Buy this book on-line Kinder, Gary : Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue SeaAtlantic Monthly Pr, 1998 ISBN 0871134640
2.05 x 9.3 x 6.37 Inches; 507 pages; The riveting true adventure and discovery of a gold-laden shipwreck and the scientific genius who recovered its treasure, while breaking the barriers of deep-ocean exploration. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kinder, Gary : Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Kinder, Gary : Ship Of Gold In The Deep Blue SeaAtlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1998
Examines the shipwreck of the SS Central America in 1857, a side-wheel steamer carrying nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush that foundered in a hurricane and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast, Fine in Fine DJ, 8vo Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kinder, Gary : Ship Of Gold In The Deep Blue Sea. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Kinder, Gary : Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue SeaAtlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1998
The fascinating true account of a young engineer from Ohio setting up a working presence on the deep ocean floor to study the SS Central America, a ship that foundered and sank in a hurricane in 1857, the author and his team having recovered countless treasures from the wreck, including gold artifacts, steamer trunks filled with journals, books, period clothes, etc. and even an intact cigar. Filled with information on the disaster itself, and the various techniques used to study the wreck and recover items from it. Hardcover with dust jacket, 507pp. A beautiful copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kinder, Gary : Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. KINDER, GARY: : SHIP of GOLD in the Deep Blue SeaLONDON.LITTLE BROWN & CO,1998. ISBN 0316647144.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner
inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,part-illustrated dw/dj; with
negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges
and corners - no nicks or tears present.
Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases
to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+
fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean, publisher's original plain dark blue cloth
boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xvipp+3-507pp[paginated] includes acknowledgements,author's note,prologue,3 chapters,epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,b/w facsimile contemporary photographic illustration of the shipwreck of SS Central America,recto of which has plans of the ship and contents list/table.
An extraordinary tale of history,maritime
drama,heroic rescue,scientific ingenuity and individual courage,recounting death,
danger and discovery on the high seas in the search for lost treasure.
In September 1857 the side-wheel steamer S.S. Central America,which had been carrying five hundred passengers,many of them returning from the Gold Rush in California,sank in a hurricane two hundred
mile off the Californian coast.The tragic
story of this fabled shipwreck resurfaced in 1989,when ocean engineer Tommy Thompson
sailed into Norfolk harbour with over ten
tons of pioneer gold.Using oceanography, computer science and information theory to
sift through historical records and explore the deep sea,the scientists and engineers of the Columbus-America Discovery Group established mankind's first real working presence on the deep ocean floor.Battling storms,technological challenges and intrusive salvagers,they recovered mint-state coins,antique bars and sparkling gold dust from what life magazine described as 'the greatest treasure ever found'.
'Ship of gold in the Deep Blue Sea' is a copiously researched historical record of the initial disaster,rendered in chilling
detail from contemporary accounts by eyewitnesses and survivors.It is a fascinating chronicle of the technological
breakthroughs at the frontiers of knowledge,in which deep-sea robots were developed to perform heavy,delicate and complex work.And it is an incredibly exciting adventure story of the human will
to succeed,a compelling tale of the triumph of making possible the impossible.
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