Examines the various species of the shark family, how they are useful to science, and what is being done to preserve them. Also traces man's fears and superstitions about sharks.

The Sharks

Robert F. Burgess

DOUBLEDAY

Why ride sharks? Bill Royal's first shark was wrestled in to feed his familly during the depression. Later, he risked his life capturing sharks alive for scientists doing human cancer research. Following a trail of shark fossil teeth in 230-foot-deep Florida springs Royal discovered an underwater prehistoric graveyard that enabled scientists to recover the first remains of Ice Age Man 12,000 years old. Here is high voltage adventure at its best!

The Man Who Rode Sharks

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

iUniverse

What was it like to have been aboard a doomed treasure ship destroyed by hurricane on the Florida coast. . . and then, 255 years later, to be the first to find the treasure?!? Or to walk the sunken streets of Port Royal and hear the bell toll in the tower? It all lives again as Robert Burgess puts you into these exciting true sea tales. Fully illustrated.

Sinkings, Salvages and Shipwrecks

History

Robert F. Burgess, who met Ernest Hemingway at his last Pamplona fiesta, describes that meeting and how close friends related to Hemingway there. Through recently published letters and memoirs we learn new facts about Hemingways early years in Paris and Pamplona with an intimate look at the real life characters of The Sun Also Rises. Then the author returns to Hemingways favorite haunts in Paris and Spain today in search of Papas literary legacy. Following descriptions in The Sun Also Rises, he buses and backpacks into the Spanish Pyrenees, where he uncovers evidence that the Nobel Prize winning Hemingway wrote more fact than fiction into his novels. These facts and those individuals who are carrying on his legacy reveal why Hemingway will always be with us.

Hemingway's Paris and Pamplona, Then, and Now: A Personal Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Man: 12,000 Years Under the Sea is the dramatic story of underwater archaeology. The work looks back at Greek divers' discovery of ancient statues in the sea, and covers the history of marine archaeology to the present, including the recovery of Ice Age Man's 12,000-year-old remains from the bottom of Florida springs. Burgess writes from his experience for an assured exciting read."In Man: 12,000 Years Under the Sea Robert Burgess gives us a peak at . . . the work done by sponge divers, treasure hunters and underwater archaeologists. The excitement and hazard of underwater exploration is so clearly described that I was tempted to get a diving suit to join them." The Sacramento Bee"[This book] is more than intriguing, it is a necessity."Mensa Bulletin

Man: 12,000 Years Under the Sea: A Story of Underwater Archaeology

How does a professional treasure hunter get started? How and where does he or she find treasure? Burgess reveals the tricks of the trade through a series of interviews with some of the world's most successful treasure hunters. Enhanced by illustration by Burgess himself, They Found Treasure provides a wealth of information for the curious reader lured by the idea of hunting for and discovering treasure.

They Found Treasure

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Man has co-existed with sharks for the last two thousand years but only recently have scientists discovered some for the secrets that make this marine animal so unique.Diver Robert F. Burgess describes many of his own experiences with sharks and then interviews some of the worlds leading scientific shark authorities to learn more unusual fact about this remarkable animal some believe may provide the cure for human cancer.

Secret World of The Sharks

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

On July 24, 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet sailed from Havana, carrying a cargo of 14 million pesos in gold, silver and jewels. In the Florida Straits, near present-day Cape Canaveral, the fleet ran into a hurricane, with the disastrous loss of ten ships and 700 lives. Little was salvaged at the time. For more than two centuries, sand and sea held their secrets well. Occasionally, however, tides and storms tossed blackened silver coins up on the beaches, tempting would-be treasure hunters. Among the most successful was the Real Eight Company, contracted by the state of Florida to recover the valuable treasure and historical artifacts under the supervision of state underwater archaeologist Carl J. Clausen. Spurred by the unique finds on the ocean floor and curious about the full story behind the tragic event that had scattered this fabulous treasure along Florida's east coast, he and Robert F. Burgess determined to record the history of the ill-fated fleet. In writing their book, the authors needed the answers to hundreds of questions. What was it like to cross the Atlantic in the eighteenth century? What precautions were taken against pirates? What caused the delays that led to sailing at a particularly treacherous time of the year? What really happened the night of the hurricane? How much treasure was lost? How many people survived? The authors discovered that pieces of the historical jigsaw puzzle lay scattered all over the world. They examined hundreds of documents recovered from dusty archives: official statements, depositions, royal court orders, private and public letters, and ships' manifests. After ten years of research, the authors finally had all the facts, which enabled them to reconstruct the story. Florida's Golden Galleons is that stunning story, meticulously detailed and excitingly told, of the sinking of the great fleet and of the successful modern-day efforts to bring its treasure once more to the light of day.

Florida's Golden Galleons: The Search for the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet

Carl J. Clausen

World

Florida Classics Library

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