Shipwreck

A Saga of Sea Tragedy and Sunken Treasure

Shipwreck
Dave Horner
RRP:
NZ$ 59.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 50.99
Paperback
h229 x 153mm - 352pg
1 Jan 2022 US
9781493059591
Out Of Stock
Currently no stock in-store, stock is sourced to your order
Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a 17th 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.
Dave Homer has put together a book that challenges the excitement and action of any Hollywood blockbuster. * Skin Diver Magazine * . . . adds an exciting and vividly documented episode to the long history of undersea exploration. * The American Neptune * For those who love the sea and history, this is a good read. * Style Weekly * the author captures the spirit of exploration and adventure in Spanish treasures both lost and found on the high seas. * Sport Diver Magazine * Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a 17th 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 halftone 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. * Midwest Book Review * Some people dream of buried treasure. Some read about it with fascination. A rare few take a deep breath and jump in after it. Dave Horner does all three. Reading this book, you understand that Horner isn' t just some wild-eyes adventurer. You also understand that, in being a scholar and writer as well as a treasure seeker, Horner swerves from the centuries-old salvor tradition of dive, pillage, and disappear. Horner' s book, Shipwreck, tells many tales. First, there are blow-by-blow accounts of the wrecks of two Spanish galleons: La Capitana, carrying 10 million pesos in silver coin and bullion, grounded on the reefs off the coast of Ecuador in 1654; and Maravillas, a 900-ton ocean liner, four stories tall, strewn across the white sand under the waters of the Little Bahama Bank in 1656. A sailor himself, Horner loves to melodramatize a maritime mishap, as when "The rigging clattered, the wind howled and shrieked like all the devils of hell. " Standing steady through the storms is Padre Diego Portichuelo, a priest with a wild hair up you-know-where that drove him into the company of pirates and thieves. In 1657 he published a diary of the escapades he witnessed, and his half-pious voice surfaces now and then as Horner uses him to tell the tales first-person. The padre can get colorful, as when he describes pigs brought aboard, hog-tied and huddled into a galleon corner, their constant grunting shushed when a Honduran seaman "cut six-inch pieces of papaya wood and rammed the sticks well into the rectum of each swine," at which point "the only noise the pigs emitted was an occasional whistle when wind was passed through the papaya twigs. " You' ve got to believe that Horner embellished just a bit on the good padre' s diary. The third level of story links salvors of the ages with Horner' s own salvage operations, performed with significant success off the Honduran coast in 1997. To read the lists of 17th-century divers and their hauls, it' s a wonder there' s any treasure left in the Caribbean sands. * Today' s Librarian *
A graduate of the University of Virginia and Rutgers University, Dave Horner had become the youngest bank president in Virginia by the age of thirty. He founded one of the first pro dive shops in the mid-Atlantic region and pioneered sport diving for treasure. His interest in sport diving led him to research, locate, and successfully salvage a sunken treasure ship. He is a frequent speaker at Amelia Earhart Society events and a consultant for others seeking hidden treasure. Horner alternates living in Vero Beach, Florida, and the Maryland Eastern Shore with his wife.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781493059591
Published: 1 Jan 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Sheridan House
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 485g
Pages: 352

In stock - for items in stock we aim to dispatch the next business day. For delivery in NZ allow 2-5 business days, with rural taking a wee bit longer.

Locally sourced in NZ - stock comes from a NZ supplier with an approximate delivery of 7-15 business days.

International Imports - stock is imported into NZ, depending on air or sea shipping option from the international supplier stock can take 10-30 working days to arrive into NZ. 

Pre-order Titles - delivery will vary depending on where the title is published, if local stock is available in NZ then 5-7 business days, for international imports it can be 10-30 business days. In all cases we will access the quickest supply option.

Delivery Packaging - we ship all items in cardboard sleeves or by box with either packing paper or corn starch chips. (We avoid using plastics bubble bags)

Tracking - Orders are delivered by track and trace courier and are fully insured, tracking information will be sent by email once dispatched.

View our full Order & Delivery information

Details of the product above will be automatically included with your enquiry.