Author: Eugene Lyon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780912451206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Search for the Motherlode of the Atocha
Author: Eugene Lyon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780912451206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780912451206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Search for the Atocha
Author: Eugene Lyon
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Treasure of the Atocha
Author: R. Duncan Mathewson
Publisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The story of the search and discovery of the treasure wreck--Nuestra Senora de Atocha.
Publisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The story of the search and discovery of the treasure wreck--Nuestra Senora de Atocha.
True Secrets of Key West Revealed!
Author: Marcus Varner
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1458350932
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Key West is a tropical island at the end of the Florida Keys. Quiet, quaint and completely bizarre. The authors of True Secrets of Key West Revealed! went to great lengths to research the hidden truths about this island paradise. In a lively question and answer format you will learn what restaurant has a graveyard in it, what has protected Key West from hurricanes since 1918 and about the crazy count who lived and slept with his dead "wife's" body...for seven years! Indexed for easy reference. You won't find a funnier or more accurate place for information about the odder side of Key West.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1458350932
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Key West is a tropical island at the end of the Florida Keys. Quiet, quaint and completely bizarre. The authors of True Secrets of Key West Revealed! went to great lengths to research the hidden truths about this island paradise. In a lively question and answer format you will learn what restaurant has a graveyard in it, what has protected Key West from hurricanes since 1918 and about the crazy count who lived and slept with his dead "wife's" body...for seven years! Indexed for easy reference. You won't find a funnier or more accurate place for information about the odder side of Key West.
Fatal Treasure
Author: Jedwin Smith
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470341084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"In real life-especially off the Florida coast-things can have fatal consequences. Fatal Treasure is a truly compelling read." -Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice and All She Wanted In 1622, hundreds of people lost their lives to the curse of the Spanish galleon Atocha-and they would not be the last. Fatal Treasure combines the rousing adventure of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea with the compelling characters and local color of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It tells the powerful true story of the relentless quest to find the Atocha and reclaim her priceless treasures from the sea. You'll follow Mel Fisher, his family, and their intrepid team of treasure hunters as they dive beneath the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits and scour the ocean floor in search of gold, silver, and emeralds. And you'll discover that nearly four centuries after the shipwreck, the curse of the Atocha is still a deadly force. "On this day, the sea once again relinquished its hold on the riches and glory of seventeenth-century Spain. And by the grace of God, I would share the moment of glory . . . . I was reaching for my eighth emerald, another big one, when the invisible hands squeezed my trachea. In desperation, I clutched at my throat to pry away the enemy's fingers. But no one had hold of me." -From the Prologue
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470341084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"In real life-especially off the Florida coast-things can have fatal consequences. Fatal Treasure is a truly compelling read." -Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice and All She Wanted In 1622, hundreds of people lost their lives to the curse of the Spanish galleon Atocha-and they would not be the last. Fatal Treasure combines the rousing adventure of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea with the compelling characters and local color of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It tells the powerful true story of the relentless quest to find the Atocha and reclaim her priceless treasures from the sea. You'll follow Mel Fisher, his family, and their intrepid team of treasure hunters as they dive beneath the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits and scour the ocean floor in search of gold, silver, and emeralds. And you'll discover that nearly four centuries after the shipwreck, the curse of the Atocha is still a deadly force. "On this day, the sea once again relinquished its hold on the riches and glory of seventeenth-century Spain. And by the grace of God, I would share the moment of glory . . . . I was reaching for my eighth emerald, another big one, when the invisible hands squeezed my trachea. In desperation, I clutched at my throat to pry away the enemy's fingers. But no one had hold of me." -From the Prologue
The Search for the Atocha Treasure
Author: Fran O'Byrne-Pelham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875183992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Discusses the sinking of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha off Key West, the discovery of the treasure-laden wreck in 1985 by treasure hunter Mel Fisher, and the archeological importance of the finds.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875183992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Discusses the sinking of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha off Key West, the discovery of the treasure-laden wreck in 1985 by treasure hunter Mel Fisher, and the archeological importance of the finds.
Treasure Hunt
Author: Peter Earle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429986611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
"A remarkable book, in which a very wide spectrum of human behavior is on show---from colossal gullibility on the one hand, to extraordinary ingenuity and determination on the other." —The Daily Telegraph (UK) Treasure Hunt is the story of an obsession. Rumors of Spanish treasure, or gold and silver at the bottom of the sea, have been a part of maritime lore for centuries. In 1687, Captain William Phips brought back to port an incredible cargo---nearly forty tons of silver and gold---the treasure of the Spanish galleon Concepción, wrecked over forty years before on a coral reef in the middle of the ocean. The unimaginable had become real, and the great treasure-hunting boom had begun. Soon after Phips's success, there were numerous expeditions that meant to emulate his stunning achievement. During that same time there was also a boom in the invention of crude and often very dangerous diving equipment. Many of these new projects were promoted on the infant stock market, where gambling and treasure hunting became closely connected with the birth of modern capitalism. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, treasure hunting had become a professional occupation, with a new breed of diver emerging. Much of their time was spent salvaging the wrecks of English and Dutch East-Indiamen carrying treasure to finance business in Asia. Ever since, men have been prepared to risk life and fortune in the search for underwater riches. The author of numerous books of maritime history, including The Pirate Wars and The Sack of Panamá, world-renowned historian Peter Earle returns with an extraordinary and little-known history---of outstanding bravery, of exceptional recklessness, and above all, of the unquenchable lust for treasure.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429986611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
"A remarkable book, in which a very wide spectrum of human behavior is on show---from colossal gullibility on the one hand, to extraordinary ingenuity and determination on the other." —The Daily Telegraph (UK) Treasure Hunt is the story of an obsession. Rumors of Spanish treasure, or gold and silver at the bottom of the sea, have been a part of maritime lore for centuries. In 1687, Captain William Phips brought back to port an incredible cargo---nearly forty tons of silver and gold---the treasure of the Spanish galleon Concepción, wrecked over forty years before on a coral reef in the middle of the ocean. The unimaginable had become real, and the great treasure-hunting boom had begun. Soon after Phips's success, there were numerous expeditions that meant to emulate his stunning achievement. During that same time there was also a boom in the invention of crude and often very dangerous diving equipment. Many of these new projects were promoted on the infant stock market, where gambling and treasure hunting became closely connected with the birth of modern capitalism. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, treasure hunting had become a professional occupation, with a new breed of diver emerging. Much of their time was spent salvaging the wrecks of English and Dutch East-Indiamen carrying treasure to finance business in Asia. Ever since, men have been prepared to risk life and fortune in the search for underwater riches. The author of numerous books of maritime history, including The Pirate Wars and The Sack of Panamá, world-renowned historian Peter Earle returns with an extraordinary and little-known history---of outstanding bravery, of exceptional recklessness, and above all, of the unquenchable lust for treasure.
Stalin's Agent
Author: Boris Volodarsky
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199656584
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
This is the true story behind General Alexander Orlov, the man who never was, now revealed in full for the first time: Stalinist henchman, Soviet spy, celebrated defector to the West, and central character in the greatest KGB deception ever.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199656584
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
This is the true story behind General Alexander Orlov, the man who never was, now revealed in full for the first time: Stalinist henchman, Soviet spy, celebrated defector to the West, and central character in the greatest KGB deception ever.
Sunken Treasure
Author: Robert F. Burgess
Publisher: Dissertation.com
ISBN: 9780595092710
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sunken Treasure is the riveting true life adventures of six of the world's most successful treasure hunters. Robert f. Burgess' interviews with these determined treasure divers reveal not only how they got started in the business, but why when centuries of other treasure salvors failed, these six managed to solve the secrets of the lost treasure wrecks, and succeeded. Here is how they did it.
Publisher: Dissertation.com
ISBN: 9780595092710
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sunken Treasure is the riveting true life adventures of six of the world's most successful treasure hunters. Robert f. Burgess' interviews with these determined treasure divers reveal not only how they got started in the business, but why when centuries of other treasure salvors failed, these six managed to solve the secrets of the lost treasure wrecks, and succeeded. Here is how they did it.
The History of Mexico
Author: Philip Russell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136968288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through the election of 2006 and its aftermath. The book offers a straightforward chronological survey of Mexican history from the pre-colonial times to the present, and includes a glossary as well as numerous tables and images for comprehensive study. For additional information and classroom resources please visit The History of Mexico companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/russell.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136968288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through the election of 2006 and its aftermath. The book offers a straightforward chronological survey of Mexican history from the pre-colonial times to the present, and includes a glossary as well as numerous tables and images for comprehensive study. For additional information and classroom resources please visit The History of Mexico companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/russell.