Thirty Florida Shipwrecks

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Sunken treasure, cannibalism, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangle—all are tied into the lore of shipwrecks along Florida’s coasts. There are as many shipwreck stories as there are millions of Florida shipwrecks. This book offers thirty of probably the most interesting of them—from the tale of young Fontaneda, who wrecked in 1545 and used to be held captive by Indians for 17 years, to the tale of the Coast Guard cutter Bibb, which used to be sunk off Key Largo in 1987 to supply an artificial reef and diving website online. In between There’s the Atocha, flagship of a Spanish treasure fleet, which sank in a hurricane in September 1622 and used to be found, together with its $one hundred million worth of gold and silver, by Mel Fisher in July of 1985.

Each shipwreck story has a map pinpointing its location and a full-color illustration by renowned artist William L. Trotter. There’s an extensive bibliography and a foreword by Florida state underwater archaeologist Roger Smith.


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