Shipwreck: A Saga of Sea Tragedy and Sunken Treasure

by Dave Horner

Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a seventeenth-century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of two immense galleons that were lost (along with hundreds of passengers and millions of pesos in treasure) to disasters at sea. Shipwreck is an extraordinary literary adventure which interweaves accounts of the many attempts throughout the past three centuries to recover the sunken treasure, including the recent discovery and salvage of one of the galleons by Dave Horner himself. Shipwreck is an outstanding history of true adventure on the high seas, past and present, which is wonderfully enhanced for the reader with 50 photographic illustrations, six maps, four line drawings, seven appendices, as well as bibliographies of archival sources, institutions, original documents or primary works, and a general listing of thematically appropriate titles for further suggested readings.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

David Horner writes a very well researched book that goes beyond the traditional topic of treasure salvage to set it in the larger geopolitical context of the era. A bit heavy and dry on the historical narrative at times, the book none the less goes far beyond its title in an unexpected and enlightening manner.

[Mrs.Lady · Rating 2 out of 5]

Factual.