Ebook: Pirate hunters: the search for the lost treasure ship of a great buccaneer
Author: Chatterton John, Kurson Robert, Mattera John
- Tags: Pirates, Pirates--Caribbean Area--History, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Caribbean Area--History, Treasure troves, Treasure troves--Caribbean Area, History, Chatterton John, Mattera John -- (Wreck diver), Golden Fleece (Ship), Shipwrecks -- Caribbean Area -- History, Treasure troves -- Caribbean Area, Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- History, Caribbean Area
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
- City: Caribbean Area
- Language: English
- epub
The gripping true story of bitter rivalries on the high seas, a brilliant 17th-Century pirate captain, and the two adventurous men determined to find his treasure.
Captained by English nobleman-turned-pirate Joseph Bannister, the Golden Fleece was a pirate ship sunk by the Royal Navy in 1686 taking with it many fortunes' worth of gold. When present-day adventurers John Chatterton and John Mattera hear of it, they know they have to risk everything to get their hands on it.
Bestselling author Robert Kurson not only recreates the break-neck excitement of their search for the lost ship, but also vividly re-imagines life on the high seas in the Golden Age of piracy in this thrilling true-life adventure.The gripping true story of bitter rivalries on the high seas, a brilliant 17th-Century pirate captain, and the two adventurous men determined to find his treasure.