Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

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iStock (frontispiece), Library of Congress (this page), courtesy of the National Library of Jamaica (this page)

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Paul Cox for permission to reprint the map of Port Royal (this page) by Oliver Cox, drawn subsequently as part of the report proposal “Upgrading and Renewing the Historic City of Port Royal, Jamaica,” June 1984. Reprinted by permission.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Kurson, Robert.

Pirate hunters: treasure, obsession, and the search for a legendary pirate ship / Robert Kurson.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-4000-6336-9

eBook ISBN 978-0-8129-9652-4

1. Golden Fleece (ship) 2. Shipwrecks—Dominican Republic.

3. Treasure troves. 4. Pirates—History. 5. Mattera, John (wreck diver)

6. Chatterton, John 7. Deep diving I. Title.

G530.G5986K87 2015 910.9163′65—dc23 2014020225

eBook ISBN 9780812996524

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Cover design: Daniel Rembert

Cover illustration (map): courtesy of John Mattera

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