Ship Of Gold In The Deep Blue Sea: The History And Discovery Of The World's Richest Shipwreck
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ISBN : 9780802144256
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of the World's Richest Shipwreck
In the 1980s, a young engineer from Ohio set out to do what no one, not even the U.S. Navy, had been able to do: establish a working presence on the deep ocean floor and open it to science, archaeology, history, medicine, and recovery. The SS Central America became the target of his project. After years of intensive efforts, Tommy Thompson and the Columbus-America Discovery Group found the Central America in eight thousand feet of water, and in October 1989 they sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, journals, and even an intact cigar sealed under water for 130 years. Life magazine called it “the greatest treasure ever found.â€
Gary Kinder tells an extraordinary tale of history, human drama, heroic rescue, scientific ingenuity, and individual courage. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is a testament to the human will to triumph over adversity. It is also a great American adventure story of the opening of Earth’s last frontier.
Specification of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of the World's Richest Shipwreck
GENERAL | |
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Author | Gary Kinder |
Binding | Paperback |
Language | English |
Edition | First Trade Paper |
ISBN-10 | 080214425X |
ISBN-13 | 9780802144256 |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Publication Date | 2009 |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Height | 8.25 inch. |
Length | 1.25 inch. |
Width | 5.5 inch. |
Weight | 1.1 pounds pounds. |
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