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Neptune's Fortune
The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
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Julian Sancton's 'Neptune's Fortune' tells the story of Roger Dooley's decades-long search for the 1708 galleon San José and examines the legal, political, and ethical complexities surrounding shipwrecks.
The book combines historical reconstruction of the San José's sinking and the treasures it carried with contemporary reporting on the discovery and disputes over ownership.
Sancton profiles key figures, including Dooley, and situates the wreck within broader themes of colonial extraction and the continuing impacts of imperial histories.
He also explores the technical challenges of locating and investigating a wreck at great depth and the tensions between archaeology and commercial salvage.
The narrative highlights how cultural memory, national claims, and private interests collide over underwater heritage.
The book combines historical reconstruction of the San José's sinking and the treasures it carried with contemporary reporting on the discovery and disputes over ownership.
Sancton profiles key figures, including Dooley, and situates the wreck within broader themes of colonial extraction and the continuing impacts of imperial histories.
He also explores the technical challenges of locating and investigating a wreck at great depth and the tensions between archaeology and commercial salvage.
The narrative highlights how cultural memory, national claims, and private interests collide over underwater heritage.
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Adam Rutherford
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