Frank Pope dives into the murky and fascinating world of maritime excavations, focusing primarily on the crew of an Oxford Maritime Archaeological group seeking a sunken Hoi An ship laden with a fortune in 15th-century porcelain. Pope not only examines the psychology of the men involved, but describes the adventurous and perilous exploits of treasure hunters, looters, and archaeologists, all vying for a chance to find underwater riches. This item qualifies for free shipping when you spend $50 on qualifying items.,
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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 Bound8212;dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel8212;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 ambition8212;a fascinating lesson in what happens when scholarship and money join forces to recover lost treasure.