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1	Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks more books like this by Clive Cussler add to wishlist Clive Cussler's first nonfiction book features descriptions of 10 shipwrecks he has discovered over the years. He recounts the histories of these ships and describes their demises and eventual discoveries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Sea Hunters more books like this by Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo add to wishlist Clive Cussler's first nonfiction book features descriptions of 10 shipwrecks he has discovered over the years. He recounts the histories of these ships and describes their demises and eventual discoveries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Lost Tomb more books like this by David Gibbins add to wishlist Globetrotting marine archaeologist Jack Howard, from "Crusader Gold," returns to search for the legendary shipwreck of the apostle Paul, which may lead him to the most astonishing discovery ever made. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler more books like this by Bradford Matsen add to wishlist After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assembled a team of experts ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Sea Hunters II: More True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks more books like this by Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo add to wishlist Picking up where SEA HUNTERS left off, Cussler and his team travel the Mississippi, along the coast of Texas, and through the South Pacific in search of shipwrecks and downed aircraft. Blending the history of the quarry with a detailed recount of the search, SEA HUNTERS II puts readers alongside the author and his band of salvagers as they hunt ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The African Quest more books like this by Lyn Hamilton add to wishlist Toronto antiques store co-owner Lara McClintock is leading an antiques and archaeology tour to Tunisia. Lara's group sails into trouble when the story of a Carthaginian merchant ship that sank 2,000 years ago stirs up one person's murderous interest in finding the priceless artifacts that went down with it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Sea Hunters II more books like this by Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo add to wishlist Picking up where SEA HUNTERS left off, Cussler and his team travel the Mississippi, along the coast of Texas, and through the South Pacific in search of shipwrecks and downed aircraft. Blending the history of the quarry with a detailed recount of the search, SEA HUNTERS II puts readers alongside the author and his band of salvagers as they hunt ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology more books like this by George F Bass (Editor) add to wishlist A survey of the maritime history of the New World. The book brings together the work of leading nautical archaeologists, each with first-hand diving experience. Twelve chapters tell the story of watercraft in the Americas, accompanied by photographs, paintings, diagrams, charts and maps. see all copies from $4.87! new only from $16.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed Off the Coast of Vietnam more books like this by Frank Pope add to wishlist In THE DRAGON SEA, Frank Pope recounts the story of a highly successful yet also ill-fated underwater archeological expedition off the coast of Vietnam. For years, fisherman in one particular stretch of water that not just been pulling fish up in their nets but 15th-century Chinese porcelain. Unable to fund an expedition itself, the Vietnamese ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Lost Subs: From the Hunley to the Kursk, the Greatest Submarines Ever Lost-And Found more books like this by Spencer Dunmore, Robert D Ballard (Introduction by) add to wishlist From the Hunley to the Kursk, a full-color exploration of the greatest submarines ever lost--and found. As millions have come to know from such immensely popular books and movies as The Hunt for Red October and U-571, the world of submarines is secretive and dangerous. On the ocean floor lie over a century and a half of subs, lost both in war and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.95! \| first editions
11	The Discovery of the Bismarck: Germany's Greatest Battleship Surrenders Her Secrets more books like this by Robert D Ballard, Ph.D. add to wishlist From the author of The New York Times bestseller The Discovery of the Titanic, here is the dramatic, first-person account of Ballard's latest historic undersea discovery--the remains of Nazi Germany's legendary sunken battleship, the Bismarck, captured in a spectacular, full-color volume. 400 photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
12 view cover	Maritime Archaeology: A Technical Handbook more books like this by Jeremy Green add to wishlist Jeremy Green's systematic overview of maritime archaeology offers a step-by-step description of this fast-growing field. With new information about the use of computers and Global Positioning Systems, the second edition of this handbook shows how to extract as much information as possible from a site, how to record and document the data, and how ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $45.00! \| first editions
13 view cover	Maritime Archaeology more books like this by Keith Muckelroy, Colin Renfrew (Editor), Clive Gamble (Editor) add to wishlist Archaeology has made enormous advances recently, both in volume of discoveries and in its character as an intellectual discipline; new techniques have helped to further the range and rigour of enquiry, and encouraged interdisciplinary communication. The aim of this series is to make available to a wider audience the results of these developments. ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $37.90! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lost Gold of the Republic: The Remarkable Quest for the Greatest Shipwreck Treasure of the Civil War Era more books like this by Priit J Vesilind add to wishlist In 1865, the paddlewheel SS "Republic" encountered a hurricane and, along with its cargo of $400,000 in gold and silver coins, broke apart, and sank. In 2003, the collection of coins--now valued at an estimated $75 million--was recovered. Recently seen as a PBS "National Geographic" special entitled "Civil War Gold," the full story of the ship is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Alexandria more books like this by William La Riche, Stephane Compoint (Photographer), William L. Riche add to wishlist Lost in the 4th century AD when a series of earthquakes submerged the city beneath the sea,Alexander lived on in myth and legend.Established by Alexander the Great in 300 BC it was for centuries the hub of mediterranean trade and a landmark of scholarly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Discovery of the Titanic more books like this by Dr. Robert Ballard, PhD add to wishlist Rick Archbold and Robert Ballard provide a detailed chronicle of April 14-15, 1912, when the great ship "Titanic" sunk, and of the day they rediscovered the ship beneath the Atlantic Ocean in 1985. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Lost on the Ocean Floor: Diving the World's Ghost Ships more books like this by John Christopher Fine add to wishlist Award-winning photojournalist-scuba diver John C. Fine has explored and documented the sunken fleets of the world--from Scapa Flow to Truk Lagoon--for most of his adult life, and the best of his discoveries are brought to life in this book. With his own haunting photographs to help him, Fine describes the sunken ships and the stories behind them, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.77!
18 view cover	Lost Spacecraft: The Search for Liberty Bell 7: Apogee Books Space Series 28 by Curt Newport, Tom Hanks (Introduction by) add to wishlist This book describes the exploration of two unique and dangerous environments, space and underwater, and how the paths of two men, one living and one dead, crossed in the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. The book focuses on two periods, one beginning in 1959, the other in 1985, interweaving the stories of Project Mercury, Gus Grissom and ... see all copies from $10.96! new only from $18.08! \| first editions
19 view cover	Submerged more books like this by Daniel F Lenihan add to wishlist One of the world's leading underwater archeologists recounts experiences from his 24 years as founder and head of the elite, award-winning Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (SCRU) team of the U.S. National Park Service--adventure writing at its best. LG Featured Alternate. 20 color photos. see all copies from $3.10! new only from $17.02! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The archaeology of ships more books like this by Paul Johnstone add to wishlist Describes some of the important finds in marine archaeology and what they have revealed about ships and the people who built and sailed them. see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Collision with History: The Search for John F. Kennedy's PT 109 more books like this by Robert D Ballard, Ph.D., Michael Hamilton Morgan add to wishlist With the support of the Kennedy family, best-selling National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert D. Ballard embarks on the search for PT-109, the boat made famous by commander John F. Kennedy's heroic rescue efforts following a harrowing collision with a Japanese destroyer in WWII. The companion to a major National Geographic Explorer ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology more books like this by James P Delgado (Editor) add to wishlist The Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology is the first comprehensive reference book on the discovery and recovery of the submerged past. Written by archaeologists and other scientists who have made the discoveries, the encyclopedia's entries describe sites around the world and across time: prehistoric American Indian settlements; ... see all copies from $31.19! new only from $150.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain more books like this by John R Bratten add to wishlist A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, the Philadelphia is the oldest intact warship on display in North America. After its recovery from the bottom of Lake Champlain in 1935, the fifty-four foot long vessel, armed with three cannon and eight swivel guns, was moved to the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. ... see all copies from $16.73! new only from $24.82! \| SVS
24 view cover	Alexandria: The Submerged Royal Quarters more books like this by Franck Goddio add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $29.95! \| first editions
25 view cover	What Really Sank the Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries more books like this by Tim Foecke, Jennifer Hooper McCarty add to wishlist With the same methodology used by forensic scientists, researchers McCarty and Foecke analyze how the "Titanic" was designed and constructed--and how this engineering marvel may have been a disaster waiting to happen. see all copies from $7.82! new only from $7.82! \| SVS

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