Sunken Treasure - Literature Experience Author:Gail Gibbons A rotting hull of a ship... lost gold... coins... gems... Sunken Treasure! — Today treasure hunting is a big business. Searchers use metal detectors and sonar to locate treasure on the ocean floor. Divers use high-powered machinery to uncover objects buried in the sand and to raise them to the surface. And more than just treasures are di... more »scovered. A whole window into the past is opened up. A salvage can take months or even years. But it's worth it!
This book describes the many-years-long search for the treasure that went down with the Atocha, a Spanish galleon sunk off Florida in a hurricane in 1622, and includes facts about four other famous shipwrecks.« less