What is the required reading for maritime treasure salvage?

[dcrooks]

Re: What is the 'required reading' for maritime treasure salvage?

I agree with signumops' list and would add a few more books. See my "Top 75" list at:
http://www.sunkentreasurebooks.com/top75.htm
For the complete bibliography of 1500 books and auction catalogs see:
http://www.sunkentreasurebooks.com

 

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[mckee]

Re: What is the 'required reading' for maritime treasure salvage?

Watching TREASURE QUEST DVD the program detailing the exploits of Odyssey Marine Exploration, you'll spot a dog-earred copy of Potter's THE TREASURE DIVER'S GUIDE prominent on their bookshelf, and they even reference it in a couple of episodes.

 

[LM]

Re: What is the 'required reading' for maritime treasure salvage?

Picked up a 1972 ed of "The Treasure Divers Guide" (reading copy with no jacket) off Amazon.

It is indeed a helluva book. I guess one can usually assume that by the the time info hits a book, you're too late to the party, but a most of this stuff comes off as 'relevant research' and it seems like a lot of these ships hadn't yet been found, when it was originally written... and probably, quite a few still haven't been.

 

[mad4wrecks]

Re: What is the 'required reading' for maritime treasure salvage?

Old Bookaroo wrote:

bronzecannons:
Tony did a very nice job on that book - I certainly agree with you! If this is a topic of interest to you, it's tough to beat Frank Pope's Dragon Sea. I could not put it down once I started.

bronzecannons is Tony Wells.

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Re: What is the 'required reading' for maritime treasure salvage?

mad4wrecks:

Then I'm glad I could, in all honesty, have something nice to say about that book!

Good luck to all,

~The Old Bookaroo

 

[ropesfish]

Another good thread, Fred.

 

[ivan salis]

Duro - the Spanish historical naval writer

 

[Salvor6]

Bill why are you polluting the shipwreck forum with all these dead threads? Some of the original posters have not posted in more than 10 years. If anything, start a new thread.

 

[Alexandre]

George Bass edited the Beneath the Seven Seas, a great part of it is now on PDF format, for free, here:

https://www.academia.edu/37265774/2005_Beneath_the_Seven_Seas

 

[ropesfish]

Gee, Pete. I wasn't aware that you were appointed the Dead Thread Policeman...but here is why -- as it gets closer to the 1715 season, I get more people asking me how to find information. The threads I bumped are (as far as I am aware) some of the best ones involving that subject. I figured I* would make them easier to find.
No reason to re-hash the same subjects when they've been well discussed in the past.

 

[Alexandre]

I am still laughing on this guy's "well researched book". On p. 275 he states that the Azores are composed of ten major islands... well, they are only nine..

Darren in NC:

Thank you for helping to clear that up! I was trying to help - not be obscure.

You mentioned that Potter's book is "surprisingly accurate." I'd certainly agree with that. When I was working in the Caribbean in the mid-70's, there was the story going around about the tourist couple who went to a dive shop, rented equipment, and said "Oh - we'll take a copy of that book."

"That book," of course, being Potter's.

Several days later they turned in the gear. The diveshop operator, feeling a bit sarcastic, asked "Well, did you have any luck?"

"Oh yes," the couple replied. "It was all right where the book said it was."

Splash,

~The Old Bookaroo

 

[Darren in NC]

Perhaps he never visited. There are a number of books, especially older ones, but as late as the 70s that state there are ten islands that comprise the Azores. A cursory book search would tell you this.

 

[Alexandre]

Any good chart, starting from the 16th century, would show you that there are only 9, not 10.

Speaking of the Azores:

"The European Heritage Label has been awarded to ten new sites that have played a significant role in the history and culture of Europe or the building of the European Union. The awards were announced on 31 March 2020."


https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/cre...derwater-cultural-heritage-azores-portugal_en

Perhaps he never visited. There are a number of books, especially older ones, but as late as the 70s that state there are ten islands that comprise the Azores. A cursory book search would tell you this.

 

[xaos]

Bill why are you polluting the shipwreck forum with all these dead threads?

a lot has happened in 10 years...

 

[Salvor6]

a lot has happened in 10 years...

Then start a new thread.

 

[capt dom]

I'm trying to get to the point where my understanding of historic wrecks is solid enough to branch out into independent research. So far, I've been plowing through a lot of sunken treasure books from Amazon- some have been very interesting, others, kinda fluffy, a few, VERY fluffy.

We have some heavy hitting salvors here, so, what would you guys say is the required reading as far as books on underwater treasure hunting? Are there any 'definitive books' that everyone must read in order to grasp the game?

(and it wouldn't surprise me if this question has already been answered- if so, a link to that thread would be great)

Any help appreciated

LM

Here is the Treasure Hunters Bible

 

[grantler]

Hi
A few from my shelf .
Have most of the one´s mentioned bevor , but here some more
Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology By James P.Delgado 1997
A History of Seafaring , Based on Underwater Archaeology by George F. Bass 1974
Atlas of Treasure Maps By Coffman
I will look for more :-)
Stay save and stay home
grantler