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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

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Historical shipwreck treasure-hunt turned deep-sea odyssey.

If the fusion of history and deep-sea adventure tickles your fancy, "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" might just be the treasure you're looking to unearth on your reading shelf. It's a compelling narrative that binds the tragic past with the thrill of modern discovery, telling a human tale through the lens of technological triumph. The juxtaposition of 19th-century gold rush fervor with 20th-century ingenuity creates a riveting account that transcends time—you're sure to be anchored to each page.

  • Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Nominee for Essay/Creative Nonfiction (Finalist) (1999)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

Regular price ₱490.05 ₱292.05 40% off
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ISBN: 9780871134646
Authors: Gary Kinder
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Date of Publication: 1998-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 4.29
(rated by 5308 readers)

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In 1857, the "SS Central America," a side-wheel steamer carrying nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, foundered in a hurricane and sank off the Carolina coast. Over four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost.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 scientific discovery. After years of intensive effort, Tommy Thompson and the Columbus-America Discovery Group found the "Central-America" in eight thousand feet of water, and in October of 1989 they sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure.Here is the story of both the victims and heroes of the disaster, and the visionary team that opened Earth's last frontier.
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Historical shipwreck treasure-hunt turned deep-sea odyssey.

If the fusion of history and deep-sea adventure tickles your fancy, "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" might just be the treasure you're looking to unearth on your reading shelf. It's a compelling narrative that binds the tragic past with the thrill of modern discovery, telling a human tale through the lens of technological triumph. The juxtaposition of 19th-century gold rush fervor with 20th-century ingenuity creates a riveting account that transcends time—you're sure to be anchored to each page.

  • Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Nominee for Essay/Creative Nonfiction (Finalist) (1999)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.