| Description |
408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Dead men's silver -- Under the silver skin -- Diver below -- Rite of passage -- The voyage from hell -- A cliff of dark secrets -- The lost white tribe -- The statue at the bottom of the pool -- 'The green sea of darkness' -- 'The devil's own!' -- Dead men do tell tales -- Nuestra Señora de la concepción -- Abri vossos olhos - open your eyes -- 'A toast to your health, ye old ducats!' -- A whale of a tale! -- The treasure of the Vergulde Draeck -- 'The curse of the Gilt Dragon' -- A shark steals the limelight -- A golden gun -- Batavia's graveyard -- Pelsart's lost chest of silver -- Expect the unexpected -- The elephant tusk -- The surf gives up a secret -- Archaeology with a chainsaw -- Looking down the barrel of an AK-47 -- China's Titanic -- 'We've got the big one' -- In the shadow of Cape Horn -- Well, well - the Buccaneer's bell! -- Time and tide |
| Summary |
This is a romantic story of shipwreck hunting, with pieces-of-eight, Dutch ducatons, German talers, Burgundian crowns, and Spanish silver dollars lost and recovered from the sea floor |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia) |
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Maritime history (Australia) |
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Voyages & shipwrecks (Australia) |
| Notes |
Also available in electronic version via the Internet |
| Audience |
General |
| Notes |
Also available in electronic version via the Internet |
| Subject |
Edwards, Hugh, 1933-
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Shipwrecks -- Anecdotes.
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Shipwrecks.
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Treasure troves -- Anecdotes.
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Treasure troves.
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Underwater exploration -- Biography.
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Voyages around the world -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
0732294509 (paperback) |
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9780732294502 (paperback) |
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