Covers every important treasure ship lost, and sometimes found, from the 16th century onwards. The book is organized into four geographical sections: Europe, Au

From aerial survey to zoology, Part I of this two-part encyclopedia covers all aspects of underwater archeology, treasure hunting and salvaging. For example, en

On the evening of February 2, 1864, Confederate Commander John Taylor Wood led 250 sailors in two launches and twelve boats to capture the USS Underwriter, a si

The vast hidden world of sunken treasure. With less than 2% of the world's ocean depths explored to date, a myriad of unimagined mysteries and treasures await d

This work is an encyclopedia of lost treasures, lost mines, and sunken treasure ships of the American Civil War. It has been revised from the previous 1999 edit