America's Greatest Treasure Ship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Greatest Treasure Ship write by Q. David Bowers. This book was released on 2019-08. America's Greatest Treasure Ship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea write by Gary Kinder. This book was released on 2009-10-20. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek
America's Lost Treasure
America's Lost Treasure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Lost Treasure write by Tommy Thompson. This book was released on 1998. America's Lost Treasure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In more than 250 photographs, drawings, and illustrations, "America's Lost Treasure" chronicles the sinking and recovery of the "Central America", the subject of "The New York Times" bestseller "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea".
Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasure Hunter write by Robert MacKinnon. This book was released on 2013-08-06. Treasure Hunter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For more than four decades, world-renowned diver and treasure hunter Captain Robert MacKinnon has reclaimed sunken caches from the dangerous shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Known as the Death Coast for its treacherous reefs and violent currents, the area’s rocky bottom is layered with shipwrecks and untold riches. In short—a treasure hunter’s paradise. In Treasure Hunter, Robert MacKinnon recounts the risks and challenges—both nautical and legal—in exploring shipwrecks dating back to the War of 1812 and before the Revolutionary War. As he salvages the secrets of the sea, MacKinnon vividly captures the excitement of discovery and conveys his passion for preservation in the still-developing field of underwater archeology. A compelling chronicle of modern-day adventure, Treasure Hunter is a fascinating voyage into an amazing undersea world.
Great American Treasure Hunting Stories
Great American Treasure Hunting Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great American Treasure Hunting Stories write by Lamar Underwood. This book was released on 2021-11-01. Great American Treasure Hunting Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Two of mankind’s most persistent quests—“get rich quick” and “something for nothing”—provide the power driving these tales of treasure-seekers in action. Renowned storytellers like Louis L’Amour and Jack London join real-life adventurers risking their lives for riches they think are worth the dangers. Buried treasure, creeks glittering with gold nuggets, sunken galleons filled with Spanish doubloons—the mother lodes are as varied as the men pursuing them. Some of the seekers will be rewarded; others face tragedy in remote places, lost among the jungles, mountains, and oceans. In both fiction and non-fiction, these stories make treasure hunting a real-life experience, in gripping prose that makes the reader of these stories part of the hunt itself.
