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Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed off the Coast of Vietnam
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Frank Pope pulls back the curtain on the intensely competitive underworld of shipwrecks in this thrilling story of treasure hunting gone wrong. When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound—dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel—teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. 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. Raising its contents required saturation diving, a crew of 160, and a fleet of boats. But the potential rewards were equally high: Bound would revolutionize thinking about Vietnamese ceramics, and his partner would make a fortune auctioning off the pieces. Or so they thought. In Dragon Sea, Pope delivers an engrossing tale of danger, adventure, and ambition—a fascinating lesson in what happens when scholarship and money join forces to recover lost treasure.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.9164
EAN: 9780156033299
ISBN: 0156033291
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2007-12-03
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Dragon Sea -
I first heard this book on a CD from the library. It's full of SCUBA diving details in treacherous seas and covers an extended time span of raising pottery and antiquity treasures from sunken ships over several hundred years. Loved it because it's a TRUE adventure.
Fiction is good, but details of a true story are complex and amazing. Read or Buy for divers, sea story addicts, collectors of rare antiques and adventure junkies. I've given this book to 6 people and never heard a ho-hum.
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Dragon Sea a brilliant read - 
Reading a great adventure that is also a true story really adds another dimension to my enjoyment of a book - Dragon Sea by Frank Pope really drew me in like few books have, where I felt I was living Frank's adventure on the South China Sea with him. Brilliant accessable writing allows the escape but it also has fascinating history seamlessly slipped into the tale. I had a similar experience with Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, another book I couldn't put down once I started reading it. After reading Shantaram, the thought of living a life in organised crime in India was strangely appealing. Similarly, after reading Dragon Sea, the temptation to throw myself into the madness of deep sea wreck recovery and archaeology is bouncing around my head.
You don't need to have an interest in ancient porcelin to enjoy this book - an interest in adventure, suspense and intrigue is enough. Enjoy!
Dragon Sea - a Riveting Read -
I loved this book! Frank Pope opens a window to the complex aquatic battleground of treasure hunters and marine arachaeologist, where ambition, gold fever and extreme pressures test men to the limit - physically, mentally and ethically. An excellent true life adventure, bravely told.
Dragon Sea -
It is a rare writer that can document without dryness, dramatize without histrionics. Frank Pope has managed to span the gap. Dragon Sea provides both an intellectual discussion of marine archeology and artifact without getting bogged down in academic quicksand. He also provides enough on-scene sweat and nerves to keep the reader wondering what's around the next corner from beginning to end. It is a thoroughly enjoyable book and a wealth of information for diving and archeological punters like myself. I had always wondered about the DB29 disaster. Mr. Pope opened a window on it for me without veering off topic.
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A book like this should have been written earlier! -
I thank Frank Pope for writing such a powerful book on the tragic fate of the Hoi An Hoard. Judging from the dearth of book on this important archaeological discovery and the fascinating aspects of Vietnamese ceramics, the book is indeed very timely and does some justice those treasures.
I picked up this book by accident and was riveted for the whole afternoon, until the very last sentence. Pope had a unique perspective on the whole project, and the book has a great balance between more action-based narrative and probing thoughts on the dilemma of money vs. knowledge, as the reader is drawn into the tumultuous months in the sea during the excavations.
I just hope that everyone reading this will appreciate such discovery, and also the importance of preserving the treasures of humankind varied past.
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