Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed off the Coast of Vietnam - Couverture souple

Pope, Frank

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156033291 ISBN 13 : 9780156033299

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2007

Synopsis

Frank Pope pulls back the curtain on the intensely competitive underworld of shipwrecks in this thrilling story of treasure hunting gone wrong. When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound?dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel?teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. The stakes were high: The Hoi An wreck lay hundreds of feet down in a typhoon-prone stretch of water off the coast of Vietnam known as the Dragon Sea. Raising its contents required saturation diving, a crew of 160, and a fleet of boats. But the potential rewards were equally high: Bound would revolutionize thinking about Vietnamese ceramics, and his partner would make a fortune auctioning off the pieces. Or so they thought. In Dragon Sea, Pope delivers an engrossing tale of danger, adventure, and ambition?a fascinating lesson in what happens when scholarship and money join forces to recover lost treasure.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

FRANK POPE has worked on underwater expeditions under the auspices of Oxford MARE (Maritime Archeological Research and Excavation), including the salvage of Lord Nelson?s flagship Agamemnon. He divides his time between London and Nairobi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0156033291
• ISBN 13: 9780156033299
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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