Dragon Sea: A Historical Mystery, Buried Treasure, an Adventure Beneath the Waves


"An engrossing tale of danger, adventure and ambition.... It was to be the deepest marine excavation ever attempted. 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. In her hold, a unique and potentially priceless horde. To bring it to the surface required a grizzled, battle-scarred collection of treasure hunters, rig divers and ex-special forces, saturation diving, a crew of 160, and a fleet of boats. The costs would be unprecedented, but the potential rewards were equally high: Mensun Bound - an Oxford archaeologist dubbed the Indiana Jones of the Deep - would discover the answers to an age-old historical mystery. Hired as the project's archaeological manager, Frank Pope recreates the unfolding drama of this audacious expedition in this riveting real-life thriller.

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"An engrossing tale of danger, adventure and ambition.... It was to be the deepest marine excavation ever attempted. 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. In her hold, a unique and potentially priceless horde. To bring it to the surface required a grizzled, battle-scarred collection of treasure hunters, rig divers and ex-special forces, saturation diving, a crew of 160, and a fleet of boats. The costs would be unprecedented, but the potential rewards were equally high: Mensun Bound - an Oxford archaeologist dubbed the Indiana Jones of the Deep - would discover the answers to an age-old historical mystery. Hired as the project's archaeological manager, Frank Pope recreates the unfolding drama of this audacious expedition in this riveting real-life thriller.
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