Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Historic Shipwrecks of the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Nearly 400 shipwrecks described in this book, part of them loaded with unimaginable treasures, many with the exact location, history, photos, maps and drawings, covering not only Spanish shipwrecks of the era, the thinking that creates a major part of the content the book, but also English, French, Netherlands, Portuguese colonial and apart from that lost pirate ships also historically documented.


Dozens of maps with the locations of shipwrecks, over 50 photos and many drawings are the views of the reader and the details of all these, and sometimes long forgotten shipwrecks still lying in the bottom of clear waters around the island of Hispaniola, which was for decades the most important basis of the conquest of the New World.

    * The location and source
    * Hundreds of shipwrecks listing
    * Hundert seventy-nine pages
    * Dozens of photos, maps and drawings
    * Signed by the author personally
    * Perfect gift for historians, divers or tourists

About the author of the book: Dr. Lubos Kordac

Historic shipwreck researcher for 10 years living in the Dominican Republic and ONPCS works closely with the ministry of culture dr Atarazanas Museum, author of the hidden treasures and lost the book in the Dominican Republic and the new "historic shipwrecks the Caribbean, PADI divemaster with over 1,200 dives.

Apart from working with government institutions and museums Dominicans, Lubos is a consulting partner with companies of U.S. rescue workers in the Dominican Republic. Educated, he conducts a degree in economics with a major in foreign trade and tourism. He is fluent in Czech, Slovak, Spanish, English and German.