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The Sea Hunters : True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
by Cussler, Clive; Dirgo, Craig
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0684830272
- ISBN 13
- 9780684830278
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1996. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0684830272. 1st printing. Jacket has some light rubbing streaks. Top & bottom of spine lightly bumped. Otherwise as new. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Contains appendixes and index. ISBN 0684830172 In THE SEA HUNTERS Cussler explores the world of undersea adventure that inspired and has its fictional parallel in the Dirk Pitt novels. He describes his lifelong love for the sea and ships, and how his involvement with the search for John Paul Jones's famous ship, the BONHOMME RICHARD, led to his establishing the NATIONAL UNDERWATER AND MARINE AGENCY FOUNDATION, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and preservation of historic shipwrecks. From the more than sixty shipwrecks Numa has found Cu ssler has chosen his twelve favorites and collected them into this book..
Synopsis
The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks is a nonfiction work by adventure novelist Clive Cussler published in the United States in 1996. This work details the authors search for famous shipwrecks with his nonprofit organization NUMA. There is also a television series titled The Sea Hunters which is based on the book. It airs on the National Geographic Channel and History Television in Canada.
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- Title
- The Sea Hunters : True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
- Author
- Cussler, Clive; Dirgo, Craig
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684830272
- ISBN 13
- 9780684830278
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1996
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1996
- Keywords
- SHIPWRECKS UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE TRANSPORTATION SHIPS SHIPBUILDING GENERAL 0684830272 NAVAL EXPLORATION, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
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- Exploration, Travel & Adventure;
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