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BOOKS ON SHIPWRECKS/TREASURES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA |
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SHIPWRECKS AND SUNKEN TREASURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA by Tony Wells ISBN 981-204-543-0 160 Pages, soft bound, 145 X 225mm Published by Times Editions Pte Ltd Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore, 536196 Tel.:(65)284-8844 / Fax:(65)285-4871 Finally, there's a shipwreck book that is totally dedicated to Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure in Southeast Asia (which, also happens to be its title)! This book contains almost everything you ever wanted to know about shipwrecks and sunken treasures in Southeast Asia. But, don't take my word for it (I'm the author and people might say that I'm biased), you can see for yourself what other people have said about the book in their book reviews. |
Cannon Journal Compilation of Info on Bronze Asian and European Type Cannons (1500-1800's) by Tony Wells - Currently available in ebook only (PDF) - consist of 89 pages total with 36 photos, 11 detailed drawings, 12 cannon information charts and two maps of Southeast Asia. |
THE DIANA ADVENTURE by Dorian Ball ISBN 90-70295-07-5 175 Pages, hard bound, 145 X 287mm Published by Malaysian Historical Salvors Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in conjunction with Kemper Printers/Publishers Groningen, The Netherlands The fascinating story of Dorian's several year quest for the lost English merchant ship, DIANA. Which ran onto some sunken rocks which subsequently caused its sinking on March 4th, 1817 shortly after departing from the port of Malacca. The vessel happened to be laden with over eleven tons of fine Chinese Ching dynasty porcelain. The cargo was auctioned in March 1995 by Christie's in Amsterdam for US$3.3 million. |
OTHER BOOKS OF TREASURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA |
Asian Loot (Charles C. McDougald) THAPI Treasure Markings, Signs, Codes & Symbols (D. Albert Umali) The Gold of the Sun (Robert Curtis) The Marcos Dynasty (Sterling Seagrave) The Marcos Legacy Revisited: Raiders of the Lost Gold (Erick San Juan) The Yamamoto Dynasty (Sterling Seagrave) Tracing Marcos' Gold - The True Story of the Yamashita's Treasure (D. Ahl Umali) ***************************************************************************** NOTE: If anyone out there knows of anymore books about treasure and/or shipwrecks in Southeast Asia please send the info to TSEATC so we can list it here also. Thanks! |
Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold by Sterling & Peggy Seagrave Publisher: Verso Language: English ISBN: 1844675319 EAN: 9781844675319 No. of Pages: 365 Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, "Gold Warriors" exposes one of the great state secrets of the 20th century--a cache of Japanese gold found in the Philippines during World War II. In 1945, US intelligence officers in manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These would be combined with treasure recovered inside Japan during the US occupation, and with Nazi loot recovered in Europe, to create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. Overseen by General MacArthur, President Truman and John Foster Dulles, this "Black Gold" gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years. Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, "Gold Warriors" exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century. |
In Search of Gold by Tomas Cyran 253 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-1098; ISBN 1-4120-6197-0; US$24.00 This book describes the adventures of a true-life Australian Indiana Jones, and his adventures in the Philippines searching for and recovering the Japanese war loot commonly known as Yamashita's Treasure. |