip Wagner and the 1715 Fleet. It also briefly mentions the "Hussar" pay ship
that sank just north of what was then New York City.
#C-2800
Doukan, Gilbert
World Beneath the Waves
Library of Congress: 57-9118
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Concepcion, Egypt, Telemaque
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 356
Editions: The first edition was published in French. The first UK edition (First
Printed in Great
Britain - stated) was published by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London (1957), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by John DeGraff,
Inc., New York City (1957) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book includes a wide range of underwater topics, including
underwater hunting,
ethnology (fish studies), diving equipment, sunken wrecks and a whole section on
underwater archaeology. Sunken treasures are covered in 9 pages and include the
"Concepcion", the "Egypt" and the "Telemaque".
#C-2810
Drake-Brockman, Henrietta
Voyage to Disaster - The Batavia Mutiny
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Batavia
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 318
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Angus &
Robertson, Sydney,
Australia (1963), in hardback with a dust jacket. It was reprinted in hardback
in 1982 by Angus & Robertson. A paperback edition was published in 1995 by the
University of Western Australia Press, Perth, and this is still in print.
Description: This book tells the story of the shipwreck of the "Batavia" off the
Western coast of
Australia in 1629, and the subsequent mutiny and murder of the survivors on a
remote island. It was due to the author's research for this book that the wreck
site was identified and the shipwreck subsequently salvaged. The author also
wrote a historical fiction book about the "Batavia" shipwreck entitled, "The
Wicked and the Fair".
#C-2820
Draper, Sarah
Shipwrecks
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Dutton, Studland Bay wreck, Mary Rose, Santa Lucia, Royal George,
Spanish Armada,
Abergavenny
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National Maritime
Museum, Greenwich,
UK (1992), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet covers 8 wrecks off the coasts of the UK, including
the "Dutton" (1796);
the Studland Bay wreck (a Spanish merchantman that sank around 1500); the "Mary
Rose" (1545); the Spanish Armada (1588); the "Santa Lucia" (1567); the "HMS Royal
George" (1782); "The Earl of Abergavenny" (1805); the Scapa Flow wrecks of World
War II, and a page on saving England's shipwrecks.
#C-2824
Drayton, Gary T.
Metal Detecting for Spanish Treasure
Category:
Beach Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
104
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Pompano
Beach, Florida (2010), in paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet is an excellent resource for metal detectorists on
Florida’s “treasure coast” who want to find coins, artifacts, and
jewelry from the 1715 treasure fleet. The author is one of the most
successful beach hunters on the ‘treasure coast” and has finds include a
spectacular emerald ring, many coins, and a multitude of artifacts.
The pamphlet describes where to hunt, what kinds of tools you’ll need,
the techniques to utilize, and how to clean your finds.
#C-2830
Driscoll, Charles B.
Doubloons - The Story of Buried Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Lutine, Vigo Bay Galleons
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 319
Editions: The first edition (not stated - but can be identified by a colophon,
i.e. a small oval graphic,
over the copyright date) was published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York City
(1930), in hardback with a paste down label on the cover and spine, and a dust
jacket. There was a second printing that is identical to the first edition,
except there is no colophon over the copyright date. There was also a third,
fourth and fifth printing (and perhaps more) of the book in 1930, and these can
be identified by their smaller size and the fact there is no paste down label on
the cover and spine. All of these hardback printings had dust jackets. The first
UK edition was published by Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London (1931), in hardback
with a dust jacket. Reader's Digest published a condensed hardback edition in
1944. A paperback edition was published by Pennant Books, New York City (1954).
Description: This book tells the story of
10 famous lost treasures, including 3 about sunken ships. There are
chapters about the "Florencia" (one of the Spanish Armada galleons that sank in
1588 in Tobermory Bay off Scotland), the "Lutine" (which sank off Holland in
1799) and the Spanish galleons sunk in Vigo Bay, Spain, in 1702. One of
the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2840
Driscoll, Charles B.
Pirates Ahoy
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Thetis
Comments: Includes a bibliography
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 340
Editions: The first edition (not stated - but can be identified by a colophon,
i.e. a small oval graphic,
over the copyright date) was published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York City
(1941), in hardback with a dust jacket. This was the only edition published to
my knowledge, but there could be other printings without the colophon.
Description: While this book is primarily about pirates, it does include the
story of the sinking and
salvage of the British frigate, "Thetis", off the coast of Brazil in 1830.
#C-2847
du Boulay,
Juliet
Wrecks of the Isles of Scilly
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Colossus, Association, Schiller
Comments:
Pamphlet; reprinted from “The Mariner’s Mirror”, Vol. 45 & 46 (December
1959 and May 1960)
Size:
6.5” x 9.75”
Pages:
27
Editions:
The first edition of this pamphlet (not stated) was published by
“The Mariner’s Mirror”, England (no date), in paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet discusses a number of shipwrecks in the Isles of Scilly,
including the following treasure wrecks: “HMS Colossus”, “HMS Association”,
and the “Schiller”. There are several pages about the “HMS Colossus”,
but the coverage of the “HMS Association” and “Schiller” is rather light.
#C-2850
Du Cros, Edward
Skin Diving in Australia
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 9.75"
Pages: 180
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Angus &
Robertson
(Publishers) Pty. Ltd., Sydney (1960), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a general overview of skin diving but includes a
chapter about sunken
treasure and salvage. The author participated in some of the salvage efforts.
#C-2860
DuBois, Bessie Wilson
Shipwrecks in the Vicinity of Jupiter Inlet
ISBN/ISSN: 0912451424
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Santa Margarita
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 31
Editions: The first edition (not stated) of this pamphlet was published by the
author in 1975. A
second printing was published in 1976, a third printing in 1978 and a fourth
printing in 1981.
Description: While most of this pamphlet is about wrecks of the
19th and 20th
centuries, there are
several pages about wrecks in the 1500's and 1600's. Amazingly, there is no
mention of the 1715 Fleet.
#C-2870
Dugan, James
Man Explores the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Laurentic, Egypt
Comments: Same book as "Man Under the Sea" (#C-2880); includes a bibliography
and
chronology of events in underwater exploration; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 10"
Pages: 366
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Hamish
Hamilton, Ltd., London (1956), in hardback with a dust jacket. A UK paperback
edition was published under the same title by Penguin Books, London (1960). The
first US edition (First Edition - stated) was published by Harper & Brothers,
New York City (1956), in hardback with a dust jacket under the title, "Man Under
the Sea". A US paperback edition was published by Collier Books, New York City
(1965) and is marked, "New Revised Edition". A second printing of this was
published in 1966.
Description: This book chronicles underwater exploration from the earliest times
to Cousteau
(1950s). It includes the treasure salvage stories of the "Laurentic" and the
"Egypt", and briefly mentions several more treasure recoveries. The book also
has a chapter on underwater archaeology.
#C-2880
Dugan, James
Man Under the Sea
Library of Congress: 55-10692
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Laurentic, Egypt
Comments: See Dugan, James, "Man Explores the Sea" (#C-2870)
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 332
#C-2890
Dumas, Frederic
30 Centuries Under the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0517518759
Library of Congress: 76-13031
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 217
Editions: The first edition was published in French by Editions France-Empire
(1972), in hardback
with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by Crown Publishers,
Inc., New York City (1976).
Description: This is a well-written book about some of the more famous, and some
quite unknown,
underwater archaeological recoveries. The author was a pioneer in underwater
archaeology and an associate of Jacques Cousteau.
#C-2893
Dumas, Frederic
Deep-Water Archaeology
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 71
Editions: The first edition was published in French. The first English language
edition was
published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, London (1962), in hardback with a dust
jacket. The first US edition was published by Dufour, Chester Springs,
Pennsylvania (1964), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a short summary of the problems of shipwreck
excavation in deep water,
together with a classification of sites. The author was a pioneer in underwater
archaeology and an associate of Jacques Cousteau.
#C-2900
Dunbar, John
The Lost Land
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Association, Colossus
Comments: Includes a brief bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Collins, London
(1958), in hardback with
a dust jacket.
Description: This book is about the early days of underwater exploration in the
Isles of Scilly,
England. It includes a few pages about the "HMS Association" and "HMS Colossus" wrecks,
and briefly mentions several other treasure wrecks. The author is one of the
early British underwater archaeologists.
#C-2910
Dunn, R.J. and J. Johnstone
Niagara Gold
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara, Johnno Johnstone
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 51
Editions: The first edition (not stated) of this pamphlet was published by A.H.
& A.W. Reed,
Wellington, New Zealand in 1942. The pamphlet was reprinted (stated) in 1943.
Both editions have a picture of Johnno Johnstone glued to the cover.
Description: This pamphlet tells of one of the great underwater treasure
recoveries of World War II,
in which hardhat divers recovered eight tons of gold bullion from the sunken
liner, "Niagara" in 438 feet of water off the coast of New Zealand.
#C-2915
Dwyer, Terry
Wreck Hunter – The Quest for Lost Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1895900670
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Tilbury, Triton, Empire Manor, Sussex, Auguste, Leonidas
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6” x 9”
Pages: 208
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Pottersfield Press,
Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia (2004), in paperback.
Description:
This book describes the author’s exploits underwater, including the
salvage of both modern and historic wrecks. Many wrecks in the Nova
Scotia area and their treasures are described, including the “HMS
Tilbury”, “Le Triton”, the “Empire Manor”, “L’Auguste”, and the “HMS
Leonidas”. The book also describes the search for the “HMS Sussex” off
Gibraltar.
#C-2916
Dwyer, Terry
Wreck Hunter 2
– The Adventure Continues
ISBN/ISSN:
978-1-897462-42-3
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Sovereign,Auguste
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
186
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Glen
MargaretPublishing, Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada (2015), in paperback
Description:
This book
tells the story of the author's search and salvage of
shipwrecks off the Nova Scotia coast. It also includes chapters on the
salvage of "L'Auguste de Bordeaux", the techniques and technologies
utilized in salvaging ships, the politics and laws restricting ongoing
shipwreck salvage in Nova Scotia, a listing of some of the more
noteworthy shipwrecks off the Eastern shore of Nova Scotia, and the
attempted salvage of the 230,000 Mexican silver coins on the
"Sovereign".
#C-2918
Earle,
Peter
Treasure Hunt
ISBN/ISSN:
9780413776389
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Concepcion; William Phips, Thetis, Vigo Bay Galleons, Merchant
Royal, Atocha, Santa Margarita, 1622 Fleet, Maravillas, Florencia, Vasa,
Campen, Charles, Jesus Maria del la Limpia Concepcion, Santo Christo de
Castello, Guinea Frigate, San Jose, Slot ter Hooge, Vansittart,
Meresteijn, Princess Louisa, Dodington, Hollandia, Royal Anne Galley,
Gran Grifon, Edinburgh, Adelaar, Anna Catharina, tVliegent Hart,
Triumphant, Royal George, Hartwell, Abergavenny, Maracaibo
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.5”
Pages:
383
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Methuen
Publishing Ltd., London (2007), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
paperback edition was published by Methuen in 2008. A US edition
(First US Edition – stated) was published by Thomas Dunne Books, New
York City (2008) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book is about the early days of professional sunken treasure
hunting (1687-1830s)…beginning with William Phips and his salvage of the
“Concepcion” and ending with development of a “modern” diving suit.
It is significant to the treasure hunter because it specifies what
treasure was reportedly aboard a multitude of shipwrecks and what was
actually recovered between 1687 and the 1830s.
#C-2920
Earle, Peter
The Treasure of the Concepcion
ISBN/ISSN: 0670725587
Library of Congress: 79-26510
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: See Earle, Peter, "The Wreck of the Almiranta" (#C-2930)
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 274
#C-2930
Earle, Peter
The Wreck of the Almiranta
ISBN/ISSN: 0333235959
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion; William Phips
Comments: Same book as "The Treasure of the Concepcion" (#C-2920); includes a
bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 260
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
MacMillan London Limited
(1979), in hardback with a dust jacket. A book club edition was also published
in 1979 by Book Club Associates, in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US
edition was published by The Viking Press, New York City (1980), in hardback
with a dust jacket under the title, "The Treasure of the Concepcion".
Description: This book is a scholarly work
describing the sinking of the "Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion" off the coast of
Hispaniola in 1641, and the salvage by both William Phips in 1687 and more
recently by Burt Webber. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2940
Eden, Allan W.
Islands of Despair
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: General Grant
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 212
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Andrew
Melrose Limited,
London (1955), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of an expedition, of which the author was
a member, to the
Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand. It recounts many shipwrecks, including
the story of the "General Grant" wreck and attempted salvage of the gold on
board.
#C-2945
Edmunds, George
The Gower Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 0906570204
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rhossili Bay Wreck
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition was published by Regional Publications, Gwent, UK
(1979) in hardback
with a dust jacket and paperback. A revised edition (stated) was published by
Regional Publications in 1986, in paperback.
Description: This book discusses many shipwrecks on the Gower Coast of England
(northwest coast of Wales), but it is the primary source of information on the
Rhossili Bay wreck (also known as the Dollar Ship but never specifically
identified). The book describes the wreck, the salvage, the coins, and the
cannons recovered.
#C-2950
Edwards, Hugh
Australian & New Zealand Shipwrecks & Sea Tragedies
ISBN/ISSN: 090800110X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Tryall, Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zuytdorp, Zeewijk, Pandora, General
Grant, Elingamite
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10.5"
Pages: 136
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Phillip
Mathews, Publishers,
Milson's Point, Australia (1978), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book overviews shipwrecks in Australia and New Zealand from
the earliest Dutch
losses to the modern day. It includes the "Tryall" (1622), the "Batavia" (1629),
the "Vergulde Draeck" or Gilt Dragon (1656), the "Zuytdorp" (1712), the
"Zeewijk" (1727), and the "HMS Pandora" (1791) in Australia. In New Zealand, the
shipwrecks include the "General Grant" (1866), and the "Elingamite" (1902).
#C-2955
Edwards, Hugh
Dead Men’s
Silver
ISBN/ISSN: 9780732294502
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Zuytdorp, Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zeewijk
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
408
Editions:
The first edition (First Published in Australia - stated) was published
by HarperCollinsPublishers, Sydney, Australia (2011), in paperback.
Description:
This autobiography primarily recounts the author’s (a newpaper editor)
exploits reporting on and salvaging the treasure ships, “Zuytdorp”,
“Batavia”, Gilt Dragon ("Vergulde
Draeck"),
and “Zeewijk” off the coast of Western Australia. The book also
provides the history of these Dutch shipwrecks. Several other shipwreck
adventures are also included.
#C-2960
Edwards, Hugh
Gods & Little Fishes
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Zuytdorp
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 238
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Peter
Davies, London (1962),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This autobiography is the author's first book and describes his
underwater experiences
from the early days of skin diving and spear fishing to salvaging wrecks. The
book includes a chapter about the author's salvage efforts on the "Zuytdorp",
which sank in 1712 off the Western Australia coast.
#C-2970
Edwards, Hugh
Islands of Angry Ghosts
Library of Congress: 66-22109
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 207
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by William Morrow &
Company, Inc., New
York City (1966), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing (noted) and
third printing (noted) of this book were also published in 1966. The first
British edition (Reproduced from the US edition - stated) was published by
Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London (1966), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, Australia, published a paperback edition
in 1973, which has been reprinted many times. In 2000, Harper Collins Publishers
Pty. Limited, Sydney, Australia, published a revised paperback edition.
Description: This book describes the
shipwreck, mutiny and murder of the survivors, and the salvage of the Dutch East
India Company ship, "Batavia", wrecked off Western Australia coast in 1629.
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-2980
Edwards, Hugh
Sharks and Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0701804394
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Gilt Dragon, Niagara, Elingamite, Zuytdorp, Batavia
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 10.75" x 7.75"
Pages: 126
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by the
Landsdowne Press,
Melbourne, Australia (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket. This book was
reprinted in paperback by the Landsdowne Press later in 1975. The first US
edition (not stated) was published by Demeter Press/Quadrangle/New York Times
Book Co., New York City (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket. There was also a
second hardback printing (stated) of the US book in 1975. A Canadian edition was
also published in 1975 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., Toronto (hardback with a
dust jacket).
Description: This book mixes monsters of the deep with sunken treasure. About
half of the book is
devoted to sharks, sea snakes, and whales. The other half of the book devotes a
chapter to the salvage of each of the following shipwrecks: "Vergulde Draeck" or
Gilt Dragon (1656), "Niagara" (1940), "Elingamite" (1902), "Batavia" (1629), and
"Zuytdorp" (1712).
#C-2985
Edwards, Hugh
Skin Diving
ISBN/ISSN: 0600073467
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara, Gilt Dragon, Johnno Johnstone
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.25"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Paul
Hamlyn Pty Ltd, Dee
Why West, Australia (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book provides an overview of scuba diving, and includes a
chapter on treasure
diving. While many treasure wrecks are briefly mentioned, the author spends
several pages describing his experiences in salvaging the "Gilt Dragon" and also
devotes a page to Johnno Johnstone's salvage of the "Niagara".
#C-2990
Edwards, Hugh
Treasures of the Deep - The Extraordinary Life and Times of Captain Mike Hatcher
ISBN/ISSN: 07322 58855
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Geldermalsen, Michael Hatcher
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 279
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
HarperCollins Publishing
Pty. Limited, Sydney, Australia (2000) in paperback. A second printing was also
published in 2000.
Description: This book is a biography of Michael Hatcher, who is noted for
finding and salvaging
the "Geldermalsen" (Nanking Cargo) off Malaysia with its cargo of Chinese
ceramics. The book includes the story of the search for, and salvage of, the
"Geldermalsen" (Nanking Cargo) and the "Tek Sing" shipwrecks, as well as several
other Asian wrecks with cargoes of Chinese ceramics recovered by Hatcher.
#C-3000
Edwards, Hugh
The Wreck on the Half-Moon Reef
ISBN/ISSN: 0851791085
Library of Congress: 72-129830
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Zeewijk
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 193
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Rigby
Ltd., Adelaide,
Australia (1970), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was
published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City (1970)in hardback with a
dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney,
Australia (1975).
Description: This book tells the story of the wreck of the Dutch East India
Company ship,
"Zeewijk", off the coast of Western Australia in 1727, the struggles of the
survivors, and the author's finding of the wreck in 1966. Also, it tells the
story of the first ship ever built in Australia...built by the survivors of the
wreck.
#C-3008
Elliott, Charles -editor
The Greatest Treasure-Hunting Stories Ever Told
ISBN/ISSN: 1585746835
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, Phips, Laurentic
Comments: Anthology
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 292
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Lyons Press,
Guildford, Connecticut
(2003), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This anthology includes 21 land and sea treasure stories...of both
fact and fiction.
There are two true sunken treasure stories: the story of the Laurentic
(excerpted from Pierre de Latil's book, "Sunken Treasure" - #C-4690) and the
story of William Phips and the "Concepcion" (excerpted from Cotton Mather's
book, "The Life of Sir William Phips" - #C-5460).
#C-3010
Elliott, Colin
Discovering Armada Britain
ISBN/ISSN: 0715389599
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Gran Griffon, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera, Santa Maria de
la Rosa,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 176
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by David &
Charles, Newton
Abbot, UK and David & Charles, North Pomfret, Vermont (1987), in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the author's journey to the important
sites of the Spanish
Armada, including England, Scotland and Ireland. It also tells the history of
many of the Armada ships' demise, where they sank, and recounts some of the
subsequent salvage efforts. Included are the "Florencia", "Gran Grifon", "Girona",
"La Trinidad Valencera", and "Santa Maria de la Rosa".
#C-3020
Ellman, Joan and Van Ellman
The Young Sportman's Guide to Skin Diving
Library of Congress: 61-8361
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Teddy Tucker, San Pedro, Vigo Bay Galleons
Comments: Same book as " Skin Diving" (#C-3030); includes a bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Thomas Nelson & Sons,
New York City
(1961), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was subsequently revised and
republished in paperback by Cornerstone Library, New York City (1967), with the
title, "Skin Diving".
Description: This book is an overview of skin diving and scuba, and includes one
chapter on sunken
treasure. In this chapter, the author briefly mentions Art McKee, Vigo Bay and
Teddy Tucker.
#C-3030
Ellman, Van
Skin Diving
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Teddy Tucker, San Pedro, Vigo Bay Galleons
Comments: See Ellman, Joan and Van, "The Young Sportsman's Guide to Skin Diving"
(#C-3020)
#C-3040
Ellsberg, Edward
Men Under the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Egypt, Laurentic, Merida
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 365
Editions: The first edition was published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York City
(1939), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The book has been reprinted many times
subsequently.
Description: This book starts out describing the authors two famous submarine
rescue efforts (the
S-51 and S-4), and then goes on to describe the salvage efforts of the "Merida",
"Laurentic", "Egypt", "Concepcion" (by William Phips) and several other vessels.
The last chapter of the book tells about the author's efforts to rescue the crew
from the submarine, "Squalus".
#C-3045
Erving Jr., John
M.-editor
Skindiving Annual and
International Diver’s Guide
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet;
illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
160
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Erving
Publications, Kissimmee, Florida (1965), in paperback.
Description: This
pamphlet includes many diving-related topics: spearfishing, coral, ice
diving, photography, search patterns, cave diving, good diving locations
in the US and internationally, etc. It also includes a chapter on
treasure diving in the Caribbean, written by Marty Meylach, a chapter on
diving for gold nuggets, and a chapter on preserving artifacts.
#C-3050
Eton, Peter and James Leasor
Conspiracy of Silence
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rommel, Word War II
Comments: See Eton, Peter and James Leasor, "Wall of Silence" (#C-3060)
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 239
#C-3060
Eton, Peter and James Leasor
Wall of Silence
Library of Congress: 60-7675
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rommel
Comments: Same book as "Conspiracy of Silence" (#C-3050)
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 268
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company,
Indianapolis,
Indiana (1960), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first UK edition (First
Published - stated) was published by Angus & Robertson Ltd., London (1960), in
hardback with a dust jacket under the title, "Conspiracy of Silence".
Description: This book tells the story of two missing World War II Nazi
treasures. One is a land
treasure story that begins in Yugoslavia and winds through Italy, and the other
is the story of the gold Rommel captured in Africa, which is alleged to have
been dumped in the ocean off Corsica to avoid its capture.
#C-3070
Eunson, Keith
The Wreck of the General Grant
ISBN/ISSN: 058900803
Library of Congress: 74-78258
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: General Grant
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 168
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by AH & AW
Reed,
Wellington, New Zealand (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the American three-masted ship,
"General Grant", which
was wrecked in the Auckland Islands (south of New Zealand) in 1866. It also
describes the privations of the survivors, their rescue, and the 5 expeditions
to recover the treasure aboard.
#C-3075
Ewen, Charles R. (editor) and Russell K. Skowronek
(editor)
Pieces of Eight – More Archaeology of Piracy
ISBN/ISSN:
9780813061580
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Pirates, Captain Kidd,
Queen Anne’s Revenge, Ranger, Fiery Dragon, Quedagh
Merchant
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9”
Pages:
318
Editions:
The
first edition (not stated) was published by the University Press of
Florida, Gainesville (2016), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust
jacket issued).
Description:
Expanding on
the book, "X Marks the Spot, this book expores the newest findings in
the maritime archaeology of piracy. It examines the latest
discoveries at Captain Henry Morgan's encampments in Panama, and
includes explorations of Blackbeard's Queen Anne’s Revenge”,
Bartholomew “Black Bart” Robert’s “Ranger”, Christopher Condent’s “Fiery Dragon” and
Captain Kidd’s “Quedagh Merchant” The book also includes a chapter on
Ireland’s golden age of piracy, Hollywood’s influence on pirate
archaeology, and 3 chapters on how pirate ships are identified.
#C-3080
Falcon-Barker, Ted
Devil's Gold
ISBN/ISSN: 0245597905
Library of Congress: 78-97558
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 159
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by the Nautical
Publishing Company, London (1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition
(First American Edition) was published by the David McKay Company, New York City
(1969), also in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the author's search for, and salvage
of, the "Nuestra Senora
de la Concepcion", sunk in 1641 north of Hispaniola.
#C-3090
Falcon-Barker, Ted
The Reluctant Adventurer
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 240
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by
Frederick Muller Limited, London (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This autobiography tells of the author's exciting adventures
yachting, gun-running,
exploring a sunken Greek city, and includes one chapter on the author's
experiences salvaging a shipwreck.
#C-3100
Falcon-Barker, Ted
Roman Galley Beneath the Sea
Library of Congress: 67-22177
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 121
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Brockhampton Press
Ltd., Leicester, UK
(1964), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by
the Chilton Book Company, New York City (1967), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the author's search for, and
excavation of, several sunken
Roman galleys in the Mediterranean. One of the early books on underwater
archaeology.
#C-3110
Fallon, Niall
The Armada in Ireland
ISBN/ISSN: 0819550280
Library of Congress: 77-95546
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera, Santa Maria de la Rosa
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 236
Editions: The first edition was published simultaneously by Stanford Maritime
Limited, London
and Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut (1978), in hardback with
a dust jacket. The US edition is marked "First American Edition".
Description: This book tells the history of the Spanish Armada ships that ended
up on the coast of
Ireland, and briefly covers their salvage. The ships include the "Girona", "La
Trinidad Valencera" and the "Santa Maria de la Rosa".
#C-3120
Felton, Harold W.
William Phips and the Treasure Ship
Library of Congress: 65-19216
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 156
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York
City (1965), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is a biography of William Phips, including his
search for, and
salvage of, the "Concepcion" off the coast of Hispaniola.
#C-3130
Fenwick, Valerie
Historic Shipwrecks - Discovered, Protected & Investigated
ISBN/ISSN: 075241416X
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose, Colossus, Amsterdam, Admiral Gardner, Girona, Rill Cove
Wreck,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7" x 10"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Tempus
Publishing Limited,
Stroud, UK (1998), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published simultaneously in 1999 by Tempus Publishing Limited in the UK and
Tempus Publishing Inc., Charleston, South Carolina in the US.
Description: This book provides a complete account of the 47 shipwreck sites
that have been
protected by law in the UK because of their historical and/or archaeological
importance. Included are the history and excavation of the "Mary Rose",
"Girona", "Admiral Gardner", "Amsterdam", Rill Cove wreck, and "HMS Colossus".
#C-3136
Fine, John Christopher
Diving for Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 1572743913
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Juvenile, pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9"
Pages: 16
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Richard C. Owen
Publishers, Inc.,
Katonah, New York (2000), in paperback.
Description: This juvenile pamphlet tells the story of Peter Leo, a Jupiter
Beach, Florida
lifeguard, accidentally finding a sunken Spanish ship and his excavation of it.
Coins recovered from the wreck site were dated 1659.
#C-3138
Fine, John Christopher
Lost on the Ocean Floor - Diving the World's Ghost Ships
ISBN/ISSN: 159114275X
Library of Congress: 2004008445
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mel Fisher, Atocha, 1622 Fleet,
Teddy Tucker, San Pedro, Harry Cox, Sea Venture, Speaker, Association, Columbus,
Santa Maria
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 255
Editions: The first edition (First Printing
- stated) was published by the
Naval Institute Press,
Annapolis,
Maryland (2005), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This
book covers a lot of ground,
relating many of the author’s exploits in diving on sunken ships and stories of
others' adventures too. It includes the story of Mel Fisher’s salvage of the
“Atocha” off the waters of Key West; Teddy Tucker’s and Harry Cox’s success
along the coast of Bermuda, salvaging the “Sea Venture” and the “San Pedro”, to
name a few of their recoveries; the salvage of the pirate ship, “Speaker”, off
the island of Mauritius; the search for Columbus’ ship, “Santa Maria”; and the
salvage of the “HMS Association” in the Scilly Isles of England by Terry Hiron and
James Heslin (no mention of Roland Morris, strangely). Chapters are also
allocated to some of the great lost oceanliners, the shipwrecks on Anegada Reef
(Tortola), ancient shipwrecks, and modern war wrecks. Many other shipwreck and
salvage operations are briefly mentioned.
#C-3140
Fine, John Christopher
Sunken Ships & Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0689312806
Library of Congress: 86-3652
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Mel Fisher, Atocha, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 6.25"
Pages: 119
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Atheneum (Macmillan
Publishing Company),
New York City (1986), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing of the
first edition was published in 1986 in hardback with a pictorial binding. The
true first edition has all the numbers (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) under the words,
"First Edition".
Description: This adolescent book overviews treasure salvage and underwater
archaeology, briefly
touching on a multitude of successful underwater operations. It includes a
chapter on Spanish shipwrecks in the Caribbean, featuring Art Mckee and his son,
Kevin, and Mel Fisher. Another chapter includes Cayman shipwreck recoveries.
#C-3145
Fine, John Christopher
Treasures of the Spanish
Main – Shipwrecked Galleons in the New World
ISBN/ISSN:
1592287603
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, Santa Margarita, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, San
Jose, Maravillas, Concepcion, San Miguel de Archangel, William Phips, Mel
Fisher, Kip Wagner, Art McKee, Teddy Tucker, Jack Haskins, Bob &
Margaret Weller, Robert Marx
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 11.25”
Pages:
184
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by the Lyons Press, Guilford,
Connecticut (2006), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This
beautifully-illustrated book focuses on successful Spanish treasure
recoveries in the Caribbean. It includes chapters about the 1622 Fleet
(“Atocha” and “Santa Margarita”), the “Concepción”, the “Maravillas”,
the shipwreck off Jupiter Beach, Florida (“San Miguel El Arcángel”), the
“San José” (which is reputed to be the richest shipwreck in the world
and is in the waters off Cartagena, Columbia), the 1715 Fleet, and the
1733 Fleet. The accompanying text provides a high-level overview of the
salvage and the salvors (including Mel Fisher, Jack Haskins, Bob &
Margaret Weller, Bob Marx, and Art McKee). While light in detail (except
for the treatment of the “San José”), this book belongs in every sunken
treasure library, if just for the pictures.
#C-3148
Finlay, Winifred and
Gillian Hancock
Treasure Hunters
ISBN/ISSN:
0718211774
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia,
Spanish Armada, Laurentic
Comments: Juvenile;
illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.75”
Pages:
127
Editions: The first
edition (First Published - stated) was published by Kaye & Ward, Ltd.,
London (1978), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This
juvenile book includes both land a sunken treasures. Along with the
stories about treasures on Oak Island, Nova Scotia and Cocos Island, the
book has a chapter about the Spanish Armada galleon, "Florencia" and a
chapter about the lost gold bars of the "Laurentic" shipwreck.
#C-3149
Finnern, David
Lost Below
ISBN/ISSN:
9780965120425
Library of Congress:
2009923772
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Winfield
Scott
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
105
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by the Pearl
Publishing Company, Lake Elsinore, California (2009), in paperback.
Description:
This
book is an overview of the most intriguing shipwrecks,
sunken aircraft, submerged ruins and undersea treasures in the
southwestern US. In the latter category, it includes a 3 page chapter
on the wreck of the "Winfield Scott".
#C-3150
Fish, Shirley
The Manila-Acapulco Galleons: The Treasure Ships of the
Pacific
ISBN/ISSN:
9781456775421
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Manila
galleons
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; includes an annotated list of the transpacific
galleons from 1565-
1815; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
540
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was
published by AuthorHouse UK Ltd, Central Milton Keynes,
England (2011), in paperback.
Description:
This
book describes the history, routes and operations of the
Manila to Acapulco Spanish galleons plying the Pacific annually.
It also tells how many of the ships sank or were shipwrecked. Topics
covered include the management of the galleons, construction, manning,
weaponry, navigation, daily life aboard ship, provisions, cargoes and
voyages. The book contains an annotated list of the galleons
sailing between the Philippines and Mexico from 1565 to 1815.
#C-3151
Fismer, Carl and Sam Milner
Man Overboard - Captain Fizz
and the Treasure Bizz
ISBN/ISSN:
9781973702337
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1554 Fleet, Genovese, Jack
Haskins, San Jose, Padre Island
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8” x 10”
Pages:
94
Editions:
The
first edition (stated) was published by the Sea Dunes Publishing (2017),
in paperback.
Description:
This book is a collection of treasure stories, including stories of
humor, daring, corruption, and deceit. You see the treasure
business as seen through the eyes of a successful treasure hunter...told
with a very entertaining and engaging style.
#C-3152
Fismer, Carl and Sam Milner
Uncharted
Waters – The Life and Times of Captain Fizz
ISBN/ISSN:
9780985131951
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1733 Fleet, 1715 Fleet,
Concepcion
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8” x 10”
Pages:
237
Editions:
The
first edition (stated) was published by the Sea Dunes Publishing (2015),
in paperback.
Description:
This autobiography tells the story of the author’s 40 years spent
salvaging sunken treasure across the world. The author is one of the
more colorful salvors in the business, and as a result the book is not
only informative, but very entertaining. He’s had to fight pirates and
bureaucrats for every bit of the $10 million he’s salvaged. Among the
many wreck sites he’s extracted treasure from are the 1715 Fleet, the
1733 Fleet, the 1622 Fleet and the Concepcion.
#C-3154
Fitzsimons, Peter
Batavia
ISBN/ISSN:
9781864710403
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Batavia
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.5”
Pages:
490
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was
published by William Heinemann, North Sydney, Australia (2011), in
hardback with a dust jacket. Many of the first editions came in a blue
storage box.
Description:
This book tells the story of the Dutch East Indiaman, “Batavia,”
which wrecked off Western Australia in 1629 on her maiden voyage. The
story includes the mutiny aboard, the shipwreck, the massacre of many
passengers, the rescue of the survivors, the punishment of the
mutineers, and in 1963, the finding of the wreck.
#C-3155
Flaherty, Thomas H. -editor
Lost Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0809477033
Library of Congress: 90-20110
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah, Le Chameau, Atocha, Los Tres Puentes, Art McKee, 1733 Fleet,
Tom
Gurr, San Jose, Edinburgh, De Braak, Teddy Tucker, Maravillas, Vigo Bay
Galleons, Elingamite, William Phips, Concepcion, 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner, Central
America, Florencia, Hussar, 1622 Fleet, Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated; part of the Time-Life series, "Library of Curious and
Unusual Facts"
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 143
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Time-Life
Books,
Alexandria, Virginia (1991), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust
jacket issued).
Description: This book is an overview of lost, buried, sunken and archaeological
treasures.
The sunken treasure section includes a page or two about many of the more famous
shipwreck salvage projects: "Whydah", "Le Chameau", "Atocha", "Los Tres
Puentes", the 1733 Fleet, "San Jose", "HMS Edinburgh", "HMS De Braak",
"Maravillas", the Vigo Bay wrecks, "Elingamite", William Phips and the
"Concepcion", the 1715 Fleet, "SS Central America", "Florencia", and "Hussar".
#C-3160
Flanagan, Laurence
Ireland's Armada Legacy
ISBN/ISSN: 0717115933
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera
Size: 6.5" x 9.75"
Pages: 210
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was simultaneously
published by Gill and
Macmillan Ltd., Dublin (1988), and Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester (1988), in
paperback.
Description: This book is really a catalog of artifacts recovered from two
Spanish Armada shipwrecks
in Ireland - the "Girona" and "La Trinidad Valencera". There is a brief
interpretation of the artifacts.
#C-3170
Flanagan, Laurence
Irish Wrecks of the Spanish Armada
ISBN/ISSN: 0946172471
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 47
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Country House, Dublin,
Ireland (1995),
in paperback.
Description: This book overviews the discovery and excavation of two Spanish
Armada wrecks
along the Irish coast: the "Girona" and "La Trinidad Valencera".
#C-3174
Flemming, N.C.
-editor
The Undersea
ISBN/ISSN:
0025387405
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish
Armada, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera, Gran Grifon, Santa Maria de la
Rosa, Vasa, Mary Rose, Kip Wagner, 1715 Fleet
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
9.5” x 12.25”
Pages:
319
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the Rainbird
Publishing Group Limited, London (1977) in hardback with a dust jacket.
The first US edition (First American Edition – stated) was published by
Macmillan Publishing Co., New York City (1977), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This
huge book includes a wide variety of ocean topics, including the ocean
floor, plant life, sea animals, divers, submarines, marine law and
underwater archaeology. The fairly extensive chapter on underwater
archaeology includes tools and techniques, standards in excavation,
wrecks of the ancient world, Byzantine shipwrecks, the raising of the
“Mary Rose” and “Vasa”, the salvage by Kip Wagner of the 1715 Fleet, and
the excavation of 4 Spanish Armada wrecks: the “Girona”, “La Trinidad
Valencera”, the “Gran Grifon”, and the “Santa Maria de la Rosa”.
#C-3178
Floherty, John J.
Deep Down Under
Library of Congress: 53-008912
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Lutine, Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 146
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by J. B. Lippincott,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(1953), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second impression (stated) was also
published in 1953.
Description: This adolescent book covers scuba diving, hard hat diving, ocean
salvage and
construction, and sunken treasure hunting. The chapter on sunken treasure tells
the story of the attempts to find the treasure on board the "HMS Lutine" off the
coast of the Netherlands, and the search for the Spanish Armada wreck,
"Florencia", off Scotland.
#C-3180
Floherty, John J. and Mike McGrady
Skin-Diving Adventures
Library of Congress: 62-9338
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by J. B.
Lippincott,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book discusses the many aspects of skin and scuba
diving, and
devotes one chapter to story of treasure salvage.
#C-3185
Florida Division of
Historical Resources
1733 Spanish Galleon Trail
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1733 Fleet
Comments:
Brochure; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 11”
Pages:
24
Editions:
The first edition was published by the Florida Division of
Historical Resources, Bureau of Archaeological Research, Tallahassee,
Florida (2005), in paperback.
Description: This
four-color brochure provides a brief overview of the 1733 fleet and
devotes a page to each wreck in the
fleet ("El Gallo Indiano", "San Francisco", "El Terri" which is also
called the "San Felipe", "San Pedro", "Herrera", "Tres Puentes",
"Chaves", "El Rubi", "San Jose", "Populo", and "Infante". The brochures
also provides a picture of each site and the location. Very nicely
done.
#C-3190
Ford, Barbara and David C. Switzer
Underwater Dig - The Excavation of a Revolutionary War Privateer
ISBN/ISSN: 0688014755
Library of Congress: 82-6440
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Defence
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 9.5"
Pages: 155
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by William Morrow and Co,
New York City
(1982), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book tells the story of the archaeological
excavation of the
Revolutionary War privateer, "Defence", which sank off the coast of Maine in
1779.
#C-3200
Fordyce, W. Dingwall
In Search of Gold
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vigo Bay Galleons, William Phips, Concepcion
Size: 6" x 8.25"
Pages: 368
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by T.C. & E.C. Jack,
Ltd., London (1924),
in hardback with a pictorial front cover.
Description: While this book tells the entire history of gold, it includes a
chapter on "Gold Sunk
and Rescued from the Sea". This chapter features the story of the Vigo Bay,
Spain galleons and the "Concepcion" salvage by William Phips.
#C-3210
Foreman, Laura and Ellen Blue Phillips
Napoleon's Lost Fleet - Bonaparte, Nelson, and the Battle of the Nile
ISBN/ISSN: 1563318318
Library of Congress: 99-33398
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Napoleon, Nelson
Comments: Based on a Discovery Channel TV production; illustrated
Size: 10.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 215
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Roundtable Press,
Inc., New York City
(1999), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is mostly about the history surrounding the Battle of the
Nile, including a
lot of biographical information about Napoleon and Admiral Nelson. The last
chapter includes 1 page of text and 20 pages of photos about the artifacts
excavated from 3 of the sunken French ships near Alexandria, Egypt.
#C-3220
Forsberg, Gerald
Salvage from the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0710086989
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vasa, Laurentic
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 179
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Routledge & Kegan Paul,
London (1977), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is primarily about salvage work, but includes a chapter
about the "Laurentic"
and the "Vasa". Many other treasure salvage operations are briefly mentioned.
#C-3223
Foss, Kenneth Mackenzie
The Tobermory Galleon Salvage
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments: Prospectus; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 27
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, London (30
December 1911), in
paperback.
Description: This prospectus describes the wrecking of the Spanish Armada
galleon, "Florencia, " in
Tobermory Bay, Scotland in 1588. It also describes the previous salvage
attempts, the intended strategy for this salvage operation and the treasure
expected to be aboard. Inserted into the booklet is a 3 page "Postscript" (dated
21 January 1912) with additional information.
#C-3230
Francaviglia, Richard V.
From Sail to Steam - Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900
ISBN/ISSN: 0292725035
Library of Congress: 97-9578
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: 1554 Fleet, Belle, Sieur de LaSalle
Comments: Illustrated; maps
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 352
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the University of Texas
Press, Austin, Texas
(1998), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: The first chapters of this scholarly book detail the Spanish fleet
that wrecked off Padre
Island, Texas, in 1554 and the sinking of LaSalle's flagship, "Belle". Modern
excavation efforts are briefly reviewed, and some of the artifacts recovered are
discussed.
#C-3240
Franks, Jeremy -editor
Kronan - Kalmar County Museum's Exhibition
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Kronan
Comments: Exhibition catalog; profusely illustrated
Size: 10.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 36
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Kalmar County
Museum, Sweden
(1986), in paperback.
Description: This museum exhibition catalog chronicles the history of the
warship, "Kronan", which
sank off Sweden in 1676. It also describes the excavation of the ship between
1981 and 1985 and pictures many of the artifacts recovered.
#C-3248
Franzen, Anders
HMS Kronan - The Search for a Great 17th Century Swedish Warship
ISBN/ISSN: 03492842
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Kronan
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 12"
Pages: 66
Editions: The first English language edition was published by The Royal
Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden (1981), in paperback.
Description: This book is the story of the search for, and discovery of, the
"HMS Kronan" by the
author in 1980. The ship sank in 1676 off the east coast of Sweden. Much of the
book is comprised of the author's logbook and photos.
#C-3250
Franzen, Anders
The Warship Vasa - Deep Diving and Marine Archaeology in Stockholm
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 83
Editions: The first edition was published in Swedish by Nordiska Uppslagsbocker
AB in 1960.
The first English language edition was published by Norstedt and Bonnier
Publishers, Stockholm, Sweden (1960), in hardback with a dust jacket. An
enlarged second edition was published in 1961, and several subsequent editions
have been printed.
Description: This book tells the story (mostly in pictures) of the excavation
and preservation of the
warship, "Vasa", which sank in Stockholm harbor in 1628 and was raised in 1961.
#C-3252
Franzen, Anders
Vasa - The Brief Story of a Swedish Warship From 1628
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 4"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition was published in by Bonniers Norstedts, Stockholm
(1962) in paperback.
Description: This book briefly overviews the history of the "Vasa" and its
excavation.
#C-3260
Franzen, Greta
The Great Ship Vasa
ISBN/ISSN: 0803826478
Library of Congress: 72-150019
Comments: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously in 1971 by
Hastings House,
New York City and Saunders of Toronto (Canada) Ltd., in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This adolescent book tells the story of the excavation and
preservation of the warship,
"Vasa", which sunk in Stockholm harbor in 1628 and was raised in 1961.
#C-3270
Freuchen, Peter
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas
Library of Congress: 57-11723
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Lutine, Laurentic
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.25"
Pages: 512
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Jullian Messner, Inc., New
York City (1957), in
hardback with a dust jacket and has been reprinted many times. A special edition
with a slipcase was produced in 1958 (4th printing).
Description: This book covers a multitude of topics related to the sea and
devotes one chapter to
sunken treasure. This chapter overviews the treasure salvage of the "Concepcion"
by William Phips, the "Lutine" and "Laurentic".
#C-3280
Freuchen, Peter
Peter Freuchen's Story About Treasures of the Seven Seas
Library of Congress: 59-12761
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Lutine, Laurentic
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Julian Messner, Inc.,
New York City
(1959), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book devotes a chapter to sunken treasure and
includes the
"Concepcion", the "Lutine" and "Laurentic". The other "treasures" in the book
refer to food and minerals from the sea.
#C-3283
Frey, Hank and Shaney
130 Feet Down - Handbook for Hydronauts
Library of Congress: 61-7687
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, 1733 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 274
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Harcourt, Brace &
World, Inc., New York
City (1961), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This is primarily an early book on scuba diving. However, there is
a chapter on
"Professional Opportunities" which includes the story of Art McKee's efforts to
salvage the 1733 Fleet.
#C-3290
Frost, Honor
Under the Mediterranean
Library of Congress: 63-9710
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 278
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Routledge and Kegan Paul,
London (1963) in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published
by Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1963), in hardback with a dust
jacket. A paperback edition was also published by Routledge and Kegan Paul,
London (1969).
Description: This book is an early overview of underwater archaeology in the
Mediterranean Sea,
including anchors and anchorages, ports, wrecks, and Roman finds.
#C-3300
Frye, John
The Search for the Santa Maria
ISBN/ISSN: 0396067409
Library of Congress: 72-7919
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Santa Maria, Columbus
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 174
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
Inc., New York
City (1973), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of Columbus's first trip to America, the
loss of the "Santa
Maria" near Cape Haitien, Haiti, and Fred Dickson's unsuccessful search for the
remains.
#C-3305
Fuller, Darwin Lee
Drake's Treasure of the South Seas
ISBN/ISSN: 00738815756
Library of Congress: 00-190578
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Drake
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated with maps
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 237
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Xlibris Corporation,
Philadelphia (2000), in
hardback with a dust jacket and paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the
world between 1577
and 1580. The author wrote the book while investigating the location where Drake
threw 35 tons of captured Spanish treasure over the side on the west coast of
Costa Rica or Guatemala. While he doesn't find the location, he recounts all the
evidence of where Drake threw it.
#C-3310
Furneaux, Rupert
Buried Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0356061086
Library of Congress: 79-64159
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Girona, Spanish Armada, Concepcion, William Phips, 1715
Fleet, Vigo
Bay Galleons, Association, Le Chameau, Egypt
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 61
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Macdonald Educational Ltd.,
London (1978), in hard back with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
The first US edition was published by the Silver Burdett Company, Morristown, NJ
(1979), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: The title of this adolescent book is a misnomer as half of the book
is about sunken
treasure. These include the "Concepcion", the Spanish Armada ships "Florencia"
and "Girona", the 1715 Fleet sunk off the coast of Florida, the Vigo Bay
galleons in Spain, the "Le Chameau" wreck in Canada, the "Egypt", and the
"HMS Association" which sank in the Isles of Scilly.
#C-3320
Furneaux, Rupert
The Great Treasure Hunts
Library of Congress: 69-18366
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, Florencia, Association, De Liefde, Le Chameau, 1715 Fleet,
Thetis, Lutine,
Grosvenor, Egypt, Hussar, Vigo Bay Galleons, Laurentic, Niagara, William Phips,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 236
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Odams
Books, UK (1969), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition (First Published in the United
States - stated) was published by the Taplinger Publishing Company, New York
City (1969), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While this book describes both
land and sunken treasures, most of the book is about sunken treasure. The sunken
treasures include the "Concepcion", the "Florencia" of the Spanish Armada, the
"HMS Association", the "De Liefde", the "Chameau", the 1715 Fleet off the Florida
coast, the "Thetis" off the Brazilian coast, the "Grosvenor" off the South
African coast, the "Egypt", the "Hussar", the "Lutine", the Vigo Bay galleons in
Spain, the "Laurentic", and the "Niagara" off the New Zealand coast. One
of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-3330
Furneaux, Rupert
On Buried and Sunken Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0582153832
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner, Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 8"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Longman
Young Books, UK
(1973), in both hardback with a dust jacket and a pictorial binding. A paperback
edition was published by Puffin Books,/Penguin Books, UK (1973).
Description: This adolescent booklet highlights 8 treasures, including chapters
on the treasure
salvage of 1715 Fleet and the "Concepcion".
#C-3340
Gale, Alison
Story Beneath the Solent - Discovering Underwater Archaeology
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Santa Lucia
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 8"
Pages: 24
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Isle of Wight
Trust for Maritime
Archaeology, UK (1991), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet provides a very brief description of the wrecks
protected by the Trust
for Maritime Archaeology near the Isle of Wight. The primary ship described is
the Santa Lucia, a Spanish trading ship that sank in 1567 en route to Flanders.
#C-3343
Galleon Treasure Company
Narrative of the Circumstances of and Attending the Sinking of the Spanish
Galleons with the Treasure on Board in the Harbor of Vigo, Spain in the Year
1702 with a View to a Proper Understanding and Appreciation of the Project
Formed for the Recovery of the Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vigo Bay Galleons
Comments: Pamphlet
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 23
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by
the Galleon Treasure Company, New York City
(1874), in paperback.
A print-on-demand
version of the book is now available.
A later version entitled, "The
Galleon Treasure Company Narrative," was published by Francis, Valentine & Co.
(San Francisco) in 1883 with 2 extra pages (an update on the venture).
Description: This prospectus describes the
convoy of treasure-laden Spanish & French ships in Vigo (Spain) harbor that were
destroyed by the Angle-Dutch fleet under Sir George Rooke in 1702. Most of the
pamphlet is devoted to assessing the amount of treasure that was aboard the
ships when they were sunk in 1702. It also includes an overview of two previous
attempts to salvage the treasure and an assay report on what was recovered.
#C-3350
Garbett, Geoff and Ian Skelton
The Wreck of the Metta Catharina
ISBN/ISSN: 0951291602
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Metta Catharina, Fraumetta Catharina von Flensburg
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8" x 8"
Pages: 41
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by New Pages, Truro, UK
(1987), in
paperback.
Description: This booklet tells the story of the finding and excavation of the
Danish ship,
"Fraumetta Catharina (von Flensburg)", in Plymouth Sound, UK. The ship sank in
1786 and was carrying a load of Russian reindeer hides.
#C-3352
Garcia-Barneche, Agustin
The
“Tumbaga” Saga
Library of Congress:
2010936331
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Tumbaga bars
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
9” x
6”
Pages:
148
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC,
Winter Park, Florida (2010), in paperback
and limited to
400 black & white copies.
A Special Limited
Hardcover Color Edition with pictorial boards was published in September 2010 and was limited to
50 numbered copies.
Description:
Before
there were coins in the New World, before there were Spanish Treasure
Fleets, and even before there were any kind of European colonies in
Mexico, the conquistador, Hernan Cortés, discovered a new precious-metal
mix that led to an improvised manufacture of so-called "tumbaga" bars.
The
"tumbaga"
bars are a group of over 200 silver and gold ingots discovered in the
remains of an unidentified ca.-1528 shipwreck off Grand Bahama Island in
1993. This book is divided into three parts: The first part chronicles
the earliest documents relating to the treasure accumulated by Hernan
Cortés during his conquest of the Aztec empire. The second part concerns
the later phase of conquest, specifically Captain Cristóbal de Olid’s
campaign in the region of the Tarascan kingdom in western Mexico. The
third and final part discusses technical aspects of these bars based on
an interpretation of their markings and manufacture.The specimens
studied in this book are the only ones known to exist—all of them from
the same wreck—and therefore they will always be of the utmost rarity
and historical importance. The book contains a data matrix for all 194
bars, including their weights, measurements, markings and descriptions.
Also featured are plates of 60 selected bars, maps, native drawings and
charts.
#C-3355
Gardiner, Julie –editor and Michael J. Allen
Before the Mast – Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN:
0954402944
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Mary Rose
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 12”
Pages:
732
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by The Mary Rose
Trust, Portsmouth, UK (2005) in hardback with pictorial covers (no dust
jacket issued).
Description:
This tome illustrates a huge number of artifacts recovered from
the "Mary Rose" (a carrack sunk in 1545), and places them in their
historical context. The artifacts include clothing, personal
possessions of the crew, the surgeon's tools, musical instruments,
coins, navigational items and timepieces, tools, furniture, stowage
containers, and cooking and eating utensils. A monumental work.
#C-3358
Gardiner, Julie
–editor
Weapons of Warre – The Armaments of the Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN:
9780954402938
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Mary Rose
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated; boxed 2-volume set
Size:
8.5” x 12”
Pages:
1006
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by The Mary Rose
Trust, Portsmouth, UK (2011), in hardback with pictorial covers (no dust
jacket issued).
Description:
This 2 volume boxed set illustrates and describes the massive number of
armaments (i.e., cannons of all types, munitions, incendiary devices,
firearms, archery weapons, hand-to-hand fighting weapons, and armour)
found aboard the “Mary Rose”. It is extremely detailed and contains
hundreds of illustrations and tables.
#C-3360
Garrett, Charles
The New Treasure Recovery from Sand & Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0915920700
Library of Congress: 89-63316
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: See Garrett, Charles, "Treasure Recovery from Sand and Sea" (#C-3370)
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 466
#C-3370
Garrett, Charles
Treasure Recovery from Sand and Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0915920514
Library of Congress: 87-063128
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Same book as "The New Treasure Recovery from Sand & Sea" (#C-3360);
includes
a glossary; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 409
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Ram Books, Dallas, Texas
(1988), in paperback.
A second edition (stated) was published in 1990 by Ram Books in paperback and
was titled, "The New Treasure Recovery From Sand & Sea".
Description: While this book is largely about metal detecting, there is a
section that recounts the
successes of various treasure salvors. Also, there is a lengthy chapter on
"Where and How to Search Ocean Sites" that deals entirely with underwater
treasure hunting.
#C-3380
Gater, Dilys
Historic Shipwrecks of Wales
ISBN/ISSN: 0863812163
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Royal Charter, Rhossili Bay Wreck
Comments: Includes a short bibliography
Size: 4.75" x 7.25"
Pages: 135
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Gwasg
Carreg Gwalch,
Wales, UK (1992), in paperback.
Description: This book describes 20 shipwrecks off the coast of Wales, including
a chapter about
the wreck of the treasure-laden "Royal Charter" and a chapter on the "Dollar
Ship", also known as the Rhossili Bay Wreck.
#C-3390
Gawronski, Jerzy, Bas Kist and Odilia Stokvis-Van Boetzelaer
Hollandia Compendium
ISBN/ISSN: 0444894152
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Hollandia
Comments: Includes a bibliography at the end of each section; well-illustrated
Size: 12" x 9.25"
Pages: 529
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Elsevier, Amsterdam
(1992), in hardback
with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This very large book is a comprehensive and scholarly catalog of
the artifacts
recovered from the "Hollandia", a VOC (Dutch East India Company) ship that sank
off the Scilly Islands in 1743. Additionally, the book is a lexicon of
administrative usage of the VOC, it discusses the significance of the VOC
shipwrecks and the development of the historical-archaeological discipline for
the study these wrecks.
#C-3400
Gennings, Sara
The Atocha Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0865928746
Library of Congress: 88-12120
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Juvenile, illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10.25"
Pages: 31
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Rourke Enterprises,
Inc., Vero Beach,
Florida (1988), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This juvenile book tells the story of Mel Fisher and his salvage of
the Spanish galleon,
"Atocha", which sank off Key West, Florida in 1622.
#C-3405
George, Pam
Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast – Tales of Pirates, Squalls & Treasure
ISBN/ISSN:
9781596298668
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
De Braak, Faithful Steward, Juno
Comments:
Includes a bibliography, illustrated
Size:
9” x 6”
Pages:
126
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by The
History Press, Charleston, SC (2010), in paperback.
Description:
While the majority of this book is about modern wrecks, lighthouses, and
non-treasure wrecks, there are references to the “De Braak” (1798), the
“Faithful Steward” (1785), and the “Juno” (1802).
#C-3410
Geography Department
Sunk! Exploring Underwater Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0822532050
Library of Congress: 93-42008
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: See Linder, Elisha and Avner Raban, "Marine Archaeology" (#C-4800)
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 72
#C-3415
Gerth, Ellen C.
Bottles from the Deep
ISBN/ISSN:
1933034076
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Republic,
Bottles
Comments: Illustrated
Size:
7” x 7”
Pages:
112
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by the Shipwreck Heritage Press, Las
Vegas (2006), in paperback.
Description: This
book describes and pictures the various types of bottles found on the
“SS Republic”, which sank in a hurricane in 1865 off the coast of
Georgia.
#C-3420
Gesner, Peter
Pandora - An Archaeological Perspective
ISBN/ISSN: 0724244824
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Pandora
Comments: Includes a brief bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 59
Editions: The first edition (First Printed - stated) was published by the
Queensland Museum,
Brisbane, Australia (1991), in paperback. The book was reprinted by the museum
in 2000.
Description: This pamphlet includes the history of the "HMS Pandora", the search
for the ship
off the Queensland coast, and the excavation of it.
#C-3430
Gibbons, Gail
Sunken Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0690047347
Library of Congress: 87-30114
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Thomas Y. Crowell, New
York City (1988), in
hardback with a dust jacket. Paperback editions were published in 1990 by Harper
Trophy and in 1991 by Houghton Mifflin. The book is currently in print in both
hardback and paperback from HarperCollins Children's Book Group.
Description: This juvenile book tells the story of Mel Fisher's successful
salvage of the "Atocha",
which sank in 1622 off Key West. It also includes a page each on the "Vasa",
"Mary Rose", "Titanic" and "Whydah".
#C-3465
Glover, Winifred
Exploring the Spanish Armada
ISBN/ISSN: 0862786460
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera, Santa Maria de la Rosa
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Hardback - stated) was published
by The O'Brien
Press, Dublin, Ireland (2002), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts the story of the Spanish Armada, including the
excavation of the
"Girona", "La Trinidad Valencera", and the "Santa Maria de la Rosa". Many
artifacts are pictured.
#C-3470
Godard, Philippe
The First and Last Voyage of the Batavia
ISBN/ISSN: 0646105191
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Batavia
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.5"
Pages: 332
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Abrolhos Publishing
Pty Ltd, Perth,
Western Australia (1993), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This large coffee table book is lavishly illustrated and tells the
story of the V.O.C. ship,
"Batavia", which was wrecked on the Western Australian reefs in 1629. While many
on board survived the wreck on a desert island, they didn't survive the
subsequent mutiny. The wreck was discovered in 1957 and excavated in the 1960s
Lots of pictures of the artifacts recovered and history of the V.O.C.
operations.
#C-3472
Goddio, Franck and Evelyne Jay
18th Century Relics of the Griffin Shipwreck
ISBN/ISSN: 9719111615
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Griffin
Comments: Exhibition catalog; includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 74
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by World Wide First,
Lausanne, Switzerland (1988), in paperback.
Description: This museum catalog accompanied an exhibit at the National Museum,
Manila,
Philippines held from June 22, 1988 to July 31, 1988. It includes a
historical overview of the ship, a description of the excavation, a primer on
Chinese porcelain, a description of the porcelain recovered from the "Griffin,"
and an overview of the other artifacts excavated. Many artifacts and porcelain
items are illustrated.
#C-3476
Goddio, Franck
Discovery and Archaeological Excavation of a 16th Century Trading Vessel in the
Philippines
ISBN/ISSN: 9719111607
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Royal Captain, ceramics
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 9.25"
Pages: 156
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by World Wide First,
Lausanne, Switzerland
(1988), in both hardback with a dust jacket and paperback.
Description: This book is a description of the processes employed in the
discovery and excavation of
a 16th century Chinese junk, dubbed the "Royal Captain", which sank off the
Philippines with a cargo of ceramics. Many of the items excavated are pictured.
#C-3480
Goddio, Franck, Evelyne Jay Guyot de Saint Michel
Griffin: On the Route of an Indiaman
ISBN/ISSN: 1902699025
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Griffin, ceramics, artifacts
Comments: Illustrated; includes a bibliography
Size: 9.5" x 13.75"
Pages: 351
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Periplus
Publishing London
Ltd. (1999), in hardback with a quarter-leather binding, dust jacket and a
slipcase. A French hardback edition was also published by Periplus in 1999
under the title, "Griffin: Une Rencontre Avec L'histoire"
Description: This lavishly-illustrated deluxe book begins by telling the story
of the British East
India Company ship, "Griffin", which sank in 1761 in the Sulu Sea loaded with
Chinese porcelain. The majority of the book describes the multitude of ceramics
and artifacts recovered.
#C-3490
Goddio, Franck, Monique Crick, Peter Lam, Stacey Pierson and Rosemary Scott
Lost at Sea - The Strange Route of the Lena Shoal Junk
ISBN/ISSN: 1902699130
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Lena Shoal wreck, ceramics
Comments: Illustrated; includes a bibliography
Size: 9.5" x 13.75"
Pages: 288
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Periplus
Publishing
London Ltd. (2002), in both English and French. Both language editions were
published in hardback with a quarter-leather binding, dust jacket and a
slipcase; and in paperback.
A French
hardback edition was also published by Periplus in 2002 under the title, “Tresor
De Porcelaines: L’etrange
Voyage De La Jonque Lena”.
Description: This lavishly-illustrated deluxe book tells the story of a
15th
century Chinese junk
that wrecked on Lena Shoal (Philippines) with a load of Chinese porcelain. Most
of the book describes the fabulous ceramic cargo salvaged.
#C-3500
Goddio, Franck, Gabrielle Iltis, Christoph Gerigk and Miguel Moll Kraft
Royal Captain - A Ship Lost in the Abyss
ISBN/ISSN: 190269919X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Royal Captain, ceramics
Comments: Illustrated; includes a bibliography
Size: 9.5" x 11.75"
Pages: 101
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Periplus
Publishing Ltd.,
London (2000), in hardback with a dust jacket. A French hardback edition was also
published by Periplus in 2000 under the title, “Royal Captain”.
Description: This well-illustrated book tells the story of a
16th century
Chinese junk that wrecked
on Royal Captain Shoal with a load of Chinese porcelain.
#C-3520
Goddio, Franck, Stacey Pierson & Monique Crick
Sunken Treasure - Fifteenth Century Chinese Ceramics from the Lena Cargo
ISBN/ISSN: 190269922X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Lena Shoal, ceramics
Comments: Illustrated; includes a bibliography
Size: 9.5" x 11.75"
Pages: 227
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Periplus
Publishing
Ltd., London (2000), in hardback with a slipcase (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This well-illustrated book is a catalogue documenting the
15th
century Chinese
junk that wrecked on Lena Shoal (Philippines) with a load of Chinese porcelain.
#C-3523
Goddio, Franck (editor) and
Marianne Meyer Bianchi
The Treasures
of the Seven Seas – Cleopatra and the Mystery of the San Diego
ISBN/ISSN:
9783791350967
Library of Congress: 2010930105
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Comments:
Adolescent; illustrated;
published in
conjunction with the exhibition, "Cleopatra", held in Philadelphia
(2010)
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
45
Editions:
This
book appears to have been concurrently in published in England, the US
and Germany by Prestel Publishing (2010), in hardback with pictorial
boards.
Description:
While two-thirds of this adolescent book tells about
Cleopatra's sunken statues in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, the last
third of the book is about the the excavation of a sunken merchant ship,
the "San Diego", which sank in Manila (Philippines) Bay in 1600 while
fighting a Dutch ship. Excellent pictures.
#C-3525
Goddio, Franck, George Bass, Murielle Rudel, Raphaele Vidaling and Alain-Xavier
Wurst
Underwater Archaeology:
History and Methodology
ISBN/ISSN: 1902699424
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 88
Editions: The first edition was published by Periplus Publishing London, Ltd.
(2003), in hardback
with a dust jacket.
This is Volume 1 in the Periplus Encyclopedia of Underwater Archaeology.
Description: This book includes chapters on the origins of diving, archaeology
today, equipment,
organizing a mission, archive research, detection methods, cartography, and
excavation.
#C-3530
Godley, John
Living Like a Lord
Library of Congress: 56-5056
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rommel
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 263
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.,
London (1955), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition was published by the Houghton Mifflin
Company, Boston (1956), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is the autobiography of Lord Kilbracken (John Godley).
One chapter tells
the complete history of the dumping of Rommel's North African treasure in the
ocean off Corsica during the latter days of WWII...and the subsequent salvage
attempts.
#C-3540
Goldberger, Herb
X Marks the Spot
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated on rear cover) was
published by the Sunset
Publishing Co., Miami, Florida (1973), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet describes all kinds of treasure, relic and
archaeological sites in
Florida, including 10 pages about the 1715 and 1622 Fleets.
#C-3550
Goldsmith, Frank H.
Treasure Lies Buried Here
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Tryall, Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Ocean Queen, Zeewijk
Comments: Includes a listing of Western Australian shipwrecks; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 224
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by C.H. Pitman, Perth,
Australia (1946), in
hardback with a dust jacket. Some copies were produced with red boards and some
with orange boards.
Description: This book describes the more significant Western Australia
shipwrecks from 1600s
through the 1800s, including the "Tryall", the "Batavia", the "Gilt Dragon", the
"Ocean Queen" and the "Zeewijk".
#C-3555
Gooding, Norm
Scilly Divers
ISBN/ISSN: 0907205011
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, Roland Morris, Colossus, Hollandia, Romney, Eagle (UK),
Princess Maria
Comments: Author is stated as "Norm", but last name is "Gooding"; on the title
page this book is
entitled, Divers of Scilly; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 54
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Isles of
Scilly, UK (no date is
stated but it was probably published in the late 1970s), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of the various treasure salvage
operations off the Isles of Scilly
in the 1960s and 1970s. The shipwrecks include the "HMS Association", the
"HMS Colossus", the "Hollandia", the "HMS Romney", "HMS Eagle" and the "Princess Maria".
The author lived in the Scillies at the time and does an excellent job
recounting the history of salvaging these vessels, including many personal
stories about Roland Morris, Rex Cowan, Terry Hiron and others.
#C-3558
Gordon, Keith
Deep Water Gold
ISBN/ISSN:
0473100568
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Niagara
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.75” x 9”
Pages:
240
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
SeaROV Technologies, Ltd., Whangarei, New Zealand (2005), in paperback.
Description:
This book is the complete story of the “RMS Niagara”, which sank
off the coast of New Zealand in 1940 with 8 tons of gold bullion
aboard. This book includes the sinking by the German raider, “Orion”,
and the subsequent salvage ventures to recover the gold (most notably by
Johnno Johnstone during World War II and a group of technical
divers, including the author, in recent years).
#C-3559
Gore, Tommy with T.L. Armstrong
The
Rainbow Chasers in the Great Florida Treasure Hunt
ISBN/ISSN:
1424318238
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1733 Fleet, San Jose,
Cabin Wreck
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
277
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Signum Ops (2006), in paperback.
Description:
This book recounts the author’s 30 year career as a Marine Field
Agent for the State of Florida overseeing many treasure salvage
operations, including the “glory days” of the 1960’s and 70’s. The book
includes the author’s experiences with Florida’s 3 biggest treasure
recoveries: the “Atocha”, the Cabin Wreck (1715 Fleet), and the “San
Jose” (1733 Fleet). The author also tells of many lesser-known salvage
operations.
#C-3560
Gores, Joseph N.
Marine Salvage
Library of Congress: 70-139025
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Niagara, Laurentic, 1715 Fleet, Orinoco
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 525
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.,
Garden City, New
York (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing was also
published in 1971 (this can be identified by the absence of the words "first
edition"). The book was published in the UK by David & Charles, Newton Abbot
(1972), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This extensive book covers the salvage activities of at least 100
shipwrecks. Some of the
treasure wrecks include the "Egypt", "Niagara", "Laurentic", 1715 Fleet, and the
"Orinoco". Many other salvage and underwater archaeological topics are also
included. An excellent reference.
#C-3570
Gould, Richard A.
Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
ISBN/ISSN: 0521561035
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 360
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by the
Cambridge University
Press, UK (2000), in both hardback with a dust jacket and paperback.
Description: This book provides a current overview of the field of underwater
archaeology,
chronicles shipwrecks through the ages and what we've learned from them,
describes the latest developments in undersea technologies, and predicts the
future of the science.
#C-3576
Green, Jeremy
Australia's Oldest Wreck: The Loss of the Trial, 1622
ISBN/ISSN: 0904531775
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Tryall
Comments: Includes a bibliography and maps; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 60
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by British Archaeological
Reports, Oxford
(1977), in paperback, as BAR Supplementary Series 27.
Description: This book describes the historical background and archaeological
analysis of the wreck
of the English East India Company's ship, "Trial" ("Tryall"), which was lost off
the coast of Western Australia in 1622 and excavated in 1971.
#C-3580
Green, Jeremy, Rosemary Harper and Vidya Intakosi
The Ko Si Chang Three Shipwreck Excavation
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Ceramics, Ko Si Chang
Comments: See Green, Jeremy, Rosemary Harper and Vidya Intakosi, "The Maritime
Archaeology
of Shipwrecks and Ceramics in Southeast Asia" (#C-3600)
#C-3600
Green, Jeremy, Rosemary Harper and Vidya Intakosi
Maritime Archaeology of Shipwrecks and Ceramics in Southeast Asia and the Ko Si
Chang Three Shipwreck Excavation
ISBN/ISSN: 08106991
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Ceramics, Ko Si Chang
Comments: Same book as "The Ko Si Chang Three Shipwreck Excavation" (#C-3580);
includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8" x 11.5"
Pages: 79
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Australian
Institute for Maritime
Archaeology, Victoria (1987), in paperback, as Special Publication No. 4.
Description: This book includes two sections. The first deals largely with
ceramics from a variety
of Southeast Asian wrecks. The second half of the book overviews the Ko Si Chang
three shipwreck excavation in the Gulf of Thailand in 1986, including both
methods and ceramics.
#C-3610
Green, Jeremy N.
The Retourschip Batavia Wrecked Western Australia 1629
ISBN/ISSN: 0860546276
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Batavia, ceramics
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 228
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by British Archaeological
Reports, Oxford
(1989), in paperback, as BAR International Series 489.
Description: This book tell the story of the excavation and archaeological
techniques used in the
salvage of the Dutch ship, "Batavia", wrecked off Western Australia in 1629.
However, most of the book is about the artifacts recovered, including detail
drawings and their archaeological significance. The author is an eminent marine
archaeologist in Australia.
#C-3620
Green, Jeremy N.
Treasures from the 'Vergulde Draeck'
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Gilt Dragon
Comments: Brief bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 29
Editions: The first edition was published as a magazine article in the
'International Journal of
Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration' (1973). The article was
reprinted and bound in pamphlet form, and was published by the Western
Australian Museum, Freemantle (1974), as Information Series No. 5. A second
printing was published in 1985.
Description: This pamphlet tells the story of the archaeological recovery of the
Dutch ship, "Vergulde
Draeck" (Gilt Dragon), which sank off Western Australia in 1656. Much of the
pamphlet overviews the artifacts recovered.
#C-3630
Green, Lawrence G.
The Coast of Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 269
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Putnam,
London (1933), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first edition can be further identified by the
fact that the title page has the author's middle initial as "C", although, it is
correct ("G") on the spine and dust jacket. The book was reprinted by Howard
Timmins, Cape Town, South Africa in both 1973 and 1983 (stated), in hardback
with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of shipwrecks and treasures lost off the
southwest coast (desert
coast) of South Africa, and the author's adventures seeking them. This is the
author's first book and is very collectible in the first edition.
#C-3640
Green, Lawrence G.
Something Rich and Strange
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: De Jonge Thomas, Sceptre, Het Huis te Cruyenstein, Birkenhead, John
Lethbridge
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 258
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Howard Timmins, Cape
Town, South
Africa (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was reprinted by Timmins
in 1980, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of South Africa's sunken and buried
treasures, and the
author's exploits in seeking some of them. Included are the wrecks of the "De
Jonge Thomas", "HMS Sceptre", "Het Huis te Cruyenstein" and "Alphonse XII". The
book also includes a chapter about John Lethbridge, the famous English diver of
the early 1700's.
#C-3650
Grissim, John
The Lost Treasure of the Concepcion
ISBN/ISSN: 068803635X
Library of Congress: 80-14653
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 207
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by William Morrow and
Company, Inc., New
York City (1980), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts the salvage
of the "Concepcion" by William Phips in 1687, and then tells the story of Burt
Webber's search for, rediscovery, and salvage of the "Concepcion" in the late
1970's. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-3660
Griswold, Oliver
The Florida Keys and the Coral Reef
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Winchester
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 143
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by The Graywood Press, Miami
(1965), in both
hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback. The book has been reprinted at
least three times (in both hardback and paperback).
Description: This book is about the history of the Florida Keys. It includes a
chapter about treasure
wrecks in the Keys that is mostly about the 1959-60 salvage of the "HMS
Winchester", which sank in 1695. It also includes a few pages about Art Mckee.
#C-3670
Grossett, Harry
Down to the Ships in the Sea
Library of Congress: 54-9423
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Brunswick
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 256
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Hutchinson & Co.
(Publishers) Ltd., London (1953) in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition
was published by J.P. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia (1954), in hardback with
a dust jacket.
Description: This book is about the author's 50 years in the salvage industry,
beginning in 1898.
It includes a chapter about the successful recovery of gold bars from the "SS
Brunswick", which was sunk in World War I in the North Sea.
#C-3680
Groushko, Michael
Lost Treasures of the World
ISBN/ISSN: 1851710434
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Edinburgh, Mary Rose, Spanish Armada, Association
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 191
Editions: The first edition (First Published in the UK - stated) was published
by Admiral Books,
UK (1986), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was republished by Prion,
London (1992), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was republished a third
time in 1993 by Multimedia Books Limited, London, in hardback with a dust
jacket. A US edition was published by Chartwell Books, Secaucus, New Jersey
(1986), in hardback with a dust jacket and a library binding. The book was then
republished in the US by Courage Books, Philadelphia (1990), in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This coffee table book includes archaeology, land treasures and
sunken treasures. The
shipwrecks section includes the 1715 Fleet, the "HMS Edinburgh", the "Mary
Rose", the Spanish Armada shipwrecks, the "HMS Association", and the "Titanic".
#C-3687
Groushko, Michael
Shipwrecks and Other Treasure Lost Found and Undiscovered
ISBN/ISSN: 0753701162
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Mel Fisher, Concepcion, William Phips,
Kronan,
Mary Rose, Geldermalsen, Association, Hollandia
Comments: See Groushko, Michael, "Treasure - Lost, Found & Undiscovered"
(#C-3690)
Size: 9.75" x 12"
Pages: 128
#C-3690
Groushko, Michael
Treasure - Lost, Found & Undiscovered
ISBN/ISSN: 0894718517
Library of Congress: 90-81607
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Mel Fisher, Concepcion, William Phips,
Kronan,
Mary Rose, Geldermalsen, Association, Hollandia
Comments: Same book as "Shipwrecks and Other Treasure Lost Found and
Undiscovered"
(#C-3687); lavishly illustrated
Size: 9.75" x 13"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Quintet Publishing
Limited, London
(1990), in hardback with a dust jacket. The second UK edition was published by
Greenwich Editions, London (1996), in hardback with a dust jacket. A third UK
edition was published by the Chancellor Press, London (1999), in hardback with a
dust jacket under the title, "Shipwrecks and Other Treasure Lost Found and
Undiscovered". The first US edition was produced by Courage/Running Press,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1990), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second US
edition was published by Shooting Star Press, New York City (1996), in hardback
with a dust jacket.
Description: This beautifully-illustrated large coffee table book includes all
kinds of treasures, and
devotes a chapter to sunken treasure. Shipwrecks mentioned include the 1715
Fleet, the "Atocha", the "Concepcion", the "Kronan, the "Mary Rose", the
"Geldermalsen", the "HMS Association" and the "Hollandia".
#C-3710
Gunning, Thomas G.
Strange Mysteries
ISBN/ISSN: 0396090389
Library of Congress: 86-29217
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Harry Rieseberg
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 95
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1987), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This is a juvenile book of 10 strange tales, including one about
Harry Rieseberg (a well-known treasure diver and author) fighting an octopus to gain a sunken treasure.
It would appear that the author has taken some liberties with the facts in this
exciting story.
#C-3715
Gyllensvard, Berit Wastfelt Bo and Jorgen Weibull
Porcelain from the East Indiaman Gotheborg
ISBN/ISSN: 9170249857
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Gotheborg, ceramics
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8,5 x 10.5
Pages: 282
Editions: The first edition was published in Swedish. The first English language
edition (not stated)
was published by Forlags AB Wiken, Denmark (1991), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the Swedish East India Company ship,
"Gotheborg", which
ran aground and sank with a load of Chinese porcelain in 1745 off the coast of
Sweden. It also describes the search for the wreck in 1984 and the salvage of
the cargo. Most of the book is color illustrations of the porcelain that was
recovered.
#C-3720
Hackwell, W. John
Diving to the Past
ISBN/ISSN: 0684189186
Library of Congress: 87-233529
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 10.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 54
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Charles Scribner's Sons,
New York City
(1988), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book tells the story of underwater archaeology.
#C-3730
Hagan, Frank J.
Tales of the Jolly Bucs
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet, San Pedro, Santa Margarita, Awa Maru,
1715
Fleet, Kip Wagner
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 77
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author (1979), in
paperback.
Description: This book is about land treasure, sunken treasure and Pirates,
mostly in Florida and
the Caribbean. The sunken treasures include the 1715 Fleet, the "Atocha", the
"San Pedro de Alcantara", the "Santa Margarita", and the Japanese ship, "Awa
Maru".
#C-3740
Hahn, Emily
Love of Gold
ISBN/ISSN: 0690018320
Library of Congress: 80-7877
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner
Comments: Includes a bibliography
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 183
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Lippincott & Crowell,
Publishers, New York
City (1980), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a history of gold and includes two chapters about Kip
Wagner and his
salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast of Florida.
#C-3750
Haining, Peter
The Fortune Hunter's Guide
ISBN/ISSN: 0283981547
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 8"
Pages: 162
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Sidgwick &
Jackson, London (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book covers all aspects of treasure hunting in England. One
chapter is devoted to
sunken treasures and very briefly mentions all the significant treasure wrecks
in the United Kingdom.
#C-3753
Haining, Peter
The Mystery
of Rommel’s
Gold
ISBN/ISSN: 1861056842
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rommel
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.5”
Pages:
221
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Robson Books,
London (2004), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book explores the history of "Rommel's Gold", a World War II
treasure cache, and the many who have searched for it. The gold was
supposedly dumped overboard by the Germans off the coast of Corsica to
protect it from falling into the hands of the Allies, but it has never
been found.
#C-3757
Halls, Chris
Australia’s Worst
Shipwrecks
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Zuytdorp
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.75”
Pages:
157
Editions: The first
edition (First Published - stated) was published by Rigby Limited,
Adelaide, Australia (1978), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: One
chapter in this book tells the story of the wreck of the Dutch ship, "Zuytdorp",
on the Western Australian coast in 1712. It also describes the finding
of the wreck in 1964 and the subsequent salvage, including a mass of
silver coins and a cannon stuffed with 2000 silver coins. Other
chapters describe additional Australian wrecks and salvages, but none of
these ships were carrying any treasure.
#C-3760
Hamilton-Paterson, James
Three Miles Down
ISBN/ISSN: 022404267X
Library of Congress: 98-49872
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Aurelia, I-52
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 296
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Jonathan
Cape, London (1998), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was
published by the Lyons Press, New York City (1999), in hardback with a dust
jacket. The first paperback edition was published by Vintage, London (1999). A
US paperback edition was published by Harvest Books/Harcourt, Inc., New York
City (2000).
Description: This book tells the story of a deep-ocean treasure hunt for the
ocean liner, "SS Aurelia",
and for the Japanese submarine, I-52, both of which were sunk during World War
II and both of which were carrying gold bullion. In the end, neither shipwreck
was located.
#C-3765
Hamlin, B. Nason
A Full Account of the Capture and Wreck of the Pirate Ship "Whidah"
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Pamphlet
Size: 6" x 8.75"
Pages: 10
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Milton,
Massachusetts (1948),
in paperback. The full contents of this pamphlet was republished in
Yarns of Today and Yester-Year (1950 by the same author) in a chapter
entitled, “Wreck of the Pirate Ship”.
Description: This pamphlet briefly describes the "Whydah's" piratical activities
in 1717, and its
destruction off the coast of Cape Cod.
#C-3770
Hammond, Rolt
Diving and Salvage
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vasa, Thetis, Egypt
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 7.5"
Pages: 143
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Frederick Muller Limited,
London (1964), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While the beginning of this book discusses salvage techniques and
equipment, most of
the book is about actual shipwreck salvage operations. The book includes
chapters about the salvage and raising of the "Vasa", and the treasure
recoveries from the "Thetis" and the "Egypt".
#C-3775
Hannan, Thomas
The Beautiful
Isle of Mull
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size:
5” x 7.5”
Pages: 211
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Robert Grant & Son,
Edinburgh, Scotland (1926), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
second printing was published by Grant & Murray, Edinburgh, Scotland
(1933), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book describes
many historic places on the Isle of Mull and tells many tales of times
gone by. It includes a chapter about the demise of the Spanish Armada
ship, “Florencia” in Tobermory Bay…and another chapter about the search
for the treasure that was thought to be aboard.
#C-3780
Harbison, Peter
The Archaeology of Ireland
ISBN/ISSN: 0370015967
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Santa Maria de la Rosa, La Trinidad Valencera, Santa
Maria
Encoronada, Girona
Comments: Includes a short bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10"
Pages: 120
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by The
Bodley Head, London
(1976), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition (First Printing - stated)
was published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City (1976), in hardback with
a dust jacket.
Description: While the majority of this book concerns land sites, there is a
chapter about Spanish
Armada shipwrecks in Ireland, including the "Santa Maria de la Rosa", "La
Trinidad Valencera", "Santa Maria Encoronada", and the "Girona".
#C-3785
Hardie, R.P.
The Tobermory Argosy - A Problem of the Spanish Armada
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments:
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 68
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Oliver and Boyd,
London &
Edinburgh (1912), in hardback.
Description: This book questions whether the Spanish Armada shipwreck in
Tobermory Bay,
Scotland, is indeed the "Florencia", and in the process of examining that
question goes through the history of the ship and shipwreck. The last chapter in
the book deals with what treasure was aboard the ship when it sank.
#C-3790
Hardwick, Richard
Skin and Scuba Diving
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Art McKee, Santa Margarita, William Phips, Concepcion, Monmouth,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 4.25" x 7.25"
Pages: 156
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Monarch Books, Derby,
Connecticut (1963),
in paperback.
Description: This book covers all aspects of skin and scuba diving, and has a
chapter on treasure
diving. Art McKee, the "Santa Margarita", William Phips and the "Concepcion",
the British ship "Monmouth", and the Spanish Armada shipwrecks are very briefly
mentioned.
#C-3798
Harris, Graham
The Golden Reef of Sir William Phips
ISBN/ISSN: 1419614002
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Includes a short bibliography in
the Author's Note
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 427
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by
BookSurge, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina (2005) in paperback.
Description:
This historical narrative describes not only William
Phips' life and his salvage of the rich Spanish galleon, "Concepcion", but also
speculates that Phips' share of the booty may have been buried on Oak Island,
Nova Scotia, when the King of England feared that Phips' treasure could be used
to fuel a revolution against England. Apart from one or two minor characters,
all those portrayed herein lived the events described, and every effort has been
made to depict them and their actions accurately.
#C-3800
Harris, Graham and Les MacPhie
Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0887804926
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 200
Editions: The first edition was published by Formac Publishing Company Limited,
Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada (1999), in paperback. The first US edition (stated) was published
by Formac Publishing Company Limited in 2000, also in paperback.
Description: The authors are underground engineers and analyze all the attempted
efforts (since
1795) to raise the treasure buried at Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. What
makes this book interesting to the sunken treasure enthusiast is the author's
well researched hypothesis that the buried treasure was put there by William
Phips and consists of what he salvaged from the stern castle of the "Concepcion"
(which traditional accounts say he never recovered because it was covered in
coral).
#C-3805
Harris, John
Lost at Sea - True Stories of Disaster
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Hampshire, Royal George, Grosvenor, Lutine, Florencia, Spanish Armada,
Association,
Roland Morris, Colossus
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.5"
Pages: 244
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Methuen
London, (1990), in hardback with a dust jacket. Guild Publishing, London, also
published a hardback edition (with a dust jacket) in 1990. A paperback edition
was published by Mandarin Paperbacks, London, in 1991.
Description: This book describes mostly modern shipwrecks, although it does have
a fairly lengthy
chapter on treasure wrecks, including specific sections on the "HMS Royal George",
the "Grosvenor", the "HMS Lutine", the "Florencia", and the "HMS Hampshire".
Additionally, there are several pages about the "HMS Association", "HMS Colossus",
and Roland Morris.
#C-3820
Harris, Simon
Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Stuart Admiral
ISBN/ISSN: 1862270996
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 431
Editions: The first edition (First Published in the UK - stated) was published
by Spellmount
Limited, Kent, UK (2001), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a biography of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, the most famous
British admiral in
the reign of Queen Anne. Sir Cloudesley perished in the wreck of the
"HMS Association" in 1707, which wreck has been partially salvaged in recent years
by Roland Morris. There is quite a bit of background material about the wreck of
the "HMS Association" included.
#C-3830
Hart, Francis Russell
The Disaster of the Darien
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Maurepas
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 426
Editions: The first edition was published by Constable, London (1929), in
hardback with a dust
jacket. The first US edition was published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1929), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This history book tells the story of the Scottish attempt to settle
on the isthmus of
Panama from 1698-1702. It includes the story of the sinking of the "Maurepas"
with 60,000 pieces of eight in Caledonia Bay...most of which was never
recovered.
#C-3838
Hashim, Mohamad Yusoff -editor
Kapal dan Harta Karam
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: See Hashim, Mohamad Yusoff, "Ships and Sunken Treasure" (#C-3840)
#C-3840
Hashim, Mohamad Yusoff -editor
Ships and Sunken Treasure
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Same book as "Kapal dan Harta Karam" (#C-3838). This book has two
titles, one
in English and one in Bahasa Malaysian, but it is a single publication.
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 181
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
Malaya Press, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia (1984), in paperback.
Description: This book is a collection of 12 articles about shipwrecks in
Malaysia and related topics.
Seven of the articles are in English, and five are written in Bahasa Malay.
#C-3845
Haskins, Jack "Blackjack"
An Exciting Day in Paradise: Finding the 1733 Spanish Treasure Fleet Gold Coins
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 8
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by En Rada Publications,
West Palm
Beach, Florida (2002), in paperback and was extremely limited.
Description: This pamphlet documents the recovery of a deposit of gold coins
from the 1733 galleon,
"San Jose", by D.L. Chaney and the author on July 3, 1979. Among the coins
recovered were 5 eight escudo gold portrait coins, minted in Mexico in
1733...some of the first milled gold coins produced in the New World.
#C-3850
Haskins, Jack, Steve Guldan, and Susan Ubinger
Beachcomber's Guide to the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated with maps
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 10
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Sea Siren Treasure
Salvors, Ltd., Ormond
Beach, Florida (1992), in paperback.
Description: This 8 page pamphlet shows the wreck locations of the Spanish fleet
of ships that sank
in a hurricane in 1715 between Vero Beach and Sebastian, Florida. The pamphlet
includes a 2 page insert by Susan Ubinger on the history and salvage of the 1715
Fleet.
#C-3860
Haskins, Jack "Blackjack"
Recovery of the 1733 Capitana Gold Medallion
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated; contents is also contained in an appendix to "Galleon
Alley" (#C-8100)
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 8
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by En Rada Publications,
West Palm Beach,
Florida (2000), in paperback and was extremely limited.
Description: This pamphlet tells the story of the author's finding of a very
rare gold religious
medallion while salvaging the 1733 Fleet. Mendel Peterson, noted author and
former Director of Underwater Exploration for the Smithsonian Institution,
called the medallion "the greatest artifact recovered from the 1733 treasure
fleet".
#C-3870
Hass, Hans
Men Beneath the Sea
Library of Congress: 74-83576
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner, 1733 Fleet, Akerendam, Hollandia, Vigo Bay
Galleons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 407
Editions: The first edition was in German by Verlag Fritz Molden,
Wien-Munchen-Zurich (1973).
The first English translation (stated) was published simultaneously by David and
Charles (Holdings) Ltd., London (1975), and Saint Martin's Press, New York City
(1975), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts the successes, failures, and tragedies of man's
attempt to conquer
and utilize the sea. It includes a chapter on sunken treasure, which describes
recoveries from the 1715 Fleet, the 1733 Fleet, the "Akerendam", the
"Hollandia", the Vigo Bay galleons and some archaeological recoveries from
ancient wrecks off the coast of Turkey.
#C-3880
Hatcher, Michael and Antony Thorncroft
The Nanking Cargo
ISBN/ISSN: 0241121175
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Geldermalsen, ceramics
Comments: Lavishly illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10.75"
Pages: 176
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Hamish
Hamilton, London (1987), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is the story of the
search for, and salvage of, the "Geldermalsen", a Dutch East Indiaman that sank
in 1752 off the coast of Singapore (also known as the Nanking Cargo wreck). The
wreck was salvaged by Michael Hatcher in 1985 and yielded an astounding cargo of
Chinese porcelain and much gold. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-3890
Hauser, Hillary -editor
The Adventurous Aquanaut
ISBN/ISSN: 0941332144
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Winfield Scott, Port Royal
Comments: Anthology; includes a bibliography
Size: 6.25" x 9"
Pages: 508
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Best Publishing
Company, San Pedro,
California (1990), in hardback with a dust jacket. In 1999, Best republished the
book in hardback with a dust jacket (1999 noted).
Description: This anthology of sea stories includes: "In Action Once More" and
"Colombia's Guarded
Strongbox" by Harry Rieseberg; an excerpt from "Port Royal Rediscovered" by
Robert Marx; an excerpt from "30 Centuries Under the Sea" by Frederic Dumas; and
a story by Dick Anderson entitled, "Yes, Virginia, There is a Winfield Scott
Treasure".
#C-3900
Hauser, Hillary
Call to Adventure
ISBN/ISSN: 091766518X
Library of Congress: 87-70932
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Maravillas
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8" x 10"
Pages: 209
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Bookmakers Guild,
Longmont, Colorado
(1987), in paperback. The book was reprinted by Bookmakers Guild in 1989.
Description: This book describes various ocean explorers and adventures. The
author and her
husband, Dick Anderson, actually participated in some of the expeditions,
including a treasure salvage operation on the "Nuestra Senora de la Maravillas"
with Bob Marx and Willard Bascom.
#C-3905
Hawes, Hildreth Gilman
The Bellamy Treasure - The Pirates of the Whydah in the Gulf of Maine
Library of Congress: 40013948
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Includes a glossary
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 71
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Augusta Press,
Augusta, Maine
(1940), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the history of Sam Bellamy's piracy, including the
time he spent
in Machais, Maine careening his ships. The last chapter of the book is devoted
to the missing treasure of the "Whydah", estimated by the author at $20,000. The
author speculates that the treasure could have been buried at Machais...or that
the day after the fatal shipwreck, one of the crew (and a local citizen he
sought refuge with) salvaged and buried it.
#C-3910
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Sir William Phips
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Editions: The "Sir William Phips" sketch was first published in 1830 and has
been republished
many times since in collections of Hawthorne's works.
Description: This sketch is a brief biography of Phips' life and his salvage of
the Spanish galleon,
"Concepcion".
#C-3920
Haydock, Tim
Treasure Trove - Where to find the Great Lost Treasures of the World
ISBN/ISSN: 0947795308
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rommel, Rhossili Bay wreck
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Fourth
Estate, London (1986), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was
published by Henry Holt & Co., New York City (1986), in paperback.
Description: While almost the entirety of this book is devoted to land
treasures, it does describe two
sunken treasures. The first is the gold that Field Marshall Rommel captured in
Africa during World War II, and dumped in the ocean off Corsica to avoid
capture. The second treasure described is an unknown Spanish galleon wrecked in
Rhossili Bay of South Wales.
#C-3923
Hayter, Alethea
The Wreck of the 'Abergavenny'
ISBN/ISSN: 0333989171
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Abergavenny
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 223
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Macmillan, London (2002),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: Much of this book is about the effect the death of John Wordsworth,
a passenger
aboard the "Abergavenny", had on his brother, the famous poet William
Wordsworth. However, the history of the shipwreck and the subsequent salvage
operations are also included.
#C-3930
Hazeltine, Alice
Below the Surface
Library of Congress: 58-7432
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Hampshire
Comments: Anthology; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 223
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Abingdon Press,
New York City
(1958), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: Half of this anthology is about things under the ground, and half
is about things under
the water. In the latter half, there is a chapter devoted to the sinking of the
British cruiser, "HMS Hampshire", in 1916 off the Orkney Islands with a
significant amount of gold on board...and a salvage attempt made in 1933. It was
in this shipwreck that England's Lord Kitchener perished. This chapter is an
excerpt from the book, "Unlocking Adventure", by Charles Courtney (see C#-2390).
#C-3940
Heenan, Barry
The Treasure Seekers
Library of Congress: 70-90058
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the T.S. Denison &
Company, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota (1969), in hardback (pictorial boards) with a dust
jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is a biography of William Phips, including his
salvage of the
sunken Spanish galleon, "Concepcion", off the coast of Hispaniola.
#C-3950
Helm, Thomas
Treasure Hunting Around the World
Library of Congress: 60-12334
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Hussar, Laurentic, William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 288
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1960), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing (stated) was published
in 1961, in hardback with a dust jacket. A third printing (stated) was published
in 1962 and a fourth printing (stated) was published in 1965, both in hardback
with a dust jacket.
Description: This book encompasses both land and sunken treasures. The sunken
treasures include
the Revolutionary War pay ship, "Hussar" which sank north of what was then New
York City, the liner, "Laurentic", and the story of William Phips and his
salvage of the "Concepcion".
#C-3960
Henderson, Graeme
Maritime Archaeology in Australia
ISBN/ISSN: 0855642416
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zeewijk, Zuytdorp, Tryall, Rapid
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.75"
Pages: 201
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by the
University of
Western Australia Press (1986), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts underwater archaeological recoveries in the
waters surrounding
Australia from the 1600s to the present...and the archaeological techniques
used. Shipwrecks discussed include the "Batavia", "Vergulde Draeck" (Gilt
Dragon), "Zeewijk", "Zuytdorp", "Rapid", and "Tryall" (called the "Trial" in the
book), amongst others.
#C-3970
Henderson, Graeme & Myra Stanbury
The Sirius - Past and Present
ISBN/ISSN: 0732224470
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Sirius
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 7.75"
Pages: 167
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Collins
Publishers
Australia, Sydney (1988), in paperback.
Description: This book describes the sinking of the "HMS Sirius", one of the
early ships the
British used to explore the Pacific, off Norfolk Island in 1790 and the
successful archaeological excavation that began in 1983.
#C-3973
Henderson,
Graeme
Swallowed by the Sea -
The Story of Australia's Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN:
9780642278944
Category: Underwater
Archaeology
Keywords: Tyrall,
Batavia, Fortuyn, Sirius, Pandora
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 10.5”
Pages:
225
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published the National Library
of Australia Publishing (2016), in paperback.
Description:
This well-illustrated book tells the story of 12 shipwrecks (ancient and
modern) in Australian waters and the bombing of Darwin in WWII. The
ancient shipwrecks include the “Tyrall”, “Batavia”, “HMS Sirius”, and
“HMS Pandora”.
#C-3975
Henderson, Graeme
Unfinished Voyages – Western Australian Shipwrecks
1622-1850
ISBN/ISSN:
9781920694883
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Tryall, Vianen, Wapen Van Hoorn, Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Ridderschap van
Holland, Zuytdorp, Aagtekerke, Zeewijk, Cartier, Kingston, Lively,
Rapid, Santa Anna, Caledonia, Correo da Azia, Mermaid, Belinda,
Mauritius, Sir Nicholas Francis Burton, Marquis of Anglesea, Parmelia,
Success, Hoogley, Cumberland, Eagle, Emily Taylor, James, Thames,
Rockingham, Medina, Anchors
Comments:
Includes a bibliography after each shipwreck description and at the rear
of the book; includes a glossary of nautical terms; illustrated
Size:
10” x 11.5”
Pages:
340
Editions:
The first edition was published by the University of Western
Australia, Nedlands (1995), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second
edition (stated) was published in 2007 by the University of Western
Australia, Crawley, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book well-illustrated book describes the multitude of ships
that foundered off the Western Australia coast, including the Dutch
wrecks “Tryall” (Trial), “Vianen”, “Wapen Van Hoorn”, “Batavia”,
Gilt Dragon (“Vergulde Draeck”), “Ridderschap van Holland”, “Zuytdorp”,
“Aagtekerke”, and “Zeewijk”. The British wrecks are broken into two
sections chronologically. The earlier wrecks include “Cartier”,
“Kingston”, “Lively”, “Rapid”, “Santa Anna”, “Caledonia”, “Correo da
Azia”, “Mermaid”, “Belinda”, “Mauritius”, “Sir Nicholas Francis Burton”,
“Marquis of Anglesea”, “Parmelia”, “HMS Success”, “Hoogley”,
“Cumberland”, “Eagle”, “Emily Taylor”, “James”, “Thames”, “Rockingham”,
and “Medina”. There is also an appendix describing various anchors and
a glossary of nautical terms. Many color illustrations.
#C-3980
Henderson, James A.
Phantoms of the Tryall - Australia's First Shipwreck 1622
ISBN/ISSN: 0867780533
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Tryall
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.5"
Pages: 193
Editions: The first edition (First Published -stated) was published by St.
George Books/Western Australian Newspapers Limited, Perth (1993), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of Australia's first known shipwreck in
1622 off the
Western Australia coast...and the subsequent battle to salvage the wreck in the
1960s and 70s between treasure hunters and archaeologists. The wreck was
ultimately preserved and salvaged by archaeologists...but not until the treasure
hunters had picked it clean of valuables.
#C-3990
Henley, Trevor
Let's Find Hidden Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Florencia, Spanish Armada, Lutine, Vigo Bay
Galleons
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 178
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Venturebooks Limited,
Bath, UK (1947), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is an overview of 21 lost treasures, including 4
chapters on sunken
treasures. The book tells the story of William Phips and the salvage of the
"Concepcion"; the Spanish Armada ship, "Florencia"; the many attempts at
salvaging the "Lutine" off Holland; and the Vigo Bay galleons.
#C-3995
Herbert, Jimmy and Bertel Tingstrom
The Plate Money Treasure of Nicobar
ISBN/ISSN: 9189256034
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Nicobar, artifacts
Comments: Includes both English and Swedish text; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 12"
Pages: 159
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Royal Coin
Cabinet, Stockholm
(1999), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This book documents the sinking of the "Nicobar" off the South
African coast, and
and the Swedish plate money and artifacts recovered. It also includes a history
of plate money and many illustrations.
#C-4000
Hill, C.W.
Flying Start - Treasure Hunting
ISBN/ISSN: 56200100X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vasa, Association, Girona, 1715 Fleet, Spanish Armada
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10.5"
Pages: 45
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Sampson
Low, Berkshire,
UK (1979), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book covers all aspects of treasure hunting and
metal detecting. It
includes 4 pages on sunken treasures and discusses the "Vasa", the
"HMS Association", the "Girona", and the 1715 Fleet that sank off the east coast of
Florida.
#C-4010
Hinds, Fergus
Riches from Wrecks - The Recovery of Sunken Cargoes
ISBN/ISSN: 0851746233
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Empire Manor, Glenartney, Edinburgh, Awa Maru, Michael Hatcher, John
Barry,
Geldermalsen
Comments: Includes 7 maps; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 12"
Pages: 134
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Brown, Son & Ferguson,
Ltd., Glasgow,
Scotland (1995), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This book is about salvaging non-ferrous metals, both precious and
non-precious. It
includes salvage of the "Empire Manor", the "Glenartney", and the "HMS
Edinburgh". It also includes some information about the "Awa Maru", the "USS
John Barry" and working with Michael Hatcher on the "Geldermalsen" (Nanking
Cargo) in the Far East.
#C-4020
Hintze, Naomi A.
Buried Treasure Waits for You
Library of Congress: 62-19323
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 183
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company,
Indianapolis,
Indiana (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket. A library edition (First Cadmus
Edition - stated) was also published by E.M. Hale & Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin
(1966), in hardback.
Description: While this adolescent book is almost entirely about land treasures,
it includes a
chapter about the "Whydah" (which is called the "Whidaw" in the book) and Sam
Bellamy's treasure that was allegedly aboard.
#C-4030
Hogarth, Christine
Shipwreck!
ISBN/ISSN: 0642123497
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia, Sirius, Pandora, Tryall, Sydney Cove
Comments: Exhibition catalog; includes a brief bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 51
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the International
Cultural
Corporation of Australia, Sydney (1988).
Description: This well-illustrated museum exhibition catalog chronicles the
recent discoveries
of shipwrecks sunk in Australian waters between 1622-1797. The shipwrecks
include the "Batavia", the "HMS Sirus", the "HMS Pandora" and the "Sydney Cove".
Many artifacts are illustrated.
#C-4040
Hogg, Garry
Lust for Gold
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Hussar, Lutine, Florencia, Spanish Armada, Egypt, Niagara, Laurentic
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 190
Editions: The first edition was published by Robert Hale Limited, London (1960),
in hardback with
a dust jacket. The first US edition (First American Edition - stated) was
published by A.S. Barnes, New York City (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the history of gold and includes a chapter on
sunken gold. The salvage
(or attempted salvage) of the "Hussar", "Lutine", "Florencia", "Egypt",
"Niagara", and "Laurentic" are discussed.
#C-4042
Hogg, Ian and John Batchelor
Naval Gun
ISBN/ISSN: 0713709057
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9.75" x 12"
Pages: 142
Editions: The first edition was published by the Blandford Press, Poole, England
(1978), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book describes the development of the naval ordnance beginning
in the
14th century and continuing through modern times. Many types of cannons
are described and illustrated.
#C-4048
Holden, Chris and Lesley
Life
and Death on the ‘Royal Charter’ – The True Story of a Treasure-Ship
Wrecked on Anglesey
ISBN/ISSN:
9780954506629
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Royal Charter
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6.75” x 9.25”
Pages:
288
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Calgo Publications, Higher Kinnerton,
England (2009), in paperback.
Description:
This book tells the story of the “Royal Charter”, which on its return
from Australia ran into hurricane-force winds off the coast of England
in 1859. Pounded against the shore by the relentless force of the
waves, the ship broke up with the loss of almost 500 lives and scattered
close to 100,000 ounces of gold into the sea. Only a few men were saved
that fateful night. Apart from the large amounts of gold on the
passengers themselves, the ship’s strongroom held over £300,000 in gold
bullion, most of which has never been recovered.
#C-4050
Holub, Joan
How to Find Lost Treasure in All 50 States and Canada Too!
ISBN/ISSN: 0689826435
Library of Congress: 99-27669
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; locations are illustrated
Size: 5" x 7.75"
Pages: 182
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Aladdin Paperbacks, New
York City (2000),
in paperback.
Description: This adolescent book highlights one lost treasure (buried or
sunken) in each US state
and 4 provinces in Canada. Sunken treasure is referenced in the chapters about
Florida, Michigan and Ohio.
#C-4060
Holzworth, Shirley Jean
One Day of Hunting Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Mel Fisher
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 24
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Fort Pierce Press,
Fort Pierce, Florida
(1965), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet tells the story of Walt and Shirley Holzworth's very
successful day diving
on the 1715 Fleet wrecks with their friends (Mel Fisher, Rupert Gates, Dick
Williams, Fay Fields, Frank Allen, and Moe Molinar).
#C-4063
Hood, Jean
Come
Hell and High Water
ISBN/ISSN:
1580801439
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Dodington
Comments:
Includes a bibliography at the end of each chapter; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.5”
Pages:
400
Editions:
The first edition (First Published in Great Britain- stated) was
published by Conway Books, UK (2006), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
US edition (First Published in the US - stated) was published in 2006 by
Burford Books, Short Hills, New Jersey, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book is a compilation of 17 stories of wrecks, terror, and triumph
on the high seas. Of interest to the treasure hunter is one chapter
about the "Dodington," an East Indiaman that sank off South Africa in
1755 with 653 ounces of gold and 35,000 ounces of silver. Other wrecks
discussed include the "HMS Valiant", "HMS Queen Elizabeth", "USS Squalus",
"Kursk", "Titanic", "Meduse", and the "Sirio".
#C-4065
Hook, Jason
Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0739843400
Library of Congress: 2001019051
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa, Mary Rose, Girona, Spanish Armada
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 10.75"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Publishers, Austin,
Texas (2002), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued). The
book is part of the "Mysteries of the Past" series.
Description: This juvenile book includes stories about the "Vasa", the Spanish
Armada ship "Girona",
and the "Mary Rose", as well as several ancient and modern wrecks.
#C-4070
Horner, Dave
The Blockade-Runners
Library of Congress: 68-15409
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Annie
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 241
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1968) in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by
Florida Classics Library, Port Salerno, Florida (1992).
Description: This book chronicles the Lincoln-ordered blockade of the southern
US coast between
Virginia and Texas during the Civil War. It includes a chapter on the blockade
runner, "Annie", which sank off Wilmington, NC, full of Confederate gold.
#C-4080
Horner, Dave
Key to Good Diving (Virginia-Carolina Coastal Area)
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Central America
Comments: Pamphlet; maps in back
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 16
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Maritime Explorations,
Ltd., Virginia
Beach, Virginia (1968), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet briefly chronicles shipwrecks off the Virginia and
Carolina coast and
includes brief references to some treasure wrecks. Regarding the "SS Central
America", Horner states, "...gold bullion valued at $1,219,189. Locating this
vessel might be an extremely worthwhile goal for ambitious underwater
adventurers." I believe this is Dave Horner's first publication.
#C-4090
Horner, Dave
Shipwreck - A Saga of Sea Tragedy and Sunken Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 1574090844
Library of Congress: 99-30446
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: La Capitana, 1654 Fleet, Maravillas
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 295
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Sheridan
House, Dobbs Ferry,
NY (1999), in hardback with a dust jacket. A UK edition (First Published in
Great Britain - stated) was published by Sutton Publishing Ltd., London (1999)
in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published by ibooks,
Inc., New York City (2002).
Description: Extensively researched story
of the shipwreck and many subsequent salvage efforts of both "La Capitana"
(which sank off Ecuador in 1654) and the "Maravillas" (which sank on Little
Bahama Bank in 1656). The book includes both ancient and modern salvage efforts.
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4100
Horner, Dave
Shipwrecks, Skin Divers, and Sunken Gold
Library of Congress: 65-13510
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: De Braak, Central America, Merida
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Size: 241
Editions: The first edition (not stated - but can be identified because there is
no printing number
noted on copyright page) was published Dodd, Mead & Company, New York City
(1965), in hardback with a dust jacket. There are at least 4 subsequent
printings (printing numbers noted on the copyright page) of this book.
Description: This book overviews where to
search for sunken treasure, why to search (isn't this obvious?), a historical
background on the treasure galleons, and specific information on the "HMS De
Braak", "SS Central America" and the "SS Merida". Also includes information on
Revolutionary and Civil War shipwrecks. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4110
Horner, Dave
The Treasure Galleons
ISBN/ISSN: 0396063780
Library of Congress: 77-162614
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet, Trinidad, 1563 fleet, Harry Cox, 1605
fleet, San Roque,
Santo Domingo, Maravillas, San Jose, La Galga, 1750 Fleet, Guadalupe, Las Cinque Chagas,
Juno, Sagunto
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 259
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York City
(1971), in hardback with a dust jacket. An edition was also published in 1971 by
W. Clement Stone, P M A Communications, Incorporated, Northbrook, Illinois, in
hardback with a dust jacket. A British edition (First Published in Great Britain
- stated) was published by Robert Hale & Company London (1973), in hardback with
a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published in the US by Florida Classics
Library, Port Salerno, Florida (1990).
Description: This book contains 12 stories
of undiscovered (as of 1971) sunken treasure ships. Included are chapters
about Cortez's flagship, "Trinidad"; the 1563 fleet that sank in the Bahamas;
"Las Cinque Chagas" lost in the Azores in 1594; 4 galleons of the 1605 fleet
that sank on the Serranilla Bank; the "Atocha", which Mel Fisher found and
salvaged; the capitana of the 1654 fleet that sank off the coast of Ecuador; the
"Maravillas " wreck on Little Bahama Bank (1656); the "San Jose" which sank in
1706 off Cartagena, Colombia with a rich load of gold; and the "Guadalupe",
which went down in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1750; "La Galga" which
sank off the Virginia coast in 1750; the "Juno" which sank off the New Jersey
coast in 1802; and the "Sagunto" lost off the coast of New England in 1813.
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4115
Howitz, Pensak C.
Ceramics from the Sea –
Evidence from the Koh Kradad Shipwreck Excavated in 1979
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Ceramics
Comments: Pamphlet;
illustrated with pictures and drawings; in Thai and English
Size:
7.5” x 10”
Pages:
53
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by the Archaeology Division,
Silpakorn Universtity, Bangkok, Thailand (1979), in paperback.
Description: This
phamplet describes the excavation of a 16th century cargo
vessel near the Cambodian border in the Gulf of Siam. Many of the
ceramics recovered are pictured in black and white.
#C-4120
Hudson, L. Frank
Florida Treasure Shipwrecks
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated with pictures and hand-drawn maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Treasure Trove
Publications, St.
Petersburg, Florida (1984), in paperback. You can identify the first edition by
the publisher's P.O. Box number, 14250. This pamphlet has been reproduced at a
later date with a publisher's P.O. Box number of 11445.
Description: This pamphlet (produced on a copying machine) identifies 138 sunken
treasure
sites off the coast of Florida, including the well-known Spanish galleon wrecks,
and gives a brief one-paragraph description of each. In most cases, hand-drawn
maps locating the wrecks are included.
#C-4130
Hudson, L. Frank
How to Discover and Profit From Florida Shipwreck Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0-942084-28-4
Library of Congress: 85-82086
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Same book as
"Florida Treasure Shipwrecks" (#C-4120); pamphlet; illustrated with drawings and nautical charts
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 85
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by LaFray Young
Publications Co., Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida (1985), in paperback. Several subsequent paperback editions
have been published by Winner Enterprises, including an "Expanded Edition" in
1985.
Description: This pamphlet appears to be a reprinted edition of "Florida
Treasure Shipwrecks"
(#C-4120) with better charts and better quality printing. It identifies 133
Florida treasure shipwrecks with a one-paragraph description and plots each
wreck on a nautical chart.
#C-4140
Hudson, L. Frank
Lost Treasures of Florida's East Coast
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated with pictures and hand-drawn maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 60
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Treasure Trove
Publications, St.
Petersburg, Florida (1983), in paperback. You can identify the first edition by
the publisher's P.O. Box number, 14250. This book has been reproduced at a later
date with a publisher's P.O. Box number of 11445.
Description: This pamphlet (produced on a copying machine) identifies
approximately one hundred
land and sunken treasure sites on the east coast of Florida and gives a brief
description of each. In most cases, hand-drawn maps are included for each wreck.
The information in this pamphlet is included in both "Florida Treasure
Shipwrecks" (#C-4120) and "How to Discover and Profit from Florida Shipwreck
Treasures" (#C-4130).
#C-4150
Hudson, L. Frank and Gordon R. Prescott
Lost Treasure of Florida's Gulf Coast
Library of Congress: 73-9494
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated with photos and maps
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 56
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Great Outdoors
Publishing Co., St.
Petersburg, Florida (1973), in paperback. It has a price printed on the cover of
$1.95. A second printing is identical except that it has a price of $2.95
printed on the cover.
Description: This pamphlet identifies approximately one hundred land and sunken
treasure sites
on the Gulf coast of Florida and gives a brief description of each. In most
cases, maps are included to identify the site locations. The sunken treasure
information in this pamphlet is included in both "Florida Treasure Shipwrecks"
(#C-4120) and "How to Discover and Profit from Florida Shipwreck Treasures"
(#C-4130).
#C-4160
Hudson, L. Frank
Lost Treasures of Florida's West Coast
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated with pictures and maps
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 84
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Treasure Trove
Publications, St.
Petersburg, Florida (1983), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet identifies several hundred land and sunken treasure
sites on the west
coast of Florida and gives a brief description of each. In most cases,
professionally-drawn maps are included to identify the sites. The sunken
treasure information in this pamphlet is included in both "Florida Treasure
Shipwrecks" (#C-4120) and "How to Discover and Profit from Florida Shipwreck
Treasures" (#C-4130).
#C-4165
Hughes, David A.
1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet Wrecks - A Beachcomber's Guide
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated with photos and maps
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Size: 38
Editions: The first edition (not stated)
was published by the
author, San Juan Capistrano, California (2004), and
is a Xeroxed and stapled booklet.
Description:
This booklet
very briefly describes the
wrecking of the 1715 Fleet, the salvage history of the shipwrecks,
Florida beachcombing law, Spanish coinage found on the shipwrecks, the
effects of storms on the beach, and it identifies and maps each of the
shipwreck sites. The book is designed as a guide for metal detectorists.
#C-4170
Hume, Ivor Noel and E.B. "Teddy" Tucker"
Shipwreck! - History from the Bermuda Reefs
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: San Pedro
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Capstan Publications,
Hamilton,
Bermuda (1995), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet reviews some of
the successful salvage operations from the Bermuda reefs, including Teddy
Tucker's 3 successful recoveries. While the text is very general, the book
includes many color photos. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4180
Humphrey, Kathryn Long
Shipwrecks: Terror and Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 0531200310
Library of Congress: 91-16962
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mary Rose, Concepcion, William Phips, Burt Webber
Comments: Adolescent; includes a glossary; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 9"
Pages: 63
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Franklin Watts, New
York City
(1991), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book describes three salvage operations: the "Mary
Rose", the
"Concepcion" (by both William Phips and Burt Webber), and the "Titanic".
#C-4185
Hunter III, James William
Historical Archaeology of the Santa Rosa Island Wreck
Category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
Santa Rosa Island wreck
Comments:
Master’s Degree Thesis including original approval signatures;
includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 11”
Pages:
236
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the author,
University of West Florida (2001) in hardback (no dust jacket
issued).
Description:
This master’s thesis relates of the excavation of an early 18th
century Spanish supply ship near Pensacola, Florid and explores the role
of ships as essential lifelines for commerce, trade, and defense during
the first 65 years of permanent Spanish settlement in the Pensacola
area. Many artifacts are pictured.
#C-4190
Idyll, C.P. -editor
Exploring the Ocean World - A History of Oceanography
ISBN/ISSN: 017136001X
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Teddy Tucker, San Pedro, Port Royal, Edwin Link, Robert Marx
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 280
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Thomas Y. Crowell &
Co., New York City
(1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. Crowell also published a deluxe
leather-bound first edition, and a half-leather first edition in a slipcase. A
revised edition (stated) was published by Crowell in 1972, in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This book covers a wide variety of topics in oceanography,
including the science of the
sea, underwater landscape, biology of the sea, physics of the sea, food from the
sea, farming the sea, mineral resources and power, man beneath the sea, and
underwater archaeology. This latter section (written by Mendel Peterson of the
Smithsonian Institution) includes Teddy Tucker's successful treasure salvage of
the "San Pedro" in Bermuda and the excavation at Port Royal, Jamaica by Edwin
Link and Robert Marx.
#C-4195
Illsley, John Sherwood
An Indexed Bibliography of Underwater Archaeology and Related Topics
ISBN/ISSN: 0904614573
Category: Bibliography
Size: 8.5" x 10.75"
Pages: 360
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Anthony Nelson, Ltd.,
Shropshire,
UK (1996), in paperback. Book 3 in the International Maritime Archaeology
Series.
Description: This bibliography covers a range of subjects including
shipbuilding, naval
architecture, underwater archaeology, artifacts, conservation of recoveries, and
underwater archaeological sites.
#C-4200
Ingelman-Sundberg, C.
Relics from the Dutch East Indiaman, Zeewijk
ISBN/ISSN: 0724474757
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Zeewijk
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 107
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Western Australian
Museum, Perth
(1978), in paperback. This book is Western Australian Museum Special Publication
No. 10.
Description: This booklet has a very short description of the wreck of the
"Zeewijk" in Western
Australian waters in 1727 and many drawings of the artifacts recovered. It also
includes a tabular listing of all artifacts recovered from the wreck.
#C-4210
Innis, W. Joe and Bill Bunton
In Pursuit of the Awa Maru
ISBN/ISSN: 0553126245
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Awa Maru
Size: 4.25" x 7"
Pages: 274
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Bantam Books, New York
City (1981),
in paperback.
Description: This book details the sinking of the "Awa Maru" in the closing days
of 1945. It was
supposedly a hospital ship and was guaranteed safe passage, but in reality was
carrying desperately needed industrial goods and gold to Japan. Through a
mistake, the "Awa Maru" was sunk by a US sub. The book also chronicles the
efforts by Bill Bunton, one of the authors, to find and salvage the "Awa Maru"
(which was not successful).
#C-4220
Israel Museum
From the Depths of the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 9652780383
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 7" x 8.25"
Pages: 54
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Israel Museum,
Jerusalem (1985),
in paperback.
Description: This booklet details artifacts from ancient wrecks along the Carmel
Coast exhibited
in 1985 at the Israeli Museum. The artifacts were recovered from Canaanite,
Hellenistic and Mamluk sites.
#C-4223
Jackson, G.G.
The Book of
the Ship
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Catterhurn, Lutine, Florencia, Alphonso,
Laurentic
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
5.75” x 8.75"
Pages:
248
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Sampson Low,
Marston & Co., Ltd, London (1929) in hardback with a dust jacket. A US
edition was published by Robert M. McBride and Co., New York City (1930)
in hardback with a dust jacket. Appleton-Century, New York City,
published an edition in 1938 in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book describes a variety of subjects, including
shipbuilding, clipper ships, steamboats and steamships, electric boats,
warships, salvage, and shipwrecks. One chapter, entitled
“Salving
Treasure Ships”,
includes the following wrecks: the
“Catterhurn”
(Australia), the “Lutine”
(Holland), the Spanish Armada ship
“Florencia”
or Tobermory galleon (Scotland), the
“Alphonso”
(Grand Canary Island), and the
“Laurentic”
(Ireland).
#C-4225
Jacobs, Els
Dutch East Indiaman 'Amsterdam'
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Amsterdam
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 8"
Pages: 24
Editions: The first edition was published in Dutch. The first UK edition (not
stated) was
published by the Netherlands Maritime Museum, Amsterdam (1997), in paperback.
Description: This museum booklet describes the history of the East Indiaman,
"Amsterdam", its
salvage off the coast of Hastings, England, the artifacts recovered, and the
full size replica that has been constructed at the Netherlands Maritime Museum.
#C-4230
Jameson, W.C.
Buried Treasures of California
ISBN/ISSN: 0874834066
Library of Congress: 94-42466
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Ada Hancock
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated with maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 189
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by August House
Publishers, Inc., Little Rock,
Arkansas (1995), in paperback.
Description: This book is almost entirely about land treasures, but does include
the story of the "Ada
Hancock", a ferry that blew up in Los Angeles harbor in 1863 with $125,000 in
gold on it. Also, the book includes the story of a Spanish galleon in the
California desert with a chest of pearls on board.
#C-4240
Jameson, W.C.
Buried Treasures of the Atlantic Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 0874834848
Library of Congress: 96-38773
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: De Braak, La Galga, Juno, 1750
Fleet, Faithful Steward, Merida, Dupre, Edewijk,
Nettle, 1715 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated with maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by August House
Publishers, Inc., Little Rock,
Arkansas (1998), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of many treasure wrecks along the US east
coast, including the
"HMS De Braak", "La Galga", the "Juno", the "Faithful Steward", the "Merida",
the "Dupre", the "Edewijk", the "Nettle" and the 1715 Fleet of Spanish galleons.
#C-4250
Jameson, W.C.
Buried Treasures of the South
ISBN/ISSN: 0874832861
Library of Congress: 92-33308
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Central America, York Castle, Edewijk, Dupre
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated with maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 224
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by August House Publishers,
Inc., Little Rock,
Arkansas (1992), in paperback.
Description: This book is almost entirely about land treasures, but does include
the story of the lost
treasures on the "SS Central America", the "York Castle", the "Edewijk" and the
"Dupre".
#C-4253
Jameson, W.C.
Florida’s Lost and Buried Treasures
ISBN/ISSN:
0615589081
Library of Congress:
2012935815
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
139
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Garlic Press Publishing,
Clearwater, Florida (2012), in paperback.
Description:
While this book is almost entirely about land treasures, it does include
one chapter about the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet.
#C-4255
Jameson, W.C.
Lost Treasures of American
History
ISBN/ISSN:
1589792890
Library
of Congress:
2006008302
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Defense,
Hussar
Comments: Illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 9”
Pages:
201
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Tayor Trade
Publishing, Lanham, Maryland (2006), in paperback.
Description: This
book is primarily about buried treasures but includes two chapters
about sunken treasures: The "Defense" which sank in 1779 off the
Connecticut coast with 500,000 Continental Dollars on board and the "HMS
Hussar" which sank in New York's East River in 1780, ruptedly with a
large payroll.
#C-4260
Jefferis, Roger and Kendall McDonald
The Wreck Hunters
Library of Congress: 67-13132
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Mary Rose, Association
Comments: Includes a list of pre-WW I wrecks off the English coast; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 255
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain- stated) was
published by George W.
Harrap & Co., London (1966), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition was
also published in 1966 by A.S. Barnes and Co., New York, in hardback with a dust
jacket. A book club edition was published by The Adventurers Club, London
(1967), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This is a book about amateur
divers' search for sunken wrecks along the English coast, including the authors'
explorations. It includes the "Mary Rose", the Armada shipwrecks, the
"HMS Association" and a multitude of other wrecks. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4270
Jeffreys, Max
Australian Shipwrecks - Murder Mayhem Fire & Storm
ISBN/ISSN: 1864364459
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zuytdorp, Zeewijk, Pandora
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 9"
Pages: 262
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by New Holland Publishers
(Australia) Pty.
Ltd., Sydney (1999), in paperback.
Description: This book describes 16 of the best known Australian shipwrecks from
1629 through
World War II. It includes chapters on the "Batavia", the "Vergulde Draeck" (Gilt
Dragon), the "Zuytdorp", the "Zeewijk" and the "HMS Pandora".
#C-4278
Jenkin, Robyn
New Zealand Mysteries
ISBN/ISSN: 0589004948
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: General Grant
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 194
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by A.H. &
A.W. Reed Ltd.,
Wellington, New Zealand (1970), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is primarily a collection of historical New Zealand
mysteries, including a
chapter about the wrecking of the "General Grant" in the Auckland Islands and
its missing treasure.
#C-4280
Jenkins, Alan C.
Treasure!
ISBN/ISSN: 0216897300
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt
Comments: Anthology
Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 317
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Blackie & Son Limited,
Glasgow, Scotland
(1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This anthology of treasure stories includes a condensed version of
"The Egypt's Gold"
by David Scott (see #C-6940) and a fictional sunken treasure story written by
Saki. The other stories relate to land treasures and pirates.
#C-4284
Jenny, James F.
Diver’s
Directory of ShipWreck Research
ISBN/ISSN: 093383215X
Category:
Bibliography
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Rowe
Publications, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1982), in paperback.
Description:
This book is a annotated
bibliography of shipwreck research sources, including US Government
agencies, societies, institutes, associations, books, periodicals and
charts.
#C-4285
Jenny, Jim
In Search of Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0498023890
Library of Congress: 78-75312
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 185
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published jointly by A.S. Barnes
and Company, New York
City and South Brunswick, and Thomas Yoseloff Ltd., London (1980), in hardback
with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is divided into three parts. The first part describes how
to carry out
shipwreck research, what tools and equipment are needed, and how to recover and
preserve the artifacts recovered. The second part describes the author's
experience in salvaging four wrecks, providing insights and tips into the
process. The last part provides narratives of more than a dozen shipwrecks on
the East Coast of the United States, most of which have yet to be located.
#C-4290
Jessop, Keith
Goldfinder
ISBN/ISSN: 0684821478
Library of Congress: 00-043918
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Edinburgh
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 419
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Simon &
Schuster, London (1998), in both hard back with a dust jacket and paperback. US
and Canadian editions were simultaneously published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
New York City and John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, Etobicoke, Ontario, (2001),
in hardback with a dust jacket; both published paperback editions in 2002.
Description: This book tells the story of
the author's exciting life in the salvage industry, including his search for,
and successful recovery of $100 million, from the "HMS Edinburgh", sunk during
WWII in Arctic waters. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4293
Johns, Chris - editor
Searching for Treasure
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
I-52, Atocha, Santa Margarita, 1622 Fleet, Republic, Central
America
Comments:
Lavishly illustrated, magazine format
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
96
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the National Geographic
Society, Washington, DC (2011) in paperback.
Description:
This National Geographic Special Edition includes both land and
sea treasures. Among the shipwrecks mentioned are the I-52
Japanese submarine, the “Atocha”, the “Santa Margarita”, the “S.S.
Central America”, and the “S.S. Republic”.
#C-4295
Johns, W.E.
The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Adolescent; includes a brief bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Max Parrish and Co.
Ltd., London (1962), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent nonfiction book includes both land and sea treasure
stories. There is a
chapter about sunken treasures, briefly mentioning the "Egypt", "Laurentic",
"General Grant", "Lutine", "Dorothea" and the "Florencia". It also has a chapter
about William Phips and his successful salvage of the "Concepcion" in 1687.
#C-4298
Johnson, R.F.
The Royal George
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Royal George
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 201
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Charles Knight & Co.
Ltd., London (1971),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts the sinking of the "HMS Royal George" in 1782 off
Southsea (UK) and
analyzes the cause of the disaster, which happened in calm waters. There is one
chapter that describes the salvage of the ship in 1834 by John Deane, and then
more extensively in 1839 by Charles Pasley (who recovered lumber and cannons
while clearing the channel of the wreck).
#C-4300
Johnson, Rod
Padre Island...From Spanish Galleon to Four Wheel Drive
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated with maps and photos
Size: 9" x 11.5"
Pages: 80
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author (1983), in
paperback. The book was reprinted by Popular E Commerce, Inc. in 1999, but it
still retains the original 1983 copyright. The reprint edition is Xeroxed and
comb-bound.
Description: This book is largely a metal detecting guide to Padre Island and
the surrounding
area...but includes information about the 1554 Fleet of Spanish galleons which
sank near there.
#C-4310
Johnson, Stephen
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sunken Ships and Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0028632311
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 452
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Alpha Books,
Indianapolis, Indiana
(2000), in paperback.
Description: This book covers virtually every topic related to sunken treasure.
It encompasses
most of the major sunken treasure recoveries, including the history behind the
shipwreck and the story of the salvage operation. The book is very readable but
the style is somewhat different from most books (as are all the books in "The
Complete Idiot" series).
#C-4318
Johnstone, Michael
Most Amazing Mysteries!
ISBN/ISSN:
1841931756
Category: Sunken
Treasure
Keywords: Florencia,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size:
5.25” x 8.5”
Pages:
240
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by Arcturus Publishing Limited,
London (2003), in paperback.
Description: This
book describes 28 famous mysteries from around the world, including Oak
Island, Atlantis, Jack the Ripper, etc. However, one chapter describes
the sinking of the Spanish Armada galleon, “Florencia”, in 1588 and the
several salvage attempts that have been made over the years.
#C-4320
Johnstone, Paul
The Archaeology of Ships
ISBN/ISSN: 0809835320
Library of Congress: 73-19474
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose, Vasa, Amsterdam
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 10"
Pages: 135
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Bodley Head,
London (1974), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by Henry Z.
Walck, Inc., New York City (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book recounts archaeological recoveries of 9 ancient
shipwrecks, as well as
the excavation of the "Mary Rose", "Vasa" and "Amsterdam".
#C-4322
Jones, Howard
Blind Faith
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Aagtekerke
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.25”
Pages:
218
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the author in
England (2012), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
The author and two friends search off Plymouth, England
for the VOC shipwreck, "Aagtekerke," and find a cannon and some
artifacts...but nothing that definitively identifies the shipwreck as
the "Aagtekerke". They do some great detective work with the artifacts,
and connect the iron ballast recovered to the metal used to make
Samurai swords in Japan. Many illustrations.
#C-4325
Jones, Mark -editor
For Future Generations – Conservation of a Tudor Maritime
Collection
ISBN/ISSN:
0954402952
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Mary Rose
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 12”
Pages:
145
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by The Mary Rose Trust,
Portsmouth, UK (2003) in hardback with pictorial covers (no dust jacket
issued).
Description:
This book describes the processes used in conserving the wood and
artifacts recovered from the "Mary Rose" (carrack sunk in 1545). It
includes the conservation of wood, metals, ivory, horn, leather, bone,
textiles, ceramics, glass, and stone. It also has a chapter on the
exhibition and storage of the "Mary Rose" collection. Many artifacts
are pictured.
#C-4328
Jones, Capt. Syd
Atocha Treasure Adventures: Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon – A True
Story
ISBN/ISSN:
9781450765237
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Santa Margarita, Mel Fisher
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
334
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island,
Florida (2011), in paperback.
Description:
This book is written by one of the very few people who worked for
the Treasure Salvors organization (Mel Fisher’s company) and was in
the ‘trenches’, day after day. Syd Jones started out as a diver,
worked his way up to captain of several Fisher salvage vessels, and
ultimately became the operations manager of the company in his later
years. This book describes the relentless race to salvage the ‘mother
lode’ of the “Nuestra Senora de Atocha”, the richest treasure wreck in
the western hemisphere ever found. The book contains many previously
unpublished photos and eight maps.
#C-4330
Jorg, C.J.A.
The Geldermalsen - History and Porcelain
ISBN/ISSN: 9070295296
Category: Ceramics
Keywords: Geldermalsen, ceramics, Michael Hatcher
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 123
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Kemper Publishers,
Groningen
(1986), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book begins by telling the story of the VOC and life in
Canton, China in 1751.
However, most of the book is about the shipwreck of the "Geldermalsen" (Nanking
Cargo), which sank near Singapore in 1752, and it's fabulous cargo of ceramics.
The wreck was salvaged by Michael Hatcher in 1985.
#C-4333
Jorg, Christiaan .J.A.
and Michael Flecker
Porcelain from the Vung
Tau Wreck – The Hallstrom Excavation
ISBN/ISSN:
981045208X
Category:
Ceramics
Keywords: Vung Tau,
ceramics
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 12”
Pages:
172
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Oriental Art
Publications, Singapore (2001), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This
extraordinary book discusses the excavation of the “Vung Tau” wreck,
which was lost off the coast of Viet Nam during the late 17th
century. Additionally, the construction of the ship and the Dutch-China
trade during the 17th century are examined. However, most of
the book describes the diverse cargo of 48,288 porcelain pieces that were
salvaged (underglaze blue Jingdezhen wares and Southern provincial
wares) with many of the ceramics illustrated.
#C-4335
Joynes, Monty
For Love and Treasure
ISBN/ISSN:
9780692399316
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1622 Fleet, Atocha, Santa Margarita, Mel Fisher
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
302
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Seaside Books, Key West,
Florida (2015), in paperback.
Description:
This is the story of Mel Fisher's son, Kim, and the
salvage of the Atocha and Santa Margarita shipwrecks. It includes a lot
of little-known details, as well as the story of Kim's second wife's
participation. There are also chapters about Don Kincaid
(photographer), Duncan Mathewson (Archaeological Director), Jim Sinclair
(primary archaeologist) and some of the current
investors. The author relates the story in a very ingratiating manner.
#C-4336
Karg, Barb and Arjean Spaite
The
Everything Pirates Book
ISBN/ISSN:
1598692550
Library of Congress:
2007002582
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Concepcion, Burt Webber, Atocha, Santa Margarita, 1622 Fleet, Mel
Fisher, Kip Wagner, 1715 Fleet, Port Royal, Maravillas, Robert Marx,
Whydah, Queen Anne’s Revenge
Comments:
Adolescent; includes a bibliography
Size:
8” x 9.25”
Pages:
289
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Adams Media, Avon,
Massachusetts (2007), in paperback.
Description:
This adolescent book covers a multitude of piratical topics and contains
a chapter on sunken treasure. Included are Mel Fisher and the “Atocha”
and “Santa Margarita”, Bob Marx and the sunken city of Port Royal and
the “Maravillas” wreck, Kip Wagner and the 1715 Fleet wrecks, Burt
Webber and the “Concepcion”, and 2 pirate shipwrecks: the “Whydah” and
“Queen Anne’s Revenge”.
#C-4340
Karraker, Cyrus H.
The Hispaniola Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 122
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
Pennsylvania Press,
Philadelphia (1934), in hardback with a dust jacket. This book is now available
as a "print-on-demand" paperback reprint.
Description: This book is the story of William Phips' search for, and salvage
of, the "Nuestra Senora
de la Concepcion" north of Hispaniola in 1687...and is one of the better books
on the topic. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4350
Kayle, Allan
Salvage of the Birkenhead
ISBN/ISSN: 1868122603
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Birkenhead
Comments: Includes a listing of artifacts recovered; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 10"
Pages: 151
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Southern Book
Publishers,
Johannesburg, South Africa (1990), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the discovery and excavation of "HMS
Birkenhead",
wrecked off Danger Point, South Africa, in 1852. It was on this shipwreck that
the great naval tradition of "women and children first" was born. The author
discovered the wreck and led the team of salvors. Many of the artifacts
recovered are illustrated.
#C-4360
Keel, James R.
Florida's Trails to History's Treasures - Vol. 1
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Santa Margarita, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, Art McKee, 1622 Fleet,
Atocha, Mel
Fisher, Winchester, Looe
Comments: Illustrated with maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 182
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Seajay
Enterprises, Inc., Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida (1981), in paperback.
Description: This book gives a brief description of lost treasures in Florida,
organized by county.
About a third of the book concerns sunken treasures, including the "Santa
Margarita", the 1715 Fleet, the 1733 Fleet, the 1622 Fleet, the "HMS Winchester"
and the "HMS Looe". A second volume was never published as the title would
suggest.
#C-4362
Keel, James R.
Where to Find Treasure in Florida
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated with maps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 49
Editions:
The first edition (not stated)
was published by the author (January, 1976), in paperback. A later printing
with 61 pages was published in January, 1978, also in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet briefly describes a multitude of buried and sunken
treasures in Florida
and is organized by county. It includes the 1715 Fleet and the 1733 Fleet,
describing each wreck.
#C-4365
Keiser, Fred C.
Treasure in the Sun - 50 Florida Locations
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 35
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Winter
Park, Florida (1971), in
paperback.
Description: This pamphlet includes short descriptions of 50 Florida buried and
sunken treasure
locations.
#C-4370
Kennedy, Sister Jean
Bermuda Hodge Podge
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Teddy Tucker
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 143
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Bermuda Book Store
in Hamilton,
Bermuda (1975), in paperback.
Description: This book is about the history and people of Bermuda. It includes a
2 page chapter
on William Phips and his finding of the "Concepcion", and a 6 page chapter about
Teddy Tucker and his famous treasure finds.
#C-4380
Kenyon, Ley
Discovering the Undersea World
Library of Congress: 62-12594
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Spanish Armada
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
London Press Ltd. (1961),
in hardback with a dust jacket. A 1966 reprint was also published. The American
Revised Edition was published by the Sterling Publishing Co., New York City
(1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book is an overview of underwater exploration. It
includes one short
chapter on underwater treasure hunting (most of which is about the "Egypt" and
the Spanish Armada wrecks), and another chapter on underwater archaeology. The
author is a diver and the book recounts some of his adventures in the early days
of scuba diving.
#C-4385
Keyser, Gary
Finding the Spanish Treasure Galleons of the 1733 Fleet
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet
Comments: Includes locations; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 20
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Treasure Book Co.,
Fort Dodge, Iowa
(1984), in paperback. Some of these are stamped, "Special Edition", numbered and
signed by the author.
Description: This pamphlet provides a brief history of the 1733 Fleet, then
identifies the locations
of the 19 wrecks in this fleet. Most locations include a Loran fix, longitude
and latitude coordinates, and a photo. The author also tells what has been
salvaged on each site.
#C-4390
Kiesling, Stephen
Walking the Plank
ISBN/ISSN: 0963846159
Library of Congress: 94-7436
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Whydah
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 259
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Nordic
Knight Press,
Ashland, Oregon (1994), in paperback.
Description: This book tells the controversial story of the recovery of the
pirate ship, "Whydah",
off Cape Cod, contradicting much of what Barry Clifford (the leader of the
salvage operation) wrote in his books. The author was one of the salvors so he
also had first hand information.
#C-4400
Kinder, Gary
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0871134640
Library of Congress: 97-49812
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Central America
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 507
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Atlantic Monthly
Press, New York City
(1998), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition (First Vintage Books
Edition - stated) was published in 1999 by the Vintage Books, New York City. The
first UK edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was published by
Little, Brown and Company, London (1998) in both hardback (with a dust jacket)
and paperback. The first Canadian edition (First Canadian Edition -stated) was
published by Random House, Toronto (1998), in hardback with a dust jacket.
A large print edition was published by G.K. Hall & Co. (1998), in hardback with
a dust jacket.
Description: This outstanding book tells the story of the sinking of the gold
rush steamer, "SS Central America", off the North Carolina coast in
1857...and the subsequent salvage of a fabulous gold treasure. Much of the book
is about the development of the technology that made the salvage in more than a
mile of depth a success. The author was one of the investors in the salvage
operation. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4402
King, Virginia
Hidden Treasure
ISBN:
0816767947
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Mary Rose, Girona, Spanish Armada, Edinburgh
Comments:
Juvenile, includes a glossary; illustrated
Size:
5.75” x 8.25”
Pages:
40
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Barrie Publishing
Pty Limited, Kew, Australia (2000) in paperback. A later edition was
published by Troll Communications L.L.C. in paperback.
Description:
This juvenile book describes both land and sunken treasures,
including the “Mary Rose”, the Spanish Armada ship “Girona”, and the
“HMS Edinburgh”.
#C-4404
Kingsland, Rosemary
Treasure Islands - True Stories of Shipwreck, Piracy and Buried Treasures
ISBN: 0207958769
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: General Grant
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Angus
& Robertson (UK) Ltd., London (1980), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While most of this adolescent book is about land treasures, it
includes a chapter about
the treasure wreck, "General Grant", which sailed into a large cave in the
Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand, in 1866.
#C-4406
Kingsley, Sean
Barbarian
Seas – Late Rome to Islam
ISBN:
1902699572
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography and a glossary; illustrated
Size:
9.25” x 12”
Pages:
177
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Periplus Publishing
London Ltd. (2004), in hardback with a dust jacket. This is Volume
4 in the Periplus Encyclopedia of Underwater Archaeology.
Description:
This book describes the maritime history of the Late Antiquity period
based on shipwrecks excavated during the last 10 years in Italy,
Sardinia, Israel, Eritrea, the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. During
this period Islamic markets started to replace Roman cities, creating a
nautical revolution as maritime trade flourished.
#C-4410
Kirby, Percival R.
A Source Book on the Wreck of the Grosvenor, East Indiaman
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Grosvenor
Comments: Includes a list of passengers and a bound-in fold-out map; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 228
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Van Riebeck
Society, Cape Town,
South Africa (1953), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This scholarly book tells the story of the wreck of the "Grosvenor"
off the coast of
South Africa in 1782, and the plight of the passengers (some of whom survived
and had to walk back to civilization). The book is based on actual survivor
reports. There is a lot of good background information about this famous wreck
where the captain ordered, "women and children first " (in the lifeboats).
#C-4420
Kirby, Percival R.
The True Story of the Grosvenor - East Indiaman
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Grosvenor
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 266
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Oxford University
Press, Cape Town,
South Africa (1960), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book describes the wreck of the "Grosvenor" off the coast of
South Africa in 1782,
the desperate trek of the survivors to civilization, and the various salvage
efforts.
#C-4430
Klare, Normand E.
The Final Voyage of the Central America 1857
ISBN/ISSN: 0870622102
Library of Congress: 91-71134
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Central America
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 278
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Arthur H. Clark
Company, Spokane,
Washington (1992), in hardback with a dust jacket.
A second printing was published
by Klare Taylor Publishers in 2007 in hardback (ISBN: 097644030X).
Description: This book tells the story of the sinking of the gold rush steamer,
"SS Central America", off the coast of North Carolina in 1857...and
the treasure recovery by the Columbus-America Discovery Group in the late
1980's. This is the first book about the salvage of the "SS Central America".
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4433
Klein, Robert Splash & Black Duck
Shipwrecks of
the Dominican Republic and A Guide to Shipwreck Identification Through
Recovered Artifacts
ISBN/ISSN:
9780982947708
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Dominican Republic, Artifacts
Comments:
Includes a brief bibliography; illustrated in color
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
155
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Never Mind Publishing
(2010), in paperback.
Description:
This book includes a brief listing of old and recent
Domincan Republic shipwrecks, organized geographically, with the depth
of the wreck and the location (but not much other information). The
book also has chapters on Treasure Finding Technicques and Equipment,
Identifying Shipwrecks from Recoveries, Artifacts Found on Shipwrecks
(the best part of the book with color illustrations), and a 40 page
glossary of nautical terms (25% of the entire book).
#C-4435
Kleingardt, Birgitta -editor
Wasa
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 47
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by the Vasa Museum, Stockholm (1968), in paperback, in both Swedish
and English editions. It was subsequently republished several times, both
by the Vasa Museum and the Royal Printing Office in Stockholm.
Description: This book is a historical
guide to the sinking and excavation of the 'Vasa' in Stockholm Harbor in 1628.
It also describes the raising and preservation of the ship.
#C-4440
Knight, Donald G. and Eugene D. Wheeler
Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer
ISBN/ISSN: 0934793271
Library of Congress: 90-7139
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Yankee Blade
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 130
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Pathfinder Publishing
of California,
Ventura (1990), in paperback. A second edition was published by Borgo Press, San
Bernardino, California (1991), in hardback with a library binding.
Description: This book tells the story of the sinking of the Gold Rush steamer,
"SS Yankee Blade",
off the coast of Santa Barbara, California in 1854 with a load of gold
bullion...and the attempted salvage operations.
#C-4443
Knighton, C.S. and David Loades
Letters from the Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN: 0750928395
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7" x 10"
Pages: 198
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Sutton
Publishing
Limited in association with the Mary Rose Trust, UK (2002), in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This book describes life on board the "Mary Rose" between her
launch in 1511 and
her sinking in 1545. However, the salvage attempts immediately after the sinking
are described and many artifacts are pictured throughout the book.
#C-4450
Konstam, Angus
The History of Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1558219706
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mel Fisher, Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1554 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, Concepcion,
Whydah, De
Braak, Kronan, Mary Rose, Vasa, Batavia, Amsterdam
Comments: Lavishly illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Lyons Press, New
York City (1999),
in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was published in 2002.
Description: This lavishly illustrated coffee table book briefly describes 40
shipwrecks, from ancient
times through World War II, including the "Atocha", the 1554 Fleet, the 1715
Fleet, the "Concepcion", the "Whydah", the "HMS De Braak", the "Kronan", the
"Mary Rose", the "Vasa", the "Batavia", and the "Amsterdam". It also includes
2-page profiles of Jacques Cousteau, George Bass, Mel Fisher and Bob Ballard.
#C-4455
Kordac,
Lubos
Hidden and Lost Treasures in the Dominican Republic
ISBN/ISSN:
9789945860221
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Dominican Republic
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
128
Editions:
The first edition was published in Spanish by Cuesta-Veliz
Ediciones, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The first English edition
(stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island, Florida (2007), in
paperback.
Description:
In the Hidden and Lost Treasures in the Dominican Republic, the author
relates 11 treasure stories to the history of the Dominican Republic and
the island of Hispaniola. These include the treasure of the Knights
Templar; Columbus' captain of the "Pinta," Martin Alonzo Pinzon, and his
"river of gold"; stories of sunken treasure ships and Francisco
Bobadilla's lost fleet; several pirate stories; and two stories of lost
World War II loot. The book is well written although some of the
author's conclusions are a bit of a stretch.
#C-4456
Kordac, Lubos
Historic Shipwrecks of the Dominican Republic and Haiti – Their Location
and Provenance
ISBN/ISSN:
9781616236397
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Concepcion, Santa Maria, El Dorado
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
179
Editions:
The first English edition was published by Signum Ops, Merritt
Island, Florida (2009), in paperback. A second edition was
published in 2011, in paperback, with additional information added.
Description:
This book is primarily a geographic listing of shipwrecks in the
Dominican Republic and Haiti, with a brief description. However, the
author goes into more detail about the “Concepcion”; Columbus’ ship, the
“Santa Maria”; and “El Dorado” (1502).
#C-4460
Koster, D.A.
Ocean Salvage
ISBN/ISSN: 0715605615
Library of Congress: 79-154679
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Laurentic, William Phips, Concepcion, Florencia, Niagara, Egypt,
Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 195
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Gerald
Duckworth & Co. Ltd.,
London (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition (First Published in
the United States of America - stated) was published by the St. Martin's Press,
New York City (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book overviews the salvage operations of 11 shipwrecks and 3
aircraft wrecks,
including: William Phips and the "Concepcion", the "Florencia", the "Laurentic",
the "Egypt", the "Niagara", the Scapa Flow wrecks, and the modern submarines,
"Thresher" and "Scorpion".
#C-4465
Krahl, Regina, John Guy, J. Keith Wilson, and Julian Raby -
Editors
Shipwrecked – Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds
ISBN/ISSN:
9781588343055
Library of Congress: 2010039869
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 9.5” x
12.25”
Pages: 307
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, the National Heritage Board,
Singapore, and the Singapore Tourism Board on the occasion of the
exhibition, “Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds” (2010), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book tells the story of the excavation of a 9th
century Arab dhow which sank off Belitung island in the Java Sea with a
cargo of lead ingots, bronze mirrors, spice-filled jars, worked vessels
of gold and silver, and 60,000 glazed bowls.
#C-4470
Krippene, Ken
Buried Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Merida
Comments: Includes a bibliography
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"
Pages: 187
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Permabooks/Garden City
Publishing Co., Inc.,
New York City (1950), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket
issued). It is printed on acid paper and the pages are usually very foxed
(discolored).
Description: While the majority of this book is about land treasures, it
includes a chapter about the
liner, "Merida", which sank off the Virginia coast in 1911 after a collision in
the fog. It is believed that the crown jewels of Mexican Emperor Maximilian were
aboard, as well as a significant amount of gold bullion.
#C-4480
Kristof, Emory
Undersea Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0792229770
Library of Congress: 95-17376
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa, Port Royal
Comments: Juvenile, illustrated with pop-ups
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National
Geographic Society,
Washington DC (1995), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket
issued).
Description: This juvenile pop-up book describes an ancient wreck, the "Vasa"
shipwreck in Sweden,
a Spanish galleon wreck in the Caribbean, the sunken city of Port Royal,
Jamaica, and the wreck site of the "Titanic".
#C-4486
Kuhne III,
Cecil C.
Buried Treasure
– Finders, Keepers, and the Law
ISBN/ISSN:
9781627221351
Library of Congress:
2013024146
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
SS
Central America, Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mercedes, San Jose
Comments:
Legal cases
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the American Bar
Association, Washington DC (2013), in paperback.
Description:
This
book is a collection of summarized legal opinions. It includes the suit
by the insurance companies vs. Columbus-America Discovery Group ("SS
Central America"), the US Government & Florida vs. Treasure Salvors,
Inc. ("Atocha"), Spain vs. Odyssey Marine Exploration ("Mercedes"),
and in the Appedix of the book Sea Search Armada vs. Columbia ("San
Jose"). It also includes a collection of land treasure/property
lawsuits as well.
#C-4487
Kurson, Robert
Pirate Hunters
– Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
ISBN/ISSN:
9781400063369
Library of Congress:
2014020225
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Golden
Fleece, Joseph Bannister
Comments:
Illustrated
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Random House, New York City
(2015), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This is
the story of the successful search for the pirate ship of Joseph
Bannister (the
"Golden Fleece") off the coast of the Dominican Republic.
#C-4488
Kuwayama, George
Chinese Ceramics in
Colonial Mexico
ISBN/ISSN:
0875871798
Library
of Congress:
97-070221
Category:
Artifacts
Keywords: Ceramics
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
9” x 11”
Pages:
88
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art (1997), in paperback.
Description: This
book illustrates many of the types of Chinese ceramics that were
utilized in Colonial Mexico. There are 22 pages of pictures of ceramics
that were shipped across to Mexico on Manila Galleons.
#C-4490
Kvarning, Lars Ake and Bengt Ohrelius
The Vasa - The Royal Ship
ISBN/ISSN: 9174865811
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 173
Editions: The first edition was published in Swedish by Bokforlaget Atlantis AB,
Stockholm (1998),
in hardback with a dust jacket. The first English translation was published by
Atlantis, Stockholm (1998), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the sinking, search for, and
ultimately, the raising and
preservation of the Swedish warship, "Vasa", which sank in 1628 off the coast of
Sweden.
#C-4500
Ladd, Richard S. -editor
A Descriptive List of Treasure Maps and Charts
Library of Congress: 64-60033
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes an annotated bibliography of 44 treasure books
Size: 8" x 10.25"
Pages: 29
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Library of
Congress, Washington DC
(1964), in paperback. A second edition was published in 1973, and there have
been several subsequent editions published, with later copyright dates noted.
Description: While the first half of this booklet documents 100 charts and maps
in the Library of
Congress, the second half of the booklet includes an annotated bibliography of
44 treasure books, (many of which relate to sunken treasure and are contained in
this bibliography).
#C-4510
Ladle, Lilian
The Studland Bay Wreck - A Spanish Shipwreck off the Dorset Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 086251021X
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Studland Bay wreck
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 28
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Poole Museum
Service, Poole, UK
(1993), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet describes the 9 year excavation of a Spanish ship
that sank in
Studland Bay, UK, in the 1520's.
#C-4520
Lamb, G.F.
Modern Action and Adventure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara, Johnno Johnstone
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 7.5"
Pages: 208
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by George
G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.,
London (1952), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book covers a wide variety of adventures, including the story
of the salvage of the
"Niagara" which sank off the coast of New Zealand in 1940 with eight tons of
gold on board.
#C-4530
Lamb, G.F.
Modern Adventures at Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 245503099
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Vasa, Egypt, Association
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 154
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by George
G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London (1970), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While this book is about a variety of underwater adventures, it
includes a chapter
about the "Vasa" excavation and a chapter on sunken treasure (mainly about the
liner, "Egypt", and Sir Cloudesley Shovell's ship, the "HMS Association").
#C-4540
Lampton, Christopher
Undersea Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0531104923
Library of Congress: 87-25236
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa, Mary Rose
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 96
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Franklin Watts, New
York City (1988),
in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book gives an overview of underwater archaeology,
telling the story of
the finding and raising of both the "Vasa" and the "Mary Rose". It also tells
about the technology used in underwater archaeology, using as an example, the
robots and mini-subs that explored the "Titanic".
#C-4547
Landstrom, Bjorn
The Royal Warship Vasa
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first English language edition (stated) was published by
Interpublishing, Stockholm
(1988), in hardback with pictorial cover and dust jacket.
Description: This book describes the building, rigging and armament of the
"Vasa" and contains may
illustrations by the author, a noted artist. The book also includes a
comparative study of Danish, English and Dutch shipbuilding methods of the early
17th century. The "Vasa" sank in Stockholm harbor in 1628 on her maiden voyage.
#C-4620
Larn, Richard
Cornish Shipwrecks - The Isles of Scilly (Volume 3)
ISBN/ISSN: 0715349767
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, Romney, Eagle (UK), Schiller, Colossus, Firebrand
Comments: Includes a bibliography and index of ships; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 238
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by David & Charles
(Publishers) Limited,
Newton Abbot, UK (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition was
published by the Taplinger Publishing Company, New York City (1971), in hardback
with a dust jacket.
Description: This book describes the shipwrecks off the Isles of Scilly during
the last 250 years.
There are quite a few references to treasure wrecks, including the
"HMS Association", the "HMS Romney", the "HMS Eagle", the "HMS Firebrand", the "Schiller" and
the "HMS Colossus".
#C-4630
Larn, Richard and Clive Carter
Cornish Shipwrecks - The South Coast (Volume 1)
ISBN/ISSN: 0715342894
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: St. Anthony, Earl of Cumberland, Gunwalloe Wreck, Dollar Cove Wreck,
St. Mounts
Bay Wreck
Comments: Includes a bibliography and index of ships; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 264
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by David & Charles
(Publishers) Limited,
Newton Abbot, UK (1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition was
published in 1971 in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition was published by
the Taplinger Publishing Company, New York City (1969), in hardback with a dust
jacket. The first paperback edition was published by David & Charles in 1969,
and reprinted in 1971. A later paperback edition was published by Pan Books,
London, in 1973 and reprinted in 1976.
Description: This book describes the shipwrecks on the south coast of Cornwall
for the last 500
years. There are quite a few references to treasure, including the "St.
Anthony", the "Earl of Cumberland", the Gunwalloe wreck, and Spanish galleons
wrecked at Dollar Cove and St. Mounts Bay, to name a few.
#C-4640
Larn, Richard -editor
The Dutch East Indiaman "Campen" Wrecked off the Isle of Wight October 1627
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Campen
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 52
Editions: This reprint edition was published by The Nautical Archaeology Trust
Ltd., England
(1985), in paperback. The original articles were published in "The International
Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration" (Volume 14, Numbers
1 and 2).
Description: This pamphlet is a reprint of two underwater archaeology articles
about the artifacts,
silver bars and coins recovered from the wreck of the "Campen" off the Isle of
Wight in 1627.
#C-4645
Larn, Richard –editor
Poor
England Has Lost So Many Men
ISBN/ISSN:
9780952397168
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Association, Eagle, Firebrand, Romney, Roland Morris
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
5.75” x 8.25”
Pages:
58
Editions:
The first edition (First Published – stated) was published by The
Council of the Isles of Scilly, St. Mary’s, UK (2006), in paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet was produced to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the sinking of the “HMS Association,” “HMS Eagle,”
"HMS Romney," and
“HMS Firebrand” off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. It tells the story of
the sinking in 1707, the search for the wrecks starting in 1964, and
salvage of the ships starting in 1967. Additional chapters discuss the
Longitude Act and Harrison’s chronometer, the similarities between the
disasters of 1703, 1707 and the battle of Trafalgar, and the role of
English Heritage.
#C-4650
Larn, Richard and Peter McBride
Sir Clowdisley Shovell's Disaster in the Isles of Scilly October 1707
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, Eagle (UK), Romney, Firebrand
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 56
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the authors in England
(1985), in
paperback.
Description: This booklet tells the story of the "HMS Association", "HMS Eagle",
"HMS Romney" and "HMS Firebrand"
shipwrecks in the Scilly Isles in 1707, and the subsequent salvage efforts. Many
artifacts are pictured.
#C-4660
Larsen, Egon
Men Under the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 223
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Phoenix
House Ltd.,
London (1955), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was reprinted by Phoenix
House in hardback with a dust jacket in 1957. The first US edition was published
by Roy Publishers, New York City (no date), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
paperback edition was published by Dell, New York City.
Description: This book overviews man's exploration of the sea, including the
history of diving,
oceanography, photography, fishing, and sport diving. The book includes a
chapter on the topic of treasure salvage and almost every significant treasure
wreck prior to 1955 is briefly mentioned.
#C-4680
Latil, Pierre de and Jean Rivoire
Man and the Underwater World
Library of Congress: 56-7203
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 400
Editions: The first edition was published in French in 1954. The first UK
edition (First Published
in Great Britain - stated) was published by Jarrolds Publishers, Ltd., London
(1956), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition (not stated) was
published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York City (1956), in hardback with a dust
jacket. The first Canadian edition was published by Thomas Allen Ltd., Toronto
(1956).
Description: This early book on underwater exploration covers diving from
ancient to modern times,
oceanography, deep diving submarines, and archaeology. Two chapters are devoted
to underwater archaeology, mostly detailing the exploits of Jacques Cousteau.
#C-4690
Latil, Pierre de and Jean Rivoire
Sunken Treasure
Library of Congress: 62-10863
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, Grosvenor, Lutine, Egypt, Vigo Bay Galleons, Laurentic,
Niagara,
Elisabethville, Florencia, Telemaque, Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 276
Editions: The first edition was published in French in 1959
by Librairie Plon. The UK first
edition (not stated) was
published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
The first US edition (First American Edition - stated) was published by Hill and
Wang, New York City (1962), in hardback with a dust jacket.
A Spanish edition was also
published by Editorial Luis de Caralt (1962), under the title, “Tesoros
Sumergidos”, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of 11 treasure ship recoveries, including
the "Nuestra Senora
de la Concepcion"; the "Grosvenor"; the "Lutine"; the liner, "Egypt"; the Vigo
Bay galleons; the "Laurentic"; the "Elisabethville"; the "Niagara"; the Spanish
Armada ship, "Florencia"; and the "Telemaque". One of the
"Top 75 Books".
#C-4695
Lavery, Brian
Mary Rose –
Owners’ Workshop Manual
ISBN/ISSN:
9780857335111
Library of Congress: 2014957455
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Mary Rose
Comments:
Magnificient illustrations
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
156
Editions:
The first edition (First Published stated) was published by Haynes
Publishing, Somerset, England & Newbury Park, California (2015), in
hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description:
This book gives insights into the construction, operation,
excavation, recovery and restoration of the “Mary Rose”. It includes
many pictures of artifacts, especially armaments.
#C-4700
Lavery, Brian
The Royal Navy's First Invincible
ISBN/ISSN: 0715390287
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Invincible
Comments: Includes bound-in map of the wreck site; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 12"
Pages: 119
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Invincible
Conservations (1744-1758) Ltd.,
Portsmouth, UK (1988), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This scholarly book documents the building of the Royal Navy's
first "Invincible"
(1744-1758), its history in both the French and British navies, life aboard the
ship, its sinking in the Solent, and the excavation of the wreck during the
1980s.
#C-4705
Lazeo, Laurence A.
Treasure Trails of British
Columbia
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Islander
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.25”
Pages:
36
Editions: The first
edition (Collector’s First Edition - stated) was published by the
author, North Vancouver, British Columbia (1970), in paperback.
Description: This
pamphlet includes a chapter about the “S.S. Islander”, which sank in
1901 off the coast of Alaska. The ship was reputed to be carrying two
and one-half million dollars in gold dust and nuggets, however, when the
ship was salvaged in 1934 no gold was found.
#C-4710
Lazo, Caroline Evensen
Missing Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 089686510X
Library of Congress: 89-25458
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Crestwood House/Macmillan
Publishing
Company, New York City (1990), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust
jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book describes various lost treasures, including
art objects, antiquities,
buried treasure...and the "Atocha" wreck that was salvaged by Mel Fisher.
#C-4720
Lee, Owen
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Snorkel and Deep Diving
Library of Congress: 62-19793
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography and list of treasure wrecks; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 467
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Doubleday & Company,
Garden City, New
York (1963), in hardback with a dust jacket. A revised edition was
published by Doubleday in 1967, in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is describes the art and techniques of snorkeling and
scuba diving, and
includes a one-chapter overview of treasure diving. It also includes a list of
45 treasure wrecks (compiled by John S. Potter, Jr.).
#C-4730
Lefroy, Mike
Shipwreck at Madman's Corner
ISBN/ISSN: 1862913803
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Madman's Corner wreck
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated; includes a glossary
Size: 8.25" x 11"
Pages: 44
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Omnibus
Books, Norwood,
South Australia (1999) in paperback.
Description: This adolescent book is the story of a mystery shipwreck discovered
by spear
fisherman in remote Western Australian waters. 19,000 Spanish pieces of eight
dated from 1766-1809 were recovered, along with numerous artifacts.
#C-4740
LeGaye, E.S. "Rocky"
Treasure Anthology - Volume I
Library of Congress: 73-84446
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Includes a bibliography
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 206
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Western Heritage
Press, Houston,
Texas (1973), in paperback. There was never a Volume II published.
Description: While this book is primarily about land treasures, it does have a
chapter about the
wreck of the "Concepcion" off the coast of Hispaniola and William Phips'
subsequent salvage.
#C-4750
Lethbridge, Peter
Here Lies Gold
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion, Grosvenor, Dorothea
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 7.5"
Pages: 273
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Peter
Lunn (Publishers)
Limited, London (1947), in hardback with a dust jacket. This edition has a blue
and yellow dust jacket with a picture of a ship in the background and some
pirates burying a treasure chest in the foreground. There appears to be another
edition of the book with a different dust jacket...but the actual book and the
contents are identical to the first edition. In this edition, the dust jacket is
yellow and orange with 5 rows of caricatures of people and animals on it...and
the words, "World Favourite Library For Boys & Girls," along the top.
Description: This book is primarily about land treasures, but includes 3 sunken
treasure stories:
William Phips and the "Concepcion"; and two African wrecks, the "Grosvenor" and
the "Dorothea".
#C-4758
Levie, John
Pret Vliegend Hart
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
tVliegent Hart
Comments:
Pamphlet; illustrated; in both Dutch and English
Size:
6.5” x 9”
Pages:
24
Editions: This
reprint was copied from "TVliegenthard, rapport van de campagne"
(1982). It was published by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (1983) in
paperback.
Description:
This pamphlet was designed to accompany the wine bottles that
were salvaged from the "tVliegent Hart" and sold to collectors. It
includes the history of the wreck, the various salvage attempts, and the
wines that were found in the wreck.
#C-4760
Levie, John -editor
The Sunken Treasures of a Dutch East Indiaman
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: tVliegent Hart
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 16
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by tVliegent Hart Recoveries,
Amstelveen,
Netherlands (1990), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet briefly
describes the salvage of the "tVliegent Hart", which
sank in 1735 off
the coast of Holland.
#C-4765
Levy, Debbie
Sunken
Treasure (Wonders of the World)
ISBN/ISSN:
0737726466
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Central America, Port Royal
Comments:
Juvenile; includes a bibliography and glossary; illustrated
Size: 7.25” x 9.25”
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Kidhaven
Press, Farmington Hills, Michigan (2005), in hardback with pictorial
boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description:
This juvenile book tells the story of Mel Fisher salvaging the "Atocha",
Tommy Thompson finding the goldrush steamer, "SS Central America", and
Ed Link's exploration of the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica.
#C-4770
Lewis, Carroll
Treasures of Galveston Bay
Library of Congress: 66-21556
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 59
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Texian Press,
Waco, Texas (1966), in
hardback with a dust jacket. In the back of the book there is a bound-in
postcard that can be mailed to the publisher with $2 for the purchase of an
accompanying map. There have been 4 revised editions printed in 1977, 1980, 1991
and 1992 (the 1992 edition has grown to 135 pages).
Description: This book includes both sunken and land treasures in the Galveston,
Texas area.
There are many references to shipwrecks with valuable cargoes, but not a lot of
details about any of them.
#C-4780
Lewis, Jack
Treasure Hunter's Digest
Library of Congress: 74-25253
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Kip Wagner, 1733 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher, Atocha
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 288
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Digest Books,
Northfield, Illinois (1975),
in paperback.
Description: This book is primarily about land-based treasures, but includes a
chapter about
Caribbean sunken treasures (with many pictures of a young Mel Fisher and his
family), a chapter about the "Andrea Doria", and a chapter about Great Lakes
shipwrecks.
#C-4782
Lewis, James A.
The
Spanish Convoy of 1750
ISBN/ISSN:
9780813033587
Library of Congress:
2008049741
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1750 Fleet, La Galga
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
6.25” x 9.25”
Pages:
157
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by the University of
Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida (2009), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description:
This book tells of the
trade between Spain and the New World in the mid-eighteenth century, the
story of the 1750 Spanish float’s encounter with a hurricane, the wreck
of “La Galga” off Virginia, and the subsequent legal and diplomatic
battle after it was rediscovered.
#C-4783
Lewis, Michael
Armada Guns
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 243
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by George
Allen & Unwin,
London (1961), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a comparative study of English and Spanish ordnance
used in the
Spanish Armada (1588). Excellent.
#C-4787
Leys, Simon
The
Wreck of the Batavia – A True Story
ISBN/ISSN:
1863951504
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Batavia
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
5.25” x 7.75”
Pages:
111
Editions:
The first edition was published by Black, Inc./Schwartz Publishing Pty.
Ltd., Melbourne, Australia (2005), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
second edition was published by Thunder's Mouth Press, New York City
(2006) in hardback with a dust jacket. A third edition was published by
Atlantic Books Limited, London (2007), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
The first part of this
book tells the story of the wreck of the "Batavia" off the west coast of
Australia in 1629, their survival on several nearby islands, and the
subsequent massacre of many of the survivors by a crazed member of the
crew. The author spent 2 weeks on the same islands as the survivors and
reflects on his experience. The second portion of the book tells the
story of the author's summer adventure working on a tuna fishing boat
during his youth.
#C-4789
L’Hour, Michel
-editor
The Sunken
Treasures of Brunei Darussalam
ISBN/ISSN:
2845970404
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Brunei, ceramics
Comments:
Three volume boxed set; illustrated
Size:
7.5” x 11”
Pages:
365
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Editions Textuel, Paris
(2001) in three paperback volumes which are boxed.
Description:
This book describes the excavation of an unnamed late fifteenth century
shipwreck discovered 22 miles off the coast of Brunei in 1997 with a
ceramic load. The three book set includes a scientific study, a
sketchbook of some of the ceramics recovered, and a well-illustrated
archaeologist’s logbook. Many of the ceramics are illustrated.
#C-4790
Lincoln, Margarette
Shipwrecks - Learning Through Underwater Archaeology
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 16
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National Maritime
Museum,
Greenwich, UK (1993), in paperback.
Description: This well-illustrated pamphlet briefly overviews the science of
underwater
archaeology, mentioning many of England's more famous shipwrecks.
#C-4800
Linder, Elisha and Avner Raban
Marine Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0304293377
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Same book as "Sunk! Exploring Underwater Archaeology" (#C-3410);
illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 8"
Pages: 95
Editions: The first edition was published by the Jerusalem Publishing House,
Israel (1975), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first UK edition (First Published in Great
Britain - stated) was published by Cassell & Company, Ltd., London (1975), in
hardback with a dust jacket (Cassell's Introducing Archaeology Series - Book 7).
The first American edition (First Published in US - stated) was published by
Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1976), in hardback with a dust
jacket. A revised and updated edition (stated) was published by Runestone Press,
Minneapolis, MN (1994) in hardback with a dust jacket under the title, "Sunk!
Exploring Underwater Archaeology" (with no author noted except 'Geography
Department').
Description: This book is a high-level introduction to underwater archaeology,
including the tools
and techniques, the study of shipwrecks, submerged harbors, sunken cities and
artifacts.
#C-4810
Link, Marion
Sea Diver - The Quest for History Under the Sea
Library of Congress: 59-5333
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Santa Maria, Columbus, Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 333
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by
Rinehart & Company,
Inc., New York City and Clarke, Irwin & Company, Ltd., Toronto (1958, 1959), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing was published by Holt, Rinehart
and Winston, New York City (1961)in hardback with a dust jacket. A reprint
edition (Reprint 1964 - stated) was published by The University of Miami Press,
Coral Gables, Florida (1964), in hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback.
Description: This book is the story of Ed and Marion Link's quest for sunken
treasure in the Caribbean, as well as historical searches for the "Santa Maria"
and Columbus's original route through the Caribbean. One of the "Top 75
Books".
#C-4820
Link, Marion Clayton
Windows in the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0874741300
Library of Congress: 72-93801
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Port Royal
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 198
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Smithsonian
Institution Press, City
of Washington (1973), in hardback with a dust jacket. This edition includes a
glued-in dedication: "Dedicated to my son, Edwin Clayton Link, and Albert
Dennison Stover who died at sea June 18, 1973, in the interest of developing the
oceans for the benefit of mankind". A second printing (Second Printing, August
1973 - stated) was also published by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
Description: While the bulk of this book is about deep sea diving in
submersibles that Edwin Link
Sr. developed, it does include a small amount about excavating in Port Royal,
Jamaica and an underwater archaeological trip to the Mediterranean Sea.
#C-4830
Locker-Lampson, Steve
New Zealand Treasure Wrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0908685238
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Elingamite, Niagara, Boyd, Port Kembla, General Grant, Tararua
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10"
Pages: 99
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by The
Halcyon Press, Auckland,
New Zealand ( 1995) in paperback.
Description: This book tells the story of six New Zealand treasure wrecks:
"Elingamite", "Niagara",
"Port Kembla", "General Grant", "Tararua", and "Tasmania". It also has a chapter
on several minor treasure wrecks, including the "Boyd".
#C-4840
Locker-Lampson, Steve
Throw Me the Wreck Johnny
ISBN/ISSN: 0908685688
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Kelly Tarlton, Elingamite, General Grant
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 192
Comments: Illustrated
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by The
Halcyon Press, Auckland,
New Zealand (1996), in paperback.
Description: This book is a series of reminiscences by the family and friends
about Kelly Tarlton, the
the "Mel Fisher" of New Zealand. The stories include Kelly's salvage of the
"General Grant" and the "Elingamite", and the building of his 2 museums in New
Zealand.
#C-4850
Locker-Lampson, Steve and Ian Francis
The Wreck Book - Rediscovered New Zealand Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0908582293
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: General Grant, Elingamite, Niagara
Comments: Includes maps; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.25"
Pages: 117
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Millwood
Press, Welllington,
New Zealand (1979) in hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition (Halcyon
Press Edition First Published - stated) was published in paperback by the
Halcyon Press, Auckland, New Zealand, in 1994.
Description: This book alphabetically lists all the significant located
shipwrecks in New Zealand
waters and provides a brief description of the ship, the wreck, the cargo, and
any known salvage operations. Major treasure wrecks include the "Elingamite",
"General Grant" and "Niagara".
#C-4860
Lockery, Dr. Andy
Marine Archaeology and the Diver
ISBN/ISSN: 0969208103
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 141
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Atlantis
Publishing,
Toronto, Canada (1985), in paperback.
Description: This book overviews the various aspects of underwater archaeology
and then discusses
specific salt water and fresh water shipwrecks in Canada. The last chapter
details some of the artifacts found on Canadian shipwrecks.
#C-4870
Lockhart, J.G.
Strange Adventures of the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Grosvenor
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 279
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Frederick A.
Stokes Company, New
York City (no date - probably 1920s), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second
impression was published by Nautilus (1929), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
third impression was published by Philip Allan (1930), in hardback with a dust
jacket (Unicorn Library Edition).
Description: This is a book of murders, maroonings, piracies, mutinies and
horrors on the high seas.
It includes a chapter on the treasure ship, "Grosvenor", which sank off the
coast of South Africa in 1782.
#C-4880
Lounsberry, Alice
Sir William Phips - Treasure Fisherman and Governor of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, William Phips
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.75"
Pages: 323
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York City
(1941), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a well-researched biography of Sir William Phips, who
successfully
salvaged the "Nuestra Senora de Concepcion" off the Hispaniola coast in 1687.
#C-4890
Loviny, Christophe
The Pearl Road - Tales of Treasure Ships in the Philippines
ISBN/ISSN: 971917191X
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Pandanan Wreck, Ceramics
Comments: Lavishly illustrated
Size: 10.75" x 12.5"
Pages: 184
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Asiatype, Mandaluyong
City, Philippines
(1996), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition (stated) was published
in 1998, also in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This large, lavishly-illustrated, coffee table book describes the
discovery and salvage
of the Pandanan wreck, a 15th century merchant vessel loaded with 5000 pieces of
ceramics.
#C-4895
Lumiere, Cornel
Beneath the
Seven Seas
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Port Royal
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
240
Editions:
The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Hutchinson
& Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London (1956), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This book describes the author’s
travels and scuba adventures. One chapter tells of his excavation of
the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica. I believe this is the first
excavation of this historic site with scuba equipment.
#C-4900
Lyon, Eugene
The Search for the Atocha
ISBN/ISSN: 0060127112
Library of Congress: 75-25049
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 246
Editions: The first edition (First Edition - stated) was published by Harper &
Row, Publishers,
New York City (1979), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published by Florida Classics Library, Port Salerno, Florida (1985).
Description: This book is the story of how good archival research located and
identified the sunken
Spanish galleon, "Atocha", which Mel Fisher salvaged off the Florida Keys in the
1970s and 80s. The author was the researcher who found the "key" to locating the
"Atocha" wreck site in the archives in Seville, Spain...after Mel had spent
10 years searching the entire length of the Florida Keys without success.
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-4910
Lyon, Eugene
Search for the Mother Lode of the Atocha
ISBN/ISSN: 0912451203
Library of Congress: 89-3905
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Includes 2 maps - 1 attached to the inside front cover and 1 fold-out
map in the back
of the book; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 296
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Florida Classics
Library, Port Salerno,
Florida (1989), in paperback.
Description: This book is a continuation of the author's previous book, "The
Search for the Atocha".
It documents in detail the many challenges Mel Fisher faced after he found the
"Atocha"...and the subsequent salvage of the wreck.
#C-4920
Lyttle, Richard B.
Waves Across the Past - Adventures in Underwater Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0689308663
Library of Congress: 81-5031
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, Santa Margarita, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 207
Editions: The first edition (First Edition - stated) was published
simultaneously by Antheneum,
New York City and McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., Canada (1981), in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This book is primarily about underwater archaeology and is divided
into 3 sections:
The Mediterranean, the inland waters, and the seven seas. There is a chapter
included on Spanish treasure recoveries, which is mostly about the "Atocha" and
the "Santa Margarita", salvaged by Mel Fisher off the coast of Key West, Florida
during the 1970s and 80s.
#C-4930
Mace, Mac -editor
H.M.S. Association - Sank 1707
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Association
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 30
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Scillonian Diving
Service (no
copyright date stated).
Description: This pamphlet is a brief overview of the excavation of the
"HMS Association" shipwreck,
which sank off the Isles of Scilly in 1707. Many artifacts are pictured.
#C-4940
MacInnis, Joe
The Breadalbane Adventure
ISBN/ISSN: 0888901593
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Breadalbane
Comments: Same book as "The Search for the Breadalbane" (#C-4950) and "The Land
that Devours
Ships" (#C-4945); includes a short bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 171
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Optimum Publishing
International,
Montreal, Canada (1982), in hardback with a dust jacket. A revised edition
(stated) was published under the title, "The Search for the Breadalbane", by
David & Charles Publishers PLC, London (1985), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
paperback edition was published under the title, "The Land that Devours Ships",
by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto (1985).
Description: This is the story of the author's exploration and excavation of the
"Breadalbane", the
northernmost shipwreck ever discovered. The ship sank in the Canadian Arctic in
1853.
#C-4945
MacInnis, Joe
The Land that Devours Ships
ISBN/ISSN: 0887941966
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Breadalbane
Comments: See MacInnis, Joe, "The Breadalbane Adventure" (#C-4940)
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 191
#C-4950
MacInnis, Joe
The Search for the Breadalbane
ISBN/ISSN: 0715388002
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Breadalbane
Comments: See MacInnis, Joe, "The Breadalbane Adventure" (#C-4940)
Size: 7.75" x 9.75"
Pages: 191
#C-4960
MacIntosh, Joan
The Wreck of the Tararua
ISBN/ISSN: 589004417
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Tararua
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by A.H. &
A.W. Reed,
Wellington, New Zealand (1970), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the wreck and salvage attempts on the
"Tararua", New
Zealand's worst sea disaster involving civilians. The ship sank off Southland,
New Zealand, in 1881 with a cargo of gold.
#C-4965
MacKinnon, Robert
Treasure Hunter – Diving for Gold on North America’s Death Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 9780425247389
Library of Congress: 2012000974
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Fantome, Auguste,
Feversham, Le Chameau
Comments: Includes a bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 6.25” x
9.25”
Pages: 315
Editions: The first edition (stated)
was published by the Berkley Publishing Group, New York (2012), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the
story of the author’s experiences salvaging the “HMS Fantome”, “HMS
Feversham”, “Le Chameau” and “L’Auguste” off the coast of Cape Breton
Island and Nova Scotia…and how the Canadian government and Parks Canada
conspired to “steal” a large part of what was recovered and terminate
the leases it had previously issued prior to their expiration.
#C-4970
MacLean, Harrison John
The Fate of the Griffon
ISBN/ISSN: 0887600699
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Griffon, Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 118
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Griffon House,
Toronto, Canada (1974), in
hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition was published by Sage
Press/Swallow Books, Chicago (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle's
ship, the "Griffon",
which was the first ship to sail beyond Niagara Falls. The ship disappeared
without a trace in 1673 en route from Lake Michigan back to Niagara Falls. The
author researched the disappearance and believes he's now located the wreck near
Tobermory, Canada.
#C-4980
Madison, Arnold
Lost Treasures of America - Searching Out Hidden Riches
ISBN/ISSN: 0528821539
Library of Congress: 77-23918
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Merida
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 8.75"
Pages: 124
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Rand
McNally & Company,
New York City (1977), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book tells 10 treasure stories, including the
sinking of the steamship,
"Merida", which is rumored to have sunk with Mexican emperor Maximillian's
treasure on board in 1911.
#C-4990
Madison, Arnold
Treasure Hunting
ISBN/ISSN: 0801579007
Library of Congress: 73-21322
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 145
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Hawthorn Books, Inc.
New York City
(1974), in hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback.
Description: This adolescent book is a general overview of treasure hunting and
includes one
chapter on sunken treasures.
#C-5000
Mahan, William
Padre Island - Treasure Kingdom of the World
Library of Congress: 67-28973
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 139
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Texian Press,
Waco, Texas (1967), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book discusses both buried treasures on Padre Island, and
sunken treasures off
its shore. About half of the book is devoted to the demise of the 1554 Spanish
fleet in a hurricane and the subsequent efforts to salvage its treasure. It
includes the entire journal of Fray Marcos de Mena, one of the 1554 Fleet
survivors. Interestingly, the fly on the dust jacket refers to this as a "180
page book"...but in fact, it only has 139 pages.
#C-5002
Manucy, Albert
Artillery Through the Ages
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.25"
Pages: 92
Editions: The first edition was published by United States Government Printing
Office,
Washington, DC (1949), in paperback. The book has been reprinted numerous times.
Description: This pamphlet provides a short illustrated history of cannons,
including American,
British and Spanish ordnance.
#C-5005
Mardis, A. Jr.
Sea Venture: The Downing Wreck Revisited
ISBN/ISSN: 0910651051
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Sea Venture, Teddy Tucker, Artifacts
Comments: Includes a bibliography after each chapter; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 72
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Fathom Eight, San
Marino,
California (1981), in paperback.
Description: This booklet recounts the history of the "Sea Venture" and its
demise in 1609 on the
reefs of Bermuda. It also tells of the search for the wreck, and its finding in
1958. Many of the artifacts found in the 1958, 1978, 1979 and 1980 excavations
are detailed. Teddy Tucker was one of the divers that worked on the excavation
of the wreck.
#C-5010
Marken, Mitchell W.
Ceramics from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha - Wrecked 1622
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Ceramics, Atocha, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a short bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 14
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, Key West,
Florida (1986), in
paperback.
Description: This pamphlet describes the various types of ceramics found while
salvaging the
Spanish galleon, "Atocha", which sank off of Key West, Florida, in 1622.
#C-5020
Marken, Mitchell W.
Pottery from Spanish Shipwrecks 1500-1800
ISBN/ISSN: 0813012686
Library of Congress: 93-34787
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Ceramics, Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, 1715 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated with many photos and drawings
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 264
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the University Press
of Florida,
Gainesville (1994), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This scholarly book is a comprehensive analysis of Spanish olive
jars and tableware
used by seamen and colonists. The period encompasses the "Atocha" wreck (1622),
as well as the 1715 and 1733 Fleets.
#C-5026
Marsden, Peter
The Historic Shipwrecks of South-East England
ISBN/ISSN: 0711703027
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Grace Dieu, Mary Rose, Anne, Amsterdam
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.75"
Pages: 31
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Nautical Museums
Trust and
Jarrold Colour Publications, UK (1987), in paperback.
Description: This well-illustrated pamphlet briefly describes and illustrates
artifacts from a
number of shipwrecks off the southeast coast of England, including the "Grace
Dieu" (1439), the "Mary Rose" (1545), the "Anne" (1690) and the "Amsterdam"
(1749).
#C-5027
Marsden, Peter
A Reconstruction of the
Treasure of the Amsterdam and the Hollandia, and Their Significance
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Amsterdam,
Hollandia
Comments:
Magazine article reprint; includes a bibliography
Size:
5.75” x 9.75”
Pages:
16
Editions:
The first edition was published in "The International Journal of
Nautical Archaeology", Vol. 7, Number 2 (May 1978). A reprint edition
was subsequently published in paperback.
Description:
This magazine article reprint highlights the historical value of
the coins and bullion found aboard the "Amsterdam" and "Hollandia"
shipwrecks, and attempts to interpret them against the general patterns
of trade at that time.
#C-5028
Marsden, P.R.V.
A Roman Ship from Blackfriars, London
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 60
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Guildhall Museum,
London, UK
(no date), in paperback.
Description: This well-illustrated pamphlet describes the excavation of a Roman
shipwreck in the
Thames River during the early 1960s. Many artifacts are pictured and a fold-out
schematic of
the wreck site is included.
#C-5029
Marsden, P.R.V.
Sealed by Time - The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN: 0954402901
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated; "The Archaeology of the Mary
Rose - Volume 1"
Size: 8.5" x 12"
Pages: 194
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The Mary Rose Trust,
Portsmouth, UK
(2003), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This book is the first in a series of 5 books on the archaeology of
the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545 in Portsmouth harbor. It describes the history
of the ship, the sinking, the raising of the wreck, the contents of the wreck,
and the construction of the vessel.
#C-5030
Marsden, Peter
Ships and Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0713475366
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.75"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by BT
Batsford Ltd./English
Heritage, London (1997), in paperback.
Description: This book documents the shipwreck discoveries in Britain
chronologically from
prehistoric times to 1917. The major focus is on the progression of hull design
and construction, as evidenced from excavations.
#C-5040
Marsden, Peter
The Wreck of the Amsterdam
ISBN/ISSN: 009119850X
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Amsterdam
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 288
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers)
Ltd., London (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket. Hutchinson published a
second revised edition (stated) in 1985 in paperback. The first US edition
(First Published in the United States - stated) was published by Stein and Day,
Publishers, New York City (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket. This book was
also published in Dutch under the title, "De Laatste Reis Van De Amsterdam", by
De Boer Maritieme Handboeken (1974).
Description: This book is the story of the salvage of the Dutch East Indiaman,
"Amsterdam", beached
near Hastings, England in 1749 laden with silver bullion. The author is one of
the archaeologists who worked on the wreck.
#C-5050
Marsh, Carole
Gold Shines Forever - The Discovery & Recovery of the Spanish Treasure Ship
Atocha
ISBN/ISSN: 0793373190
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 36
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Gallopade Publishing
Group,
Peachtree City, Georgia (1999), in hardback (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This juvenile book tells the story of the sinking and salvage of
the "Atocha" in a very
unusual way. It includes one-page stories about various aspects of the "Atocha"
and Fisher family, and activities for kids.
#C-5055
Marsters, Roger
Shipwreck Treasures - Disaster and Discovery on Canada's East Coast
ISBN/ISSN: 0887505671
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Le Chameau, Auguste, Atlantic
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 10.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Formac Publishing
Company Limited,
Halifax, Nova Scotia (2002), in paperback.
Description: This book presents brief stories of shipwrecks off Canada's East
Coast from the mid-1500s to the present. It includes chapters detailing the wreck of "Le Chameau",
which sank off Nova Scotia in 1725, the "Auguste", which sank in 1761, and the
White Star liner, "Atlantic", which sank in 1873. Many artifacts are pictured.
#C-5060
Martin, Colin
Full Fathom Five - Wrecks of the Spanish Armada
ISBN/ISSN: 0701120711
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Santa Maria de la Rosa, Gran Griffon, La Trinidad
Valencera
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography and Spanish Armada fleet list;
illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.75"
Pages: 288
Editions: This book was published in 1975 by Chatto & Windus Ltd., London;
Clarke, Irwin & Co.
Ltd., Toronto, Canada; and the Viking Press, New York City...all in hardback
with a dust jacket. It's hard to say which is the real first edition since none
of the books are so marked. A book club edition was published by Purnell Book
Services Ltd., UK (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book records the author's search for, and excavation of, three
Spanish Armada
shipwrecks off Ireland..."Santa Maria de la Rosa", "El Gran Griffon", "La
Trinidad Valencera". One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5070
Martin, Colin
Scotland's Historic Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 071348327X
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada, Gran Griffon, Swan, Dartmouth, Kennemerland, Adelaar,
San
Juan de Sicilia
Comments: Includes a bibliography, illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 9.75"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by B.T.
Batsford Ltd.,
London (1998), in paperback.
Description: This book, written by one of England's most eminent underwater
archaeologists,
documents 6 shipwrecks in Scottish waters: "San Juan de Sicilia", "El Gran
Grifon", "Swan", "Dartmouth", "Kennemerland", and "Adelaar".
#C-5080
Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker
The Spanish Armada
ISBN/ISSN: 0393026078
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10"
Pages: 296
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Hamish
Hamilton, London
(1988), in hardback with a dust jacket. Guild Publishing, London, also published
a hardback edition with a dust jacket in 1988. Penguin Books, London, published
a paperback edition in 1989. A revised edition (stated) was published by the
Manchester University Press, England (1999), in paperback. The first US edition
(First American Edition - stated) was published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
New York City (1988), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book retells the story of the Spanish Armada, based on newly
uncovered documents
and recent underwater archaeological finds. One of the authors is an eminent
underwater archaeologist who salvaged three of the Armada wrecks and the other
is a recognized professor of history. Many artifacts are pictured and discussed.
Additionally, there is a chapter on Armada artillery.
#C-5090
Martin, Frederick
The History of Lloyds and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Lutine
Size: 5.75" x 9"
Pages: 436
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Macmillan and Co.,
London (1876) in
hardback without a dust jacket. The book was republished Burt Franklin/Lenox
Hills Publishing, New York City (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While the majority of this book is about Lloyd's marine Insurance
company, it gives
an excellent history of the sinking of the "Lutine" off the coast of Holland in
1799, and the subsequent salvage attempts to recover the treasure on board.
#C-5100
Martindell, David J.
Where to Look for Sunken & Buried Treasure in Florida
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 36
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Yachting Club of
America, Marco
Island, Florida (1990), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet is divided into three parts - sunken treasures,
buried treasures and
found treasures. The first two sections very briefly describe lost treasures in
Florida on a county-by-county basis. Perhaps the most interesting part of the
pamphlet is the third section that identifies treasures that have actually been
found in Florida. Unfortunately, there is no source material noted for any of
the treasures listed.
#C-5110
Martindell, David J.
Where to Look for Sunken & Buried Treasure in the Florida Keys
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 44
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Tropical Attractions,
Islamorada,
Florida (1986), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet is divided into two parts - sunken treasures and
buried treasures. The
first section provides some background information on the treasure wrecks and
then very briefly describes the sunken treasures on a Key-by-Key basis. It also
lists 20 cannon recoveries in the Keys. The second section, which is only a few
pages, addresses buried treasures in the Keys. Unfortunately, there is no source
material noted for any of the treasures listed.
#C-5120
Marx, Jenifer
Gold of the Americas
ISBN/ISSN: 0915920891
Library of Congress: 96-68435
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 168
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by Ram
Publishing Co., Dallas,
Texas (1996), in paperback.
Description: This book chronicles the importance of gold in the development of
the Western
Hemisphere. It includes the plundering of Inca and Aztec gold by the Spanish
explorers...and the resulting golden shipwrecks as it was transported back to
Spain. The book appears to be a condensation of parts of the author's earlier
book, "The Magic of Gold" (see #C-5130). The author is the wife of Robert Marx,
a noted treasure hunter/underwater archaeologist and prolific author.
#C-5130
Marx, Jenifer
The Magic of Gold
ISBN/ISSN: 0385110995
Library of Congress: 76-53413
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 470
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.,
Garden
City, New York (1978), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book chronicles mankind's fascination with gold from the Stone
Age through
modern times. It devotes a chapter to the plunder of Inca and Aztec gold by the
Spanish...and the resulting shipwrecks (and salvages) as it was shipped back to
Spain. The author is the wife of Robert Marx, a noted treasure hunter/underwater
archaeologist and prolific author.
#C-5140
Marx, Robert F.
Always Another Adventure
Library of Congress: 67-24468
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck
Comments: Same book as "Secrets Beneath the Sea" (#C-5280); illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 332
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The World Publishing
Company,
Cleveland (1967), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published by Tower Publications, New York City (1967). A paperback edition was
also published by Tower Publications under the title, "Secrets Beneath the Sea"
in 1968 (although the book mistakenly has a 1958 copyright date). Interestingly,
when I showed Bob Marx a copy of "Secrets Beneath the Sea" in March, 2000, he
said that he'd never seen the book or knew that Tower had published it under a
different title than "Always Another Adventure".
Description: This book is the autobiography of a successful treasure hunter
turned underwater
archaeologist. It includes the Matanceros Reef shipwreck salvage in Mexico
and the author's voyage on the "Nina II", following in the steps of Columbus.
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5145
Marx, Robert F.
The Best of Sir Robert F. Marx – Volume One
ISBN/ISSN:
978-1517666835
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Port Royal, 1715 Fleet, Flor do Mar
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
243
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island,
Florida (2015), in paperback.
Description:
This
book is a collection of 18 magazine article reprints, all of which were
authored by Robert Marx. The articles span shipwrecks, underwater
archaeology, and sunken treasure hunts, including Port Royal, the 1715
Fleet, and the Flor do Mar.
C-51456
Marx, Robert F.
The Best of Sir Robert F. Marx – Volume Two
ISBN/ISSN:
978-1535444316
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Port Royal, Saint Geran, San Miguel de Archangel
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
251
Editions:
The first edition (stated) was published by Signum Ops, Merritt Island,
Florida (2015), in paperback.
Description:
This
book is a collection of 18 magazine article reprints, all of which were
authored by Robert Marx. The articles span shipwrecks, underwater
archaeology, and sunken treasure hunts, including Port Royal, the Saint
Geran and San Miguel de Archangel wrecks, and the 10 richest
undiscovered treasure wrecks in the Caribbean.
#C-5150
Marx, Robert F.
The Capture of the Treasure Fleet
ISBN/ISSN: 0679203893
Library of Congress: 76-45402
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Piet Heyn
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 276
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by David McKay Company,
New York City
(1977), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of Piet Heyn (a Dutchman) seizing the
Spanish treasure fleet
off of Cuba in 1628, and recovering an amount equivalent to $150 million in
today's money.
#C-5160
Marx, Robert F.
Deep Deeper Deepest - Man's Exploration of the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0941332667
Library of Congress: 98-071198
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Virtually the same book as "Into the Deep" (#C-5200) & "The History of
Underwater Exploration" (#C-5180); includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 326
Editions: This book is really a second revised edition of "Into the Deep" (the
first revised edition
was entitled, "The History of Underwater Exploration"). "Deep Deeper Deepest"
was published by Best Publishing Company, Flagstaff, Arizona (1998), in both hardback
(pictorial binding - no dust jacket issued) and paperback. Initial printings
were limited to 5000 hardbacks and 5000 paperbacks, per the publisher.
Description: While this book primarily tells the history of diving and
submersibles, it includes
chapters on underwater archaeology, sunken treasure and the technology used to
find sunken treasure.
#C-5170
Marx, Robert F.
Diving for Adventure
ISBN/ISSN: 0679204547
Library of Congress: 78-20617
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Maravillas
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated; includes a glossary
Size: 6.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 56
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by David McKay Company,
New York
City (1979), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This adolescent book tells of the discovery and salvage of the
Spanish galleon,
"Maravillas" which sank on Little Bahama Bank in 1656. Marx calls the wreck the
"Maravilla" but corrects this in later books to the "Maravillas".
#C-5180
Marx, Robert F.
The History of Underwater Exploration
ISBN/ISSN: 0486264874
Library of Congress: 90-3524
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Virtually the same book as "Into the Deep" (#C-5200) & "Deep Deeper
Deepest -
Man's Exploration of the Sea" (#C-5160); includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8.5"
Pages: 198
Editions: This book is really a revised edition of "Into the Deep" (#C-5200).
"The History of
Underwater Exploration" was published by Dover Publications, New York City
(1990), in paperback.
Description: While this book primarily tells the history of diving and
submersibles, it includes
chapters on underwater archaeology and sunken treasure.
#C-5190
Marx, Robert F.
In the Wake of Galleons
ISBN/ISSN: 0941332950
Library of Congress: 00-109694
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Maravillas, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, St. Geran, Flor do Mar, Pilar,
Buen Viaje, San
Augustin, Matanceros Wreck
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 418
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Best Publishing
Company, Flagstaff,
Arizona (2001), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This autobiography tells of the author's extensive exploits in
salvaging treasure
ships, including the "Maravillas ", the 1715 Fleet, the 1733 Fleet, the "St.
Geran", the "Flor do Mar", the Manila galleons "Pilar" and "Buen Viaje", the
"San Augustin" (in Drake's Bay, California), and the Matanceros wreck near
Cancun, Mexico. It also details his adventures searching for Columbus'
shipwrecks, seeking Morgan's treasures in Panama, and seeking the fabled island
of Atlantis. This book is the sequel to "Still More Adventures" (#C-5340).
#C-5200
Marx, Robert F.
Into the Deep - The History of Man's Underwater Exploration
ISBN/ISSN: 0442803869
Library of Congress: 78-6534
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Virtually the same as the author's two later books, "The History of
Underwater
Exploration" (#C-5180) and "Deep, Deeper Deepest - Man's Exploration of the Sea"
(#C-5160); includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 198
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Van Nostrand Reinhold
Company,
New York City (1978), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While this book primarily tells the history of diving and
submersibles, it includes
chapters on underwater archaeology and sunken treasure.
#C-5210
Marx, Robert F.
The Lure of Sunken Treasure - Under the Sea with Marine Archaeologists and
Treasure Hunters
Library of Congress: 73-77777
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck, 1715 Fleet, Vasa, Columbus
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10.25"
Pages: 158
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by David McKay Company,
New York City
(1973), in hardback with a dust jacket. I suspect there were two printings of
this book, however the only way to distinguish them is by the price on the dust
jacket. The real first printing has a price of $9.95 on the dust jacket; what I
suspect is a second printing has a price on the dust jacket of $12.50.
Description: The 8 chapters of this book
include the Matanceros Reef wreck off Cancun, Mexico; diving into an
Inca well in Mexico; treasure wrecks on the reefs of Bermuda; Port Royal,
Jamaica; the 1715 Fleet; the Vasa in Sweden; a bronze-age wreck off Turkey, and
the discovery of two of Columbus's ships in St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica.
#C-5220
Marx, Robert F. & Jenifer Marx
New World Shipwrecks 1492-1825
ISBN/ISSN: 0915920840
Library of Congress: 94-65593
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: See Marx, Robert F., "Shipwrecks of the Western Hemisphere" (#C-5320)
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 434
#C-5230
Marx, Robert F.
Pirate Port
Library of Congress: 67-23358
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Port Royal
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9"
Pages: 190
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by The World Publishing
Company, Cleveland
(1967), in hardback with a dust jacket. There are copies of this book with
orange boards and copies with pictorial bindings (probably library editions). A British edition was
published (First Published in Great Britain - stated) by Pelham Books Ltd.,
London (1968), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is the story of the author's archaeological exploration
of the city of Port Royal,
Jamaica, which sank into the ocean in a 1692 earthquake.
#C-5240
Marx, Robert F.
Port Royal Rediscovered
ISBN/ISSN: 0385082967
Library of Congress: 72-89330
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Port Royal
Comments: Virtually
the same book as "Port Royal - The Sunken City" (#C-5245); illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 304
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Doubleday & Company, New
York City (1973),
in hardback with a dust jacket. A UK edition (First Published in Great Britain -
stated) was published by the New English Library, London (1973), in hardback
with a dust jacket. A Second Revised Edition (stated) was published by AquaPress,
UK (2003), under the title, "Port Royal - The Sunken City," in hardback with a
dust jacket.
Description: This book is the whole story of the author's 2 1/2 year
archaeological excavations and
recoveries from the pirate city of Port Royal, Jamaica, which sank into the
ocean in a 1692 earthquake. It is more comprehensive than the author's other
book on this topic, "Pirate Port" (#C-5230).
#C-5245
Marx, Robert F.
Port Royal - The Sunken City
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Port Royal
Comments: See Marx, Robert F., "Port Royal Rediscovered" (#C-5240)
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 288
#5248
Marx, Robert F.
Quest for the Queen's Jewels
ISBN:
978-1511618618
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet
Comments: Many color illustrations.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 150
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by
Signum Ops, Merritt Island, Florida (2015)
in paperback.
Description: This book tells the history of
the Spanish treasure fleets in the New World and the salvage of the 1715 Fleet,
which sank in a hurricane off the central coast of Eastern Florida. Half
of the book is a brief description of 373 shipwrecks in Florida waters.
Many color illustrations.
#C-5250
Marx, Robert F.
Quest for Treasure
Library of Congress: 81-85739
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Maravillas
Comments: Illustrated; list of metal detecting/prospecting shops by state in the
back of the book
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 272
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Ram Books, Dallas (1982)
in paperback.
Description: This book is story of the author's search for, and successful
salvage of, the
"Maravillas " (which the author spells "Maravilla"). The "Maravillas" sank in
1656 on Little Bahama Bank.
#C-5260
Marx, Robert F.
Sea Fever
Library of Congress: 72-186040
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mel Fisher, Art McKee, Tom Gurr, Kip Wagner, Teddy Tucker, Edwin Link,
Atocha,
1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 250
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Doubleday & Company,
Garden City, New
York (1972), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of 16 famous underwater archaeologists,
scientists, and treasure hunters. Included amongst the treasure hunters are: Art
McKee, Tom Gurr, Kip Wagner, Mel Fisher, Teddy Tucker and Edwin Link. The
underwater archaeologists include Peter Throckmorton, George Bass and Pablo Bush
Romero. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5270
Marx, Robert F. and Jenifer Marx
The Search for Sunken Treasure - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1550134183
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; lavishly illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Key Porter Books,
Ltd., Toronto (1993), in
both hardback (with a dust jacket) and paperback.
A UK edition was
published by the Swan Hill Press, Shrewsbury (1993), in hardback with a dust
jacket. An Australian edition was
published by Random House Australia, Sydney (1993), in hardback with a dust
jacket. Key Porter Books republished the book under the title, "Treasures from
the Sea - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks," in 2003 in paperback. Firefly
Books (U.S.), Inc., Buffalo, New York, published the book under the title,
"Treasure Lost at Sea - Diving to the World's Great Shipwrecks," in 2004 in
paperback.
Description: This coffee table book is lavishly illustrated.
It overviews virtually all of the great treasure wrecks. Topics include the
Spanish galleons, the Spanish Armada wrecks, the Manila galleons, Bermuda
wrecks, the East Indiamen, and deep water shipwrecks. One of the "Top 75
Books".
#C-5280
Marx, Robert F.
Secrets Beneath the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck
Comments: See Marx, Robert F., "Always Another Adventure" (#C-5140)
Size: 4.25" x 6.75"
Pages: 218
#C-5290
Marx, Robert F.
Shipwrecks in Florida Waters
ISBN/ISSN: 0913122513
Library of Congress: 78-65775
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Same book as "Spanish Treasure in Florida Waters - A Billion Dollar
Graveyard"
(#C-5330); includes a bibliography in revised editions; illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 10"
Pages: 74
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Scott Publishing
Company, Eau Gallie,
Florida (1969), in paperback. This book was revised and republished under the
title, "Spanish Treasure in Florida Waters - A Billion Dollar Graveyard", by The
Mariners Press, Boston, (1979) in hardback (no dust jacket issued). This edition
is dedicated to noted 1733 Fleet treasure salvor, Jack Haskins. The book was
again republished (in its revised form) by The Mickler House Publishers,
Chuluota, Florida (1985), under the original title, "Shipwrecks in Florida
Waters", in both hardback with a paste-down label (no dust jacket issued) and
paperback.
Description: This book includes a history of the Spanish treasure fleets, some
background on
other nations in the New World, a overview of the early salvors, and a
descriptive listing of shipwrecks in Florida waters (357 listings in the first
edition and 373 listings in the revised editions). Each listing also includes
the source for the information.
#C-5300
Marx, Robert F.
Shipwrecks in Mexican Waters
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck, CEDAM
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 76
Editions: The first edition was published by CEDAM, Mexico (1971) in Spanish
under the title,
"Naufragios en Aguas Mexicanas", in paperback. The first English language
edition (stated) was published by Pablo Bush Romero and CEDAM (Club de
Exploraciones Y Deportes Acuaticos de Mexico), Mexico (1981), in paperback.
Description: This book is the story of the author's search for, and recoveries
from a sunken
Spanish galleon near Matanceros Reef, off the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico (done in
conjunction with CEDAM, the official Mexican underwater archaeological club).
#C-5310
Marx, Robert F.
Shipwrecks in the Americas
ISBN/ISSN: 051741371X
Library of Congress: 83-6344
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: See Marx, Robert F., "Shipwrecks of the Western Hemisphere" (#C-5320)
Size: 7.75" x 9.75" (hardback
edition)
Pages: 482 (hardback edition)
#C-5320
Marx, Robert F.
Shipwrecks of the Western Hemisphere
Library of Congress: 73-149422
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Same book as "Shipwreck in the Americas" (#C-5310) and "New World
Shipwrecks"
(#C-5220); includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 482
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by The World
Publishing Company,
Cleveland (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition was published
by David McKay Company, New York City (1975), in hardback with a dust jacket.
The book was republished under the title, "Shipwrecks in the Americas", by
Bonanza Books, New York City (1983), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback
edition of "Shipwrecks in the Americas" was published by Dover Publications, New
York City (1987). The paperback edition was, in turn, republished under the
title, "New World Shipwrecks 1492-1825", by Ram Books, Dallas (1994,) and is
marked "First Edition". "New World Shipwrecks" is authored by both Robert and
Jenifer (his wife) Marx, and a second printing was published in 1996. "New World
Shipwrecks" is very similar to "Encyclopedia of Western Atlantic Shipwrecks and
Sunken Treasure" by Victoria Sandz and Robert F. Marx (it's just organized
differently).
Description: This book is primarily a comprehensive listing of significant
Western Hemisphere
shipwrecks from 1492-1825, organized geographically. The area encompassed spans
from Canada to South America. It also includes a short overview of locating
shipwrecks, salvage, dating and preserving artifacts, and archaeological
techniques.
#C-5330
Marx, Robert F.
Spanish Treasure in Florida Waters - A Billion Dollar Graveyard
ISBN/ISSN: 0913352063
Library of Congress: 78-65775
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: See Marx, Robert F., "Shipwrecks in Florida Waters" (#C-5290)
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 146
#C-5340
Marx, Robert F.
Still More Adventures
ISBN/ISSN: 0884053598
Library of Congress: 76-25126
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6" x 9.5"
Pages: 256
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Mason/Charter, New
York City (1976),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is a continuation of the author's adventures, a
successful treasure hunter turned underwater archaeologist. It is the sequel to
"Always Another Adventure" (#C-5140). It includes the author's adventures in
Port Royal, Jamaica, and on both the Serranilla Bank and Serrana Bank. One
of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5350
Marx, Robert F.
Sunken Treasure - How to Find It
ISBN/ISSN: 0915920743
Library of Congress: 90-63186
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 400
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Ram Books, Dallas (1990),
in paperback.
Description: This book is an excellent overview of both underwater archaeology
and treasure
hunting, including the history of the Spanish galleons, and researching,
locating, salvaging and identifying shipwrecks.
#C-5360
Marx, Robert F.
They Dared the Deep - A History of Diving
Library of Congress: 67-13830
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition was published simultaneously by The World Publishing
Company,
Cleveland, and Nelson, Foster and Scott, Limited, Canada (1967) in hardback with
a dust jacket. A UK edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Pelham Books Ltd., London (1968), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book includes chapters on historical diving, submersibles,
helmet diving and scuba,
military operations, treasure and sport diving, and underwater archaeology.
#C-5370
Marx, Robert F.
The Treasure Fleets of the Spanish Main
Library of Congress: 68-26981
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 127
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published simultaneously by The
World Publishing
Company, Cleveland, and Nelson, Foster and Scott, Limited, Canada, in 1968. Both
books are hardbacks with dust jackets. I have seen two varieties of the US
edition...one with a pictorial binding and one with brown boards.
Description: This adolescent book overviews the history of the Spanish treasure
fleets, including
the "flota" system, the voyage outbound from Spain, the New World ports of
Cartagena, Callao, Panama City, Nombre de Dios, Acapulco, Vera Cruz and Havana,
and the trip back to Spain.
#C-5373
Marx, Robert F. and Jenifer Marx
Treasure Lost at Sea - Diving to the World's Great Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1552978729
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: See Marx, Robert F.and Jenifer Marx, "The Search for Sunken Treasure -
Exploring the
World's Great Shipwrecks" (#C-5270)
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 192
#C-5377
Marx, Robert F. and Jenifer Marx
Treasures from the Sea - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1552632075
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: See Marx, Robert F.and Jenifer Marx, "The Search for Sunken Treasure -
Exploring the
World's Great Shipwrecks" (#C-5270)
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 192
#C-5380
Marx, Robert F.
The Underwater Dig
ISBN/ISSN: 0809835363
Library of Congress: 74-25976
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 250
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Henry Z. Walck, Inc.,
New York City
(1975), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition was published in
paperback by Pisces Books, Houston (1990).
Description: This book includes chapters on what is underwater archaeology,
research, search,
excavation, dating and identification, preservation and publication, and the
future of the science of archaeology.
#C-5385
Marx, Robert F. and Jenifer Marx
The
World’s Richest Wrecks
ISBN/ISSN:
0981899114
Library of Congress:
2008050976
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.5”
Pages:
420
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by RAM Books,
Dallas, Texas (2009), in paperback.
Description:
This book is an expansion of Marx’s previous book, “New World
Shipwrecks,” and now includes shipwrecks in Africa, Europe, the Azores
and Atlantic islands, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Asia, Australia and
New Zealand. Each geographic area has a brief introduction, and then
the author devotes a paragraph to each individual shipwreck.
#C-5390
Mary Rose Trust
Mary Rose
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 11.75"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Mary Rose Trust,
Old Portsmouth,
UK (1982), in paperback.
Description: This souvenir guide (exhibit catalog) is profusely illustrated,
showing both the
excavation and the artifacts of the Mary Rose. There is a bound-in letter from
HRH The Prince of Wales (President of the Mary Rose Trust) on page 1.
#C-5400
Masters, Al
The Treasure Hunting Book - True Tales of Lost Fortunes
ISBN/ISSN: 0671509624
Library of Congress: 84-22764
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Hampshire, De Braak
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 208
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Julian Messner, New
York City (1985),
in hardback (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book encompasses 9 true treasure stories, including
the story of the
sinking and salvage of the "HMS Hampshire" and the "HMS De Braak".
#C-5410
Masters, David
The Boys' Book of Salvage
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Spanish Armada, Lutine, Skyro, Oceana, Hamilla Mitchell,
Laurentic
Comments: Adolescent version of "The Wonders of Salvage" (#C-5450); illustrated
Size: 5" x 7.75"
Pages: 268
Editions: The first edition was published by The Junior Literary Guild,
Inc./Dodd, Mead and
Company, Inc., New York City (1929), in hardback (probably with a dust jacket).
An adult version of this book was published under the title, "The Wonders of
Salvage" (#C-5450).
Description: The first half of this adolescent book covers treasure salvage and
includes the Spanish
Armada ship, "Florencia", "HMS. Lutine", "Skyro", the "Oceana", the "Hamilla
Mitchell" and the "Laurentic". The second half of the book is about the salvage
of modern ships and non-precious cargoes, much of it related to World War I.
#C-5420
Masters, David
Divers in Deep Seas - More Romances of Salvage
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Laurentic
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 284
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Eyre & Spottiswoode,
London (1938),
in hardback (probably with a dust jacket).
Description: While this book is primarily about modern ship salvage, it include
the story of
salvaging the gold from the "Laurentic".
#C-5430
Masters, David
Epics of Salvage
Library of Congress: 54-8280
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara, Samsylarna
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 234
Editions: The first edition was published by Cassell & Company Limited, London
(1953), in
hardback with a dust jacket. There was also a second edition (stated) and third
edition (stated) published in 1953. The first American edition (stated) was
published by Little, Brown and Company, New York City (1954), in hardback with a
dust jacket. There were at least 4 printings of the American edition. A
Corgi paperback edition was published by Transworld Publishers, London (1956).
Description: While this book is primarily about the Royal Navy's ship salvage
during World War II,
it includes the story of salvaging the gold from the "SS Niagara" and the rescue
of 7600 silver bars from the "Samsylarna".
#C-5440
Masters, David
When Ships Go Down - More Wonders of Salvage
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Tubantia, Egypt, Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 356
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Eyre and Spottiswoode,
London (1932), in
hardback (probably with a dust jacket). At least 6 subsequent impressions were
published between 1934 and 1945, all stated.
Description: While this book is primarily about ship salvage (much of it related
to World War I), it
includes the story of salvaging the gold from the "Egypt", the attempted salvage
of the bullion from the "Tubantia", and the many salvage attempts on the
"Florencia".
#C-5450
Masters, David
The Wonders of Salvage
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Spanish Armada, Lutine, Skyro, Oceana, Hamilla Mitchell,
Laurentic
Comments: Adult version of "The Boys' Book of Salvage" (#C-5410), illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 7.75"
Pages: 235
Editions: The first edition was published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited,
London (1924),
in hardback (probably with a dust jacket). A second revised edition (stated) was
also published in 1924 in hardback (probably with a dust jacket). Many
subsequent editions were also published in the UK by John Lane The Bodley Head
and Eyre & Spottiswoode. The first American edition was published by Dodd, Mead
& Company, New York City (1924), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: The first half of this book covers treasure salvage and includes
the Spanish Armada
ship, "Florencia", "HMS. Lutine", "Skyro", the "Oceana", the "Hamilla Mitchell"
and the "Laurentic". The second half of the book is about the salvage of modern
ships and non-precious cargoes, much of it related to World War I.
#C-5452
Masters & Co. Ltd., J. John
The Lost Treasure of the Admiral Gardner
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Admiral Gardner
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 6
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by J. John Masters & Co.
Ltd., London (no
copyright date), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet briefly tells the history of the East India Company
and the "Admiral
Gardner"...as well as its sinking in 1809 and treasure recovery by Richard Larn
in 1983. I suspect this pamphlet was designed to accompany coins sold from the
wreck.
#C-5460
Mather, Cotton
The Life of Sir William Phips
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: William Phips, Concepcion
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5" x 8.25"
Pages: 208
Editions: The first edition was published N. Hiller, London (1697) under the
title, "Pietas in
Patriam - The Life of His Excellency Sir William Phips". The first modern
edition was published by Covici-Friede, Incorporated (1929), in hardback
(probably without a dust jacket). This edition is numbered on Page 208. Reprints
are available today from Reprint Services Corporation and AMS Press,
Incorporated.
Description: This book is a biography of Sir William Phips, who not only
salvaged the "Concepcion"
off the coast of Hispaniola in 1687, but also was the Governor-General of
Massachusetts. It is especially interesting in that it was published shortly
after Phips' death in 1695.
#C-5463
Mathers, William M. and
Michael Flecker -editors
Archaeological Report –
Archaeological Recovery of the Java Sea Wreck
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Ceramics
Comments: Includes a
bibliography; illustrated
Size:
8.75” x 11.25”
Pages:
266
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Pacific Sea
Resources, Annapolis, Maryland (1997), in hardback (no dust jacket
issued).
Description: This
book is comprised of the historical background and excavation of a 13th
century Chinese Song dynasty wreck, containing Chinese ceramics and
iron. It contains a detailed description of the artifacts recovered
(including black and white illustrations).
#C-5465
Mathers, William M., Henry S. Parker III and Kathleen A. Copus
Archaeological Report - The Recovery of the Manila Galleon Nuestra Senora de la
Concepcion
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Concepcion, Manila galleon
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 553
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Pacific Sea Resources,
Sutton, Vermont
(1990), in hardback (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This huge book is comprised of the historical background of the
Manila galleons, the
sinking of the "Concepcion" in 1638, the excavation, and a detailed description
of the artifacts recovered (including black and white illustrations). An
outstanding work.
#C-5470
Mathers, William M. and Nancy Shaw
Treasure of the Concepcion
ISBN/ISSN: 0931234567
Library of Congress: 93-12345
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Concepcion, Manila galleon
Comments: Lavishly illustrated
Size: 9.25" x 12.25"
Pages: 165
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by APA Publications (HK)
Ltd, Hong Kong
(1993), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second printing was published in 1995.
Description: This lavishly illustrated coffee table book covers the finding and
salvage of the Manila
galleon, "Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion", that sank in 1638 off the coast of
Saipan in the Mariana Islands. This is not the "Concepcion" of William Phips and
Burt Webber fame.
#C-5480
Mathewson III, R. Duncan
Archaeological Treasure: The Search for Nuestra Senora de Atocha
ISBN/ISSN: 0916149005
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 10.75"
Pages: 171
Editions: The first edition (First Printing - stated) was published by the
Seafarers Heritage Library,
Key West, Florida (1983), in paperback. The first 1500 copies are numbered and
comprise a Special Limited Edition. A second printing (stated) was published in
1985.
Description: This book overviews the archaeological problems and techniques used
in excavating the
"Atocha" shipwreck (1622) off the Florida Keys. The author was the lead
archaeologist during the salvage operations.
#C-5490
Mathewson III, R. Duncan
Treasure of the Atocha
ISBN/ISSN: 0525244972
Library of Congress: 85-30978
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 160 + 32 pages of photos
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Pisces Books/E.P. Dutton,
New York City
(1986), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was also published in hardback
with a black dust jacket (gold coins on the front) by Pisces Books, New York
City, in conjunction with the Seafarers Heritage Library (1986). A second
printing (stated) of this edition was published in 1987. There was also a
"Special 1988 FUN Show Commemorative Edition" of the second printing, which is
noted with book plate that is attached to the page across from the title page. A UK edition (First
Published in Great Britain - stated) was published by Sidgwick & Jackson
Limited, London (1986), in hardback with a black dust jacket. The book was
reprinted in 1998 by Pisces Books/E.P. Dutton, New York City, but retains the
1986 copyright date (there is no "first edition" stated and the book is
significantly thinner than the first edition). A Canadian edition (First Edition
- stated) was published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd., Toronto (1986), in
hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the finding and salvage of the
"Atocha", which sank off Key West, Florida in 1622, from the
archaeologist's perspective. The author was the lead archaeologist who worked on
the "Atocha" salvage. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5495
Matsen, Brad
The Incredible Search for the Treasure Ship Atocha
ISBN/ISSN: 0766021939
Library of Congress: 2002014311
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Mel Fisher
Comments: Adolescent; includes a glossary and bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Enslow Publishers,
Inc., Berkeley Heights,
New Jersey (2003), in hardback with pictorial boards (no dust jacket issued).
Description: This adolescent book tells the story in pictures and words of the
"Nuestra Senora de
Atocha" sinking in 1622, and the subsequent salvage of the treasure by Mel
Fisher in the 1970s and 80s.
#C-5498
Matz, Erling and Hans Hammarskiöld
Glorious Vasa - The Magnificent Ship & 17th Century Sweden
ISBN/ISSN: 9189204174
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 10" x 13.75"
Pages: 256
Editions: The first edition was published in Swedish under the title, "I
Lejonets Tid". The first
English language edition was published by Max Strom, Stockholm (1999), in
hardback with a dust jacket. A second impression was published in 2001.
Description: This well-illustrated coffee table book tells the story of the
building, sinking and
excavation of the Swedish warship, "Vasa". The events are put into the context
of 17th century Sweden, when the nation was beginning to develop as a European
power.
#C-5500
Matz, Erling
Vasa
ISBN/ISSN: 9185268372
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Vasa
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Vasa Museum,
Stockholm,
Sweden (no date), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet describes the exhibits at the Vasa Museum in
Stockholm. The
"Vasa" is a Swedish warship that sank in 1628, but was raised intact in 1961.
#C-5510
May, Judy Gail
Scuba Diver's Guide to Underwater Ventures
ISBN/ISSN: 0811715132
Library of Congress: 73-9949
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.25" x 8.25"
Pages: 222
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Stackpole Books,
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania (1973), in hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback.
Description: This book covers all aspects of scuba diving and includes one
chapter on
treasure diving.
#C-5520
Maynard, Jeff
Niagara's Gold
ISBN/ISSN: 0864177666
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 160
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Kangaroo
Press,
Kenthurst, NSW, Australia (1996), in paperback. The book was reprinted (stated)
in 1996.
Description: This book tells of one of the great underwater treasure recoveries
of World War II, in
which hard hat divers recovered eight tons of gold bullion from a sunken liner
in 438 feet of water near New Zealand.
#C-5530
McBride, Peter and Richard Larn
Admiral Shovell's Treasure and Shipwreck in the Isles of Scilly
ISBN/ISSN: 0952397137
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, Eagle (UK), Romney, Firebrand, Roland Morris
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 202
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by R. Booth & Troutbeck
Press, Cornwall,
England (1999), in hardback with a dust jacket and in paperback. This book
appears to be a greatly expanded edition of the authors' booklet, "Sir
Clowdisley Shovell's Disaster in the Isles of Scilly October 1707" (#C-4650).
Description: This book tells the story of the sinking of Admiral Shovell's
flagship, "HMS Association",
off the Isles of Scilly in 1707, and the subsequent salvage by Roland Morris.
Also, the book includes the story of the "HMS Eagle", "HMS Romney" and "HMS Firebrand" which
sank with the "HMS Association".
#C-5535
McCarthy, Kevin M.
Thirty
Florida Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 1561640077
Library of Congress:
91-47020
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Atocha, 1622 Fleet, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, San Pedro, Fontaneda’s
Shipwreck, Trinite, Winchester, Reformation, Henrietta Marie, Looe,
Alligator
Comments:
Includes a bibliography at the end of each chapter; illustrated
Size: 8.5” x 11”
Pages:
128
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by the Pineapple Press,
Sarasota, Florida (1992), in paperback.
Description:
This book describes 29 modern and historic shipwrecks near the Florida
coast, and the salvage/excavation of the wrecks. It includes 3 treasure
wrecks: the “Atocha”
from the 1622 Fleet, the “Urca
de Lima”
from the 1715 Fleet, and the
“San
Pedro”
from the 1733 Fleet. It also includes several additional wrecks of
historical importance: Fontaneda’s
shipwreck (1545), the “Trinite”
(1565), the “HMS
Winchester”
(1695), the “Reformation”
(1696), the slave ship “Henrietta
Marie”
(1701), the “HMS
Looe”
(1781) and the “USS
Alligator”
(1822).
#C-5537
McCarthy,
Michael
Ships’
Fastenings – From Sewn Boat to Steamship
ISBN/ISSN:
1585444510
Library of Congress:
2005002898
Category:
Reference
Keywords:
Nails, spikes, rivets, fasteners, sheathing, pegs
Comments:
Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size:
7.25” x 10.25”
Pages:
229
Editions:
The
first edition (stated) was published by Texas A&M University Press,
College Station, Texas (2005) in hardback without a dust jacket.
Description:
This
book is an excellent reference on the fasteners used to hold ships
together, including nails, spikes, pegs, rivets and sheathing.
#C-5540
McClung, Robert M.
Treasures in the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 870441221
Library of Congress: 72-91421
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 31
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the National
Geographic Society,
Washington DC (1972), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket
issued).
Description: This juvenile book is a lavishly-illustrated overview of sunken
treasure and
marine life.
#C-5550
McConnell, Lorraine
Mysterious Sunken Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0895470829
Library of Congress: 79-16807
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atocha, Mel Fisher, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 48
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Contemporary
Perspectives, Inc., New York
City (1979), in hardback with a pictorial binding (no dust jacket issued). A
paperback edition was published by Modern Curriculum Press, Cleveland, Ohio
(1981).
Description: This juvenile book tells the story of the wreck of the Spanish
galleon, "Atocha" in 1622,
the search for it, and the subsequent salvage by Mel Fisher.
#C-5560
McDonald, David and J. Barto Arnold III
Documentary Sources for the Wreck of the New Spain Fleet of 1554
Category: Research
Keywords: 1554 Fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 8.25" x 10.75"
Pages: 330
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Texas Antiquities
Committee, Austin,
Texas (1979), in paperback.
Description: This book includes translations of Spanish documents related to the
1554 Fleet,
including its wrecking near Padre Island, Texas.
#C-5567
McDonald, Kendall
Shipwrecks of the South Hams
ISBN/ISSN: 0952863707
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Gara Rock wreck
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.25 x 8
Pages: 132
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Wreckwalker Books,
Kingsbridge, UK (1996), in paperback. A second edition was published in 1998 in
paperback, and a third edition in 2002 in paperback.
Description: While the majority of this book is about modern wrecks from Erme to
Dart, UK, there
are various references to treasure wrecks and a beautifully illustrated chapter
about the Moroccan gold recovered from the Gara Rock wreck.
#C-5569
McDonald, Kendall -editor
The Second Underwater Book
ISBN/ISSN:
720700132
Category: Sunken
Treasure
Keywords:
Association, De Liefde
Comments: Anthology;
illustrated
Size:
5.5” x 8.75”
Pages:
224
Editions: The first
edition (First Published - stated) was published by Pelham Books Ltd.,
London (1970), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description:
This anthology includes a wide range of diving-related topics.
Two chapters tell of the wreck and salvage of the "HMS Association" off the
Isles of Scilly in 1707 and the "De Liefde", which sank in 1711 off the
Skerrie Islands. The chapter about the "HMS Association" is written by
Richard Larn, while the chapter about the "De Liefde" is by Alan Bax.
The book also has stories about diving World War II wrecks, salvaging
lead ingots and elephant tusks, exploring sunken cities in the Holy
Land, and photographing creatures of the sea.
#C-5570
McDonald, Kendall
Treasure Beneath the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 0498014010
Library of Congress: 73-3931
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: De Liefde, Association, Amsterdam, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera, Earl
of
Abergavenny, Assurance, Spanish Armada
Comments: See McDonald, Kendall, "The Wreck Detectives" (#C-5590)
Size: 9.25" x 12.25"
Pages: 192
#C-5580
McDonald, Kendall
The Treasure Divers
ISBN/ISSN: 0720710480
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Hollandia, Association, Princesse Maria, Amsterdam, Santa Maria de la
Rosa, Girona,
Florencia, Colossus, De Liefde, Spanish Armada
Comments: Includes a list of known wrecks off the British coast; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 246
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Pelham Books Ltd.,
London (about
1976..no date stated), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells of the discovery and exploration of 50 wrecks off
the British coast,
ranging from Bronze Age traders to 19th century warships. Included are the
"Hollandia", the "HMS Association", the "Princesse Maria", the " De Liefde", the
"HMS Colossus", the "Amsterdam" and three Spanish Armada wrecks: "Santa Maria de la
Rosa", "Girona" and "Florencia".
#C-5590
McDonald, Kendall
The Wreck Detectives
ISBN/ISSN: 0245508996
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: De Liefde, Association, Amsterdam, Girona, La Trinidad Valencera,
Assurance,
Abergavenny, Spanish Armada
Comments: Same book as "Treasure Beneath the Sea" (#C-5570); includes a
bibliography;
illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 392
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by George G.
Harrap & Co. Ltd., London (1972), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first
American edition (stated) was published under the title, "Treasure Beneath the
Sea", by A.S. Barnes & Co., Inc., Cranbury, New Jersey (1974), in hardback with
a dust jacket and is a large oversize book.
Description: This book overviews underwater archaeological projects off the
coasts of England in which the author was an active participant. Included are
the "De Liefde", "HMS Association", "Amsterdam", the "Earl of Abergavenny", the "HMS
Assurance" and two Spanish Armada wrecks: "Girona", and "La Trinidad Valencera".
One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5598
McGilvray, Elizabeth Ann
Diving for Gold
ISBN/ISSN: 0478055897
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara
Comments: Juvenile; pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 28
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Learning Media,
Ministry of Education,
Wellington, New Zealand (1992), in paperback.
Description: This juvenile pamphlet is the story of the salvage of gold bars
from the steamer,
"Niagara" during World War II.
#C-5600
McHaley, Bleth and Wendy Tucker
Mel Fisher - "The World's Greatest Treasure Hunter"
ISBN/ISSN: 0935031561
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Mel Fisher, Atocha, 1622 Fleet
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 33
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Salvors, Inc., Key
West, Florida (1991), in
paperback. While there have been multiple printings of this booklet, they are
not noted.
Description: This well-illustrated pamphlet briefly tells the story (mostly in
pictures) of Mel Fisher
and his spectacular treasure recovery from the sunken Spanish galleon, "Atocha",
during the 1970's and 80's.
#C-5610
McIntosh, Dr. Jane
Treasure Seekers - The World's Great Fortunes Lost and Found
ISBN/ISSN: 1842220640
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Gran Griffon, San Juan de Sicilia, Girona, Spanish Armada, Kronan,
Prince de Conty,
Adelaar, Blessing of Burntisland, Charles I, 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, 1622 Fleet,
Central America, Batavia, Zuytdorp, Gilt Dragon, Rapid, Geldermalsen, Edinburgh,
Admiral Nakhimov, Witte Leeuw, Dodington, Hartwell
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 9.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Carlton Books Limited,
London (2000),
in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This well-illustrated, coffee table book overviews many of the
world's sunken, buried
buried and war treasures. It also includes many of the world's great
archaeological treasures. Shipwrecks noted include: "El Gran Griffon", "San Juan
de Sicilia", and "Girona" from the Spanish Armada; "Kronan", "Prince de Conty",
"Adelaar", "Blessing of Burntisland", 1715 Fleet, 1733 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, "SS
Central America", "Batavia", "Zuytdorp", "Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)",
"Rapid", "Geldermalsen", "Edinburgh", "Admiral Nakhimov", "Witte Leeuw",
"Dodington", and "Hartwell".
#C-5620
McKee, Alexander
The Golden Wreck
Library of Congress: 62-14030
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Royal Charter
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 221
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by the
Souvenir Press Ltd.,
London (1961), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second revised edition (stated)
was published in 1986 in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback version of the
revised edition was published in 1988 by the New English Library. The first US
edition (not stated) was published in paperback by Avon Books, New York City
(1961). A US hardback edition (with a dust jacket) was published by William
Morrow and Company, New York City (1962).
Description: This book tells of the horrific wreck of the steam clipper, "Royal
Charter", off Anglesey,
England in 1859, and the subsequent salvage. The ship was carrying 370,000
English Pounds of gold, most of which has never been recovered.
#C-5630
McKee, Alexander
History Under the Sea
ISBN/ISSN: 090864107
Library of Congress: 69-20307
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Matanceros Wreck, Royal George, Vasa, Mary Rose, 1715 fleet
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 10"
Pages: 342
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers)
Ltd., London (1968), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition (First
Published in the USA - stated) was published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New
York (1969) in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book is an overview of the world's more significant underwater
archaeological excavations and treasure recoveries. Includes "El Matanzero", the
"HMS Royal George", "Vasa", the "Mary Rose", and the 1715 Fleet. Many other wrecks
are briefly mentioned. One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5640
McKee, Alexander
How We Found the Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN: 0285625241
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.5"
Pages: 152
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by the
Souvenir Press Ltd.,
London and simultaneously in Canada (1982), in hardback with a dust jacket and
paperback. There have been at least 4 additional printings of the paperback
edition. The first US edition (stated) was published by St. Martin's Press, New
York City (1982), in hardback with a dust jacket. A deluxe leather-bound edition
was published by The Eaton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut (1991), in hardback.
Description: This is an outstanding book on King Henry VIII's Tudor flagship,
"Mary Rose",
including the unrelenting search for the wreck, the lifting of the wreck intact
to the surface, and the ship's preservation. The book is authored by one of the
participants in the search and recovery.
#C-5650
McKee, Alexander
King Henry VIII's Mary Rose
ISBN/ISSN: 0285620916
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Mary Rose
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.75"
Pages: 346
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Souvenir
Press Ltd., London
(1973), in hardback with a dust jacket. The first US edition (stated) was
published by Stein & Day, New York City (1974), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells how the author, a military historian, succeeded in
discovering and
excavating the Tudor warship, "Mary Rose", 12 feet beneath the mud of Portsmouth
harbor. The book ends with the authors hopes of raising the wreck intact and
creating a museum for it.
#C-5660
McKee, Alexander
Tarquin's Ship - The Etruscan Wreck in Campese Bay
ISBN/ISSN: 0285626523
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 216
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Souvenir
Press Ltd.,
London and simultaneously in Canada (1985), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the author's attempts to excavate an
Etruscan wreck
in 150 feet of water off the coast of Italy. He was partially successful in his
excavations, overcoming many obstacles along the way.
#C-5670
McLeay, Alison
The Tobermory Treasure - The True Story of a Fabulous Armada Galleon
ISBN/ISSN: 0851774016
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Florencia, Spanish Armada
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 6.25" x 9.5"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (First Published in Great Britain - stated) was
published by Conway
Maritime Press, London (1986), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book tells the story of the author's search for, and partial
salvage of, the
"Florencia" (a.k.a. the Tobermory Galleon). The "Florencia" was a Spanish Armada
galleon rumored to have 30 million pounds in gold aboard when it sank in 1588 in
Tobermory Bay, near the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
#C-5680
McNickle, Andrew J.S.
The Lost Treasure of King Philip IV
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Howard Lightbourn, Roscoe Thompson, San Pedro
Comments: Pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 6" x 8"
Pages: 17
Editions: The first edition (not stated) of this pamphlet was published by The
Development
Board (a department of the Bahamas Government), Nassau, Bahamas (1953).
Description: This pamphlet is a brief history of sunken treasure discovered in
Bahamian waters.
It tells the story of Howard Lightbourn and Roscoe Thompson who salvaged a
silver bar and some Spanish cobs from a wreck near Gorda Cay in 1950. The
pamphlet suggests this may be the wreck of the "San Pedro". The author is a
well-known numismatist.
#C-5690
McNutt, James A. Jr.
Quest for Shipwrecks
Library of Congress: 91-72541
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Includes a bibliography and a listing of Caribbean shipwrecks;
illustrated
Size: 6.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 202
Editions: The first edition (1991 edition - stated) was published by the
Hydrodyne Company,
Knoxville, Tennessee (1991), in paperback. A second edition (stated) was
published by Marine Geographic, Knoxville, Tennessee (1997), in paperback.
Description: This book overviews what's necessary to find and excavate
shipwrecks responsibly.
Chapters include research, search techniques, financing, surveys, artifact
identification, salvage, and preservation.
#C-5700
McSpadden, J. Walker
How They Followed the Golden Trail - Stories of Man's Adventures in Quest of
Gold
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt
Size: 6" x 8.75"
Pages: 258
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dodd, Mead & Company,
New York
City (1941), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: This book contains 14 stories of man's quest for gold. One chapter
tells the story of
salvaging gold bars from the liner, "Egypt", in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
#C-5720
Meier, Frank
Fathoms Below
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt, Orinoco
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 319
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.,
New York City (1943),
in hardback with a dust jacket. An Armed Services Edition was published in
paperback by the Council on Books in Wartime/E.P Dutton & Co., New York City
(1943).
Description: This book is primarily about salvage and wreckers, including
operations on the "Maine"
and "Normandie". The book also devotes a chapter to the "Egypt" salvage in the
1930's and a chapter to the salvage of silver bars from the "Orinoco".
#C-5730
Meier, Frank
Men Under the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Egypt
Size: 4.25" x 6.25"
Pages: 144
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Dell Publishing, New
York City (1948), in
paperback.
Description: #C-5740 This book is an anthology of stories from the author's
other books, "Up for Air"
(#C-5740) and "Fathoms Below" (#C-5720). It includes the story of the "Egypt"
salvage and an unsuccessful trip to Chile looking for sunken gold.
#C-5740
Meier, Frank
Up for Air
Category: Sunken Treasure
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 287
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.,
New York City (1940),
in hardback with a dust jacket. There were at least 3 additional printings with
the 4th printing being published in 1943.
Description: This autobiography chronicles the author's adventures in hard hat
diving and salvage,
both in the war and in commercial ventures. There are some references to the
author's treasure expeditions, but these are covered in more detail in his other
books.
#C-5750
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society
A Slave Ship Speaks - The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Henrietta Marie
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 64
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the Mel Fisher
Maritime Heritage Society,
Key West, Florida (1995), in paperback.
Description: This museum exhibit catalog chronicles the history, finding and
excavation of the slave
ship, "Henrietta Marie" which sank in 1700 near Key West, Florida.
It also includes a catalog of exhibited artifacts, with many of the items
illustrated.
#C-5760
Melegari, Vezio
Hidden Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 000100168X
Library of Congress: 72-1893
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Rommel, Vigo Bay Galleons, Egypt
Comments: Adolescent; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 7.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 128
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published simultaneously by Collins
Publishers, London
and Franklin Watts, New York City (1972), in hardback with a pictorial binding.
Description: This adolescent book overviews some of the more famous lost
treasures, and includes
one chapter on "Treasures of the Deep". It tells of the "Egypt" salvage in the
1930s; the attempted salvage of the galleons sunk at Vigo Bay, Spain; and the
search for Rommel's lost World War II treasure in the waters off Corsica.
#C-5770
Mellefont, Jeffrey –ed.
Mary Rose - Life & Death
on Henry VIII's Lost Warship
ISBN/ISSN:
0646188089
Category: Underwater
Archaeology
Keywords:
Mary Rose
Comments:
Museum exhibit catalog; illustrated
Size:
8.25” x 11”
Pages:
16
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by the Australian National Maritime
Museum on behalf of the Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth, UK (1994), in
paperback.
Description: This
museum exhibit catalog briefly describes the sinking and excavation of
the “Mary Rose”. Many artifacts are illustrated. The exhibit toured
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, Australia in 1994-1995.
#C-5780
Merrett, John
The True Book About Buried Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Spanish Armada, San Juan de Sicilia, Girona, Santa Anna
Comments: Adolescent; illustrated
Size: 5" x 7.5"
Pages: 143
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Frederick Muller Ltd., London
(1958), in hardback with a dust jacket.
Description: While the bulk of this adolescent book deals with land treasures,
two chapters concern
the Spanish Armada ships, "San Juan de Sicilia", "Girona" and "Santa Anna".
#C-5790
Meylach, Martin and Charles Whited
Diving to a Flash of Gold
Library of Congress: 73-116234
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1733 Fleet, Tres Puentes
Comments: A nautical chart of the wreck area is attached inside the rear cover
of both the
hardback and paperback, includes a brief description of 143 shipwrecks;
illustrated
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pages: 373
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.,
Garden City,
New York (1971), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published by Florida Classics Library, Port Salerno, Florida (1986) and included
an inserted pamphlet entitled, "1986 Federal Court Opinion Regarding Salvage
Rights at the Coffins Patch Reef". A second printing (not stated) of the
paperback edition includes a dust jacket (identical to the dust jacket on the
hardback edition) and the inserted pamphlet, "1986 Federal Court Opinion
Regarding Salvage Rights at the Coffins Patch Reef".
Description: This book tells of the author's discovery and salvage of several
1733 Fleet Spanish galleon wrecks in the upper Keys of Florida. The author
successfully salvaged a hoard of silver bars from one of the ships, the "Tres
Puentes". One of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5800
Millas, Jose Carlos
Hurricanes of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, 1492-1800
Category: Research
Comments: See Millas, Jose Carlos, "The Hurricanes of the Caribbean Sea and
Adjacent Regions
During the Seventeenth Century" (#C-5802)
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 328
#C-5802
Millas, Jose Carlos
The Hurricanes of the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions During the Seventeenth
Century
Category: Research
Comments: Includes an extensive bibliography
Size: 8.5" x 11.25"
Pages: 154
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author, under the
auspices of The
Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, and
appears to be a PhD dissertation. It is a hardback book (no dust jacket issued).
The book was later expanded to 328 pages and republished by the Academy of the
Arts and Sciences of the Americas, Miami, Florida (1968), under the title,
"Hurricanes of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, 1492-1800", in hardback (no
dust jacket issued).
Description: This book, which looks very much like a PhD dissertation, is a
report issued under
contract to the US Weather Bureau. It is a scholarly work detailing the
Caribbean hurricanes during the 17th century and documents the many shipwrecks
that resulted. This is a superb research book for Caribbean treasure hunters.
#C-5804
Mirabal,
Alejandro
The Excavation
of the Nossa Senhora da Consolacao (1608)
ISBN/ISSN:
9789899794825
Category:
Underwater Archaeology
Keywords:
Nossa Senhora da Consolacao
Comments:
Includes a bibliography and artifact catalog; illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11.25”
Pages:
197
Editions:
The first edition (not stated) was published by Arqueonautas Worldwide,
Portugal (2013), in paperback.
Description:
This book
describes the
history, excavation, and artifacts recovered from the "Nossa Senhora da
Consolacao", which sank off the coast of Mozambique in 1608.
#C-5808
Moity, Muriel, Murielle Rudel and Alain-Xavier Wurst
Master Seafarers: The
Phoenicians and the Greeks
ISBN/ISSN: 190269953X
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 9" x 12"
Pages: 150
Editions: The first edition was published by Periplus Publishing London, Ltd.
(2003), in hardback
with a dust jacket. This is Volume 2 in the Periplus Encyclopedia of
Underwater Archaeology.
Description: This book is a study of Phoenician and Greek seafarers based on the
underwater
excavations of their shipwrecks and harbors.
#C-5809
Molinari, Ronald E. and Theresa R.
Following the Lure of the Galleon Treasures
ISBN/ISSN:
9780615335445
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1733 Fleet, San Jose
Comments:
Illustrated
Size:
6” x 9”
Pages:
236
Editions:
The first edition was published by Reef Rat Salvage LLC, Key Largo,
Florida (2009), in paperback.
Description:
This book is the authors’ journal of recovering sunken treasure and
artifacts from the 1733 Fleet in the middle Florida Keys. The authors
describe the many challenges they faced and the multitude of hurdles
they had to overcome in successfully salvaging the “San Jose y las
Animas” wreck.
#C-5810
Mondano, Mark R.
Divers Guide to Shipwrecks - Cape Canaveral to Jupiter Light
ISBN/ISSN: 0963134612
Library of Congress: 91-67425
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: 1715 Fleet, Urca Da Lima
Comments: Includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 97
Editions: The first edition (stated) was published by Sandman Productions,
Roseland, Florida
(1991), in paperback.
Description: While the majority of this book is about modern wrecks, there are
several short
references to 1715 Fleet wrecks and a three page chapter about the "Urca Da
Lima" wreck.
#C-5820
Monsarrat, Nicholas -editor
The Boy's Book of the Sea
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Niagara
Comments: Juvenile; illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Pages: 196
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Cassell
and Company, London
(1954), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second edition was published in 1954
and a third edition in 1960. A paperback version of the third edition was
published by Piccolo, London (1978). The first US edition was published by
Whittlesey House, New York City (1955), in hardback with a dust jacket. A
paperback edition was published in the US by Whittlesey House in 1955.
Description: This juvenile anthology includes 21 stories about small boat
voyages, the days of sail,
pirates, exploration, adventure and shipwreck. It also includes the story of the
salvage of gold bars from the Royal Mail steamer, "Niagara", which sank during
WWII off the coast of New Zealand.
#C-5825
Moran, Robert
C.
A Deadly Path
to Treasure
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
1715 Fleet, 1622 Fleet, Atocha, Santa Margarita, Mel Fisher
Comments:
PDF file on a
DVD;
illustrated with 164 color pictures; includes a bibliography after some chapters
Pages:
280
Editions:
This book is in PDF format and distributed by the author on a DVD. It
was produced in 2011.
Description:
This
autobiography, which is a PDF file distributed on a DVD, describes the
author's multitude of adventures, including his many years at
Treasure Salvors, Inc. in Key West, Florida. As Executive Vice
President of the company, he worked closely with Mel Fisher and was
intimately involved in the salvage of the "Atocha" and "Santa
Margarita". The book traces Mel Fisher's start in treasure hunting with
Kip Wagner on the 1715 Fleet through to the culmination of Mel's career,
the successful salvage of the "motherlode" on the "Atocha". The author
provides an excellent first-person description of the challenges and
successes of Treasure Salvors.
#C-5830
Morgan, Steven Edward
The Story of the Steamer Atlantic
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Atlantic
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 55
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by the author (1990), in
paperback and is
comb-bound.
Description: This comb-bound booklet (with Xeroxed pages) tells the story of
the steamer, "Atlantic",
its sinking in 1852 in Lake Erie with $350,000 in gold aboard, and the
subsequent salvage attempts (including the author's attempt in 1990). The author
has written about half of the book, and Xeroxed newspaper articles to tell the
other half of the story.
#C-5832
Morgan, Steven Edward
The Story of the U.S.S.
Charleston
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Charleston
Comments: Illustrated
Size:
8.5” x 11”
Pages:
31
Editions: The first
edition (stated) was published by the author, Van Nuys, California
(1994), in paperback and is comb-bound.
Description:
This booklet (with Xeroxed pages) tells the story of the “U.S.S.
Charleston”, America’s first all steam-powered warship, its sinking in
1898 in Manila Bay, and the salvage of the Spanish treasure the ship was
carrying in the 1990s. The author has written about half of the book,
and Xeroxed newspaper articles to tell the other half of the story.
#C-5840
Morris, Keith and Peter Rowlands
Exploring Shipwrecks
ISBN/ISSN: 0831730951
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Rhone, Umbria, Royal Oak, Cristobol Colon
Comments: Illustrated; includes a glossary
Size: 8.75" x 11"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Mitchell Beazley
International Ltd.,
London (1988), in hardback with a dust jacket. The book was republished by
Artists House, London (1993), in hardback with a dust jacket. A US edition was
published by Gallery Books, New York City (no date), in hardback with a dust
jacket.
Description: This well-illustrated book tells the story of seven
shipwrecks...from ancient times to
modern times. The wrecks include: An Etruscan wreck off the coast of Italy; the
Royal Mail Steamer, "Rhone"; Great Lakes (US) shipwrecks; the "Umbria" in the
Red Sea; the battleship, "HMS Royal Oak"; the "Cristobol Colon" off the coast of
Bermuda; and the World War II wrecks in Truk Lagoon.
#C-5848
Morris, Roland
A Concise Guide to the
Museum of Nautical Art
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association
Comments: Pamphlet;
illustrated
Size:
5” x 7.5”
Pages:
16
Editions: The first
edition (not stated) was published by Roland Morris, Penzance, England
(circa 1971), in paperback.
Description: This
museum pamphlet describes the sinking of the “HMS Association” and shows
some of the artifacts recovered. Roland Morris’ now defunct Museum of
Nautical Art illustrated and preserved the many forms of art which were
to be found in the construction and in the working of old-time ships.
#C-5850
Morris, Roland
H.M.S. Colossus - The Story of the Salvage of the Hamilton Treasures
ISBN/ISSN: 0091346606
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Keywords: Colossus
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.5" x 8.75"
Pages: 238
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Hutchinson of London (1979),
in hardback with a dust jacket. It was also published in French by Editions
France (1982), in hardback with a dust jacket. A paperback edition was
published by Periscope Publishing, Ltd.,
Penzance, UK
(2006).
Description: This is the story of the sinking (1798) and salvage by the author
of Nelson's ship, "HMS
Colossus", which was carrying William Hamilton's second collection of ancient
Greek vases. Thousands of pottery shards were recovered, and many of the vases
were reconstructed.
#C-5860
Morris, Roland
Island Treasure
ISBN/ISSN: 090894006
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 9.25"
Pages: 232
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by
Hutchinson of London
(1969), in hardback with a dust jacket. A second impression (stated) was also
published in 1969 in hardback with a dust jacket. A third impression (stated)
was published in 1970 in hardback with a dust jacket.
A paperback edition was
published in 2007 under the title, “The Treasure of the Association”, by
Periscope Publishing Ltd., Penzance, UK.
Description: This book tells the story of the search for and recovery of Sir
Cloudesley Shovell's flagship, "HMS Association", by the author. The "HMS
Association" was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly (England) in 1707. One of the
most collectible UK books on sunken treasure and one of the "Top 75 Books".
#C-5870
Morris, Roland
Sunken Treasure
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, Colossus
Comments: Same book as "Treasure Trove Islands" (#C-5880);
pamphlet; illustrated
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was
published by the author, Penzance, England (no date), in paperback. The first edition has a thin paper cover (not cardboard). A second
edition was produced with a cardboard cover wrapped around the thin paper cover
(in effect, 2 covers). The pamphlet was later published
under the title, "Treasure Trove Islands".
Description: This pamphlet describes the treasures and artifacts recovered by
the author from the
waters around the Isles of Scilly, England. Most of the pamphlet is about the
"HMS Association", but references are also made to the "HMS Colossus" (which Roland
Morris also salvaged).
#C-5875
Morris, Roland
The
Treasure of the Association
ISBN/ISSN:
1904381421
Category:
Sunken Treasure
Keywords:
Association
Comments:
See Morris, Roland, “Island Treasure” (#C-5860)
Size:
5.75” x 9”
Pages:
232
#C-5880
Morris, Roland
Treasure Trove Islands
Category: Sunken Treasure
Keywords: Association, Colossus
Comments: See Morris, Roland, "Sunken Treasure" (#C-5870)
Size: 7" x 9.75"
Pages: 32
#C-5900
Muche, James F. and A. Lani Low
A Bibliography of Underwater Archaeology
ISBN/ISSN: 0910651027
Category: Bibliography
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 125
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was published by Fathom Eight, San
Marino, CA (1983),
in paperback.
Description: This book is a bibliography of 2000+ books, conference proceedings
and articles about
all aspects of underwater archaeology.
#C-5910
Muckelroy, Keith -editor
Archaeology Under Water
ISBN/ISSN: 0070439516
Library of Congress: 79-18380
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Same book as "Archeology Under Water" (#C-5912
- note different spelling of
"Archeology");
illustrated
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 192
Editions: The first edition (not stated) was simultaneously published by
McGraw-Hill Book
Company, New York City and McGraw-Hill Book Company (UK) Limited, London. Both
editions were published in hardback with a dust jacket in 1980 and appear
identical except that one has the dust jacket title printed in blue lettering
with the title "Archaeology Under Water" (this book) while the other version has
red lettering on the dust jacket with a title of, "Archeology Under Water"
(slightly different spelling of Archaeology).
Description: This well-illustrated comprehensive book covers techniques,
Mediterranean wreck
sites and classical seafaring, European shipwrecks over the last 3000 years,
wrecks in the age of exploration, structures underwater, and preservation of
finds. An excellent overview of underwater archaeology since 1960.
#C-5912
Muckelroy, Keith -editor
Archeology Under Water (note different spelling of "Archeology)"
ISBN/ISSN: 0070439516
Library of Congress: 79-18380
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: See Muckelroy, Keith, "Archaeology Under Water"
(#C-5910)
Size: 8.75" x 11.25"
Pages: 192
#C-5915
Muckelroy, Keith
Discovering a Historic Wreck
ISBN/ISSN: 0905555511
Category: Underwater Archaeology
Comments: Illustrated
Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Pages: 47
Editions: The first edition was published by National Maritime Museum, London
(1981), in
paperback.
Description: This pamphlet is designed to instruct the finder of a shipwreck in
how to go about
getting a permit for salvaging the wreck, excavating it using the principles of
underwater archaeology, and preserving the artifacts. It includes many sources
of information.
#C-5925
Munday, John
Naval Cannon
ISBN/ISSN: 0852638442
Category: Weapons
Keywords: Cannons
Comments: Pamphlet; includes a bibliography; illustrated
Size: 6" x 8.25"
Pages: 32
Editions: The first edition (First Published - stated) was published by Shire
Publications Ltd.,
Aylesbury, UK (1987), in paperback.
Description: This pamphlet provides an brief overview of English ordnance and
gunnery
practices.
#C-5927
Munroe, Mike Thomas
Too Long to Vera Cruz…The
Story of Spanish Treasure
ISBN/ISSN:
0954806603
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