Dead Men's Silver: The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter

Dead Men's Silver

The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter

2011 • 416 pages

Interesting information about Dutch imperialism - which I realized I'd never heard or read much about before college or during, since there was a lot more attention to Spanish/British/Portuguese imperialism. 

The actual descriptions of the wrecks and diving were not as interesting as the history of why the ships were there in the first place, and how the various survivors may have made it. It seemed like the author assumed the reader would have already read his other books, which I haven't and I'm not tempted to read them now. The diving and wreck exploration side of this book probably suffered because the discoveries were made 50+ years ago. 

May 12, 2024