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Marx: Pirate Port. The Story of the Sunken City of Port Royal

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Marx: Pirate Port. The Story of the Sunken City of Port Royal
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Marx, Robert F. PIRATE PORT. THE STORY OF THE SUNKEN CITY OF PORT ROYAL. The World Publishing Company. 1967. 12mo. (2), 190, (4) pages. Cleveland. first edition. original pictorial boards. frontispiece. illustrated. maps. Fine. This book is the story of the author's archaeological exploration of the city of Port Royal, Jamaica, which sank into the ocean in a 1692 earthquake. He tells how he and his divers explore the sunken city in scuba gear, bringing up clay pipes, ancient bottles, pewter tankards, pieces of eight, and other treasures that have been hiding beneath the ocean for nearly three hundred years. History becomes a living adventure as Marx and his team reconstruct the colorful past of the doomed city. Lot weight: 1 lbs 5oz. Subject(s): Underwater Archaeology.