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by Robert F. Westrick David S. Crooks Gail Sawanson		by David S. Crooks
This exhaustive bibliography of Atocha, Santa Margarita and 1622 Fleet publications includes books, magazine & newspaper articles, Plus Ultra newsletter articles, auction catalogs, unpublished reports & manuscripts, original archival material, as well as documentaries and museums. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES Pages: 207 Size: 5.5" x 8.5"		The author worked for Mel Fisher in the mid-1970s and served as Treasure Salvor’s Vice-President in 1974-1975. The company ultimately recovered $400 million from the Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, near Key West. Mr. Crooks started collecting sunken treasure and underwater archaeology books (and related auction catalogs) while working on the Atocha salvage … and has continued to build his collection over the last 40 years to 2000 volumes. This pamphlet shares some of his personal experiences working will Mel Fisher: The World’s Greatest Treasure Hunter.” Pages: 24 Size: 5.5" x 8.5"

by Robert F. Westrick		by Robert F. Westrick		by Robert F. Westrick
This book provides a history of Treasure Coast and what was being found along the shores before Kip Wagner and Mel Fisher became famous. The book also includes the manuscript Gold on the Florida Coast: Let’s Get the Record Straight by Captain Steadman Parker. The rare manuscript is reproduced in its entirety and tells how Parker first got Wagner interested in the coins that had been washing ashore along the coast. Parker’s version of events is a truly unique perspective. The book also chronicles the early archaeological work conducted by Charles Dana Higgs and Hale Smith. The 1909 expedition to the Wedge Wreck, Joe Conway’s 1939 cannon recovery, “Operation Vero Beach” an expedition led by Art McKee in 1955, the amazing work performed in the area by Don Neiman along with many other never before published tales. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES Pages: 207 Size: 8.5" x 11" B&W Photos with 14 page Color Insert		This book provides an overview of Historical Research & Development Inc.’s (HRD) search and salvage operations in the E-110 exploration area off Vero Beach, Florida, between 1988 and 2007. The author worked with Mo Molinar as HRD’s project archaeologist. The book also discusses the possibility of two 1715 Fleet ships that have not been located being in this exploration area (“La Holandesa” and “San Miguel de Excelsis”) and that these two ships were likely candidates to contain the Queen of Spain’s (Isabel Farnese) missing jewels which were documented as being aboard the 1715 Fleet. Finally, the book analyzes five possibilities as to why the Queen of Spain's jewels have never been located. Special 300th Anniversary update. Expanded photograph section including treasure and artifacts recovered during the 2014 salvage season. LIMITED TO 100 COPIES Pages: 144 Size: 8.5" x 11" Full Color Book		This exhaustive bibliography of 1715 Fleet publications includes books, magazine & newspaper articles, Plus Ultra newsletter articles, auction catalogs, unpublished reports & manuscripts, original archival material, as well as documentaries and museums. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES Pages: 184 Size: 8.5" x 5.5"