Treasures of the Spanish Main

By Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Presents background information about the sinking of the Spanish galleon, Atocha, in 1622 and describes efforts to locate the wreck and successfully salvage its treasure more than 300 years later. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761407863
• ISBN13: 9780761407867
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

The search for sunken treasure - this is a treasure

With Odysesey Marine Exploration finding sunken treasure in 2007, it's great to read about another great find - Mel Fisher's find of the Atocha. Pirate of the Caribbean fans might like reading about finding sunken ships and their treasure, too. The book is well written and includes wonderful drawings.

A great story well told with fantastic illustrations

The story of Mel Fisher's 16-year search for the lost treasure ship Atocha is a compelling one, and this retelling of it is worthy of the tale. The Spanish ship Atocha, laden with tons of precious metals and jewels, sank in a storm off Florida in 1622. Salvage efforts were frustrated by more storms and a wreck too low in the water to get at without modern diving technology. Mel started looking for the wreck in 1969 and he found it at terrible personal cost. But it is a great story and has wonderful sidebars. I am a children's librarian and kids will love this.