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The Hidden Galleon: The true story of a lost Spanish ship and the legendary wild horses of Assateague Island

4 reviews
John Amrhein Jr.

New Maritima Press, 2007

A 1700's shipwreck that still creates news today!
Mr. Powell, I respectfully disagree. It is a historical event that weaves itself into todays events. To understand that impact, you need the details the author lays out. Add the current case between Spain, Odyssey Marine (and now Peru), in which this case has been cited, and it brings to life the current ongoing drama. I can't believe what has happened in the court cases discussed in the book and ...

Treasures of the Spanish Main: Shipwrecked Galleons in the New World

3 reviews
John Christopher Fine

The Lyons Press, 2006

The Salvage of Seven Treasure Ships
I live in Nevada, which if it were a country would be the third largest producer of gold in the world. Each year Nevada produces a bit more than 7,000,000 ounces of gold. Mr. Fine has looked at the Spanish records and in the years between 1493 and 1780 103,246,510 ounces of gold were produced and sent back to Spain in approximately 17,000 voyages. Some estimates are that 10% of those voyages ...

Salvaging Spanish Sunken Treasure

1 review
Robert Weller

Crossed Anchors Salvage, 1999

Treasure hunting for beginners!
Interesting book - great for the kids because it is so simplistic that they can get really excited - "Hardy Boys" type stuff

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure
Jr. Clay Blair

The World Publishing Company, 1960

Shipwreck (Fast Forward Books)
Claire Aston

Barron's Educational Series, 2001

In the sixteenth century, a great sailing ship is built in a Spanish port. Sailing the Spanish Main and loaded with treasure, it's attacked by pirates and sunk. Today, the site is explored by divers who bring up the wreckage and reconstruct the ship in a modern Spanish port. Fast Forward Books are lots of fun! They transform distant events of history into very real, dramatically vivid experiences for young readers. Each title covers one ...

True Stories of Sunken Treasure
Bob Weller

Thompson Shore, 2005

Sixteen stories of great treasure actually recovered,in most cases by the author himself. This book gives an up close and personal approach to treasure salvage from the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet that sank off the east coast of Florida. More importantly, it preserves for history some of the most important salvage work by modern day salvors. It will get the adrenilain flowing.

Huracán

LanceOren.com, 2008

Huracán is a suspenseful historical fiction of the Infamous 1733 Treasure Fleet sank off the Florida Keys during a major hurricane of the century. Twenty-two galleons were either beached, or sank with untold fortune in precious jewels, gems, gold and silver coins, and many souls. Huracán provides insight of the life aboard a 1733 Treasure Galleon, along with her crew and passengers. This suspenseful novel incorporates many little known facts in ...

Spanish Galleon 1530-1690 (New Vanguard)
Angus Konstam

Osprey Publishing, 2004

During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This was the galleon, and over the next century these vessels would serve Spain well as treasure ships and warships, becoming a symbol of Spanish power and wealth during the period. The development and construction of the Spanish galleon are discussed in this book, and the ordnance and crewing needed to ...

Florida's Golden Galleons - The Search for the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet

1 review
Robert Forrest Burgess, Carl J. Clausen

Florida Classics Library, 1996

GOLD FEVER!!
This is a very detailed book on the history of the 1715 fleet. The story is so well written it is hard to set this book down before the ending. In depth historical information and amazing illustration combine to make this a book of dreams, dreams that came true for a few and lost for many. It leaves many more dreams for me...."GOLD FEVER"....

Azteca (La vida, el amor y el martirio de un azteca de los tiempos de la conquista: Spanish Edition)

10 reviews
Gary Jennings

Planeta, 2001

An absolute classic
A book that every person who has any connection to Mexico should read. A captivating historical novel about the conquest of New Spain, written from a native's point of view. Gives a person pride about his or her Mexican heritage. Lots of adventure, sex, violence, fantastic descriptions, engaging characters. My Mexican husband read it in Spanish and I (Irish-American) read it in English 18 years ...

Sir Francis Drake & the Golden Hinde

Jarrold & Sons Ltd, 1987

Sir Francis Drake became a legend in his own lifetime and in the succeeding centuries, his name has become a national symbol in England. He was the first Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to circumnavigate the globe, from 1577 to 1580 and was knighted on his return by Queen Elizabeth I. He was second in command of the English fleet which defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1577, Drake was commissioned by ...

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