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This film was excellent, I watched it twice this year. 

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

(from amazon.com)

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time. If Chatterton and Mattera succeed, they will make history—it will be just the second time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified. Soon, however, they realize that cutting-edge technology and a willingness to lose everything aren’t enough to track down Bannister’s ship. They must travel the globe in search of historic documents and accounts of the great pirate’s exploits, face down dangerous rivals, battle the tides of nations and governments and experts. But it’s only when they learn to think and act like pirates—like Bannister—that they become able to go where no pirate hunters have gone before.

Fast-paced and filled with suspense, fascinating characters, history, and adventure, Pirate Hunters is an unputdownable story that goes deep to discover truths and souls long believed lost.

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Hunters-Treasure-Obsession-Legendary/dp/0812973690/ref=asc_df_0812973690?mcid=07aca749864931dd830e0471ea52f77f&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693407082171&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6419832508193396351&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029894&hvtargid=pla-552524152476&psc=1

About the author

Robert Kurson is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Kurson began his career as an attorney, graduating from Harvard Law School, and practicing real estate law. Kurson’s professional writing career began at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he started as a sports agate clerk and soon gained a full-time features writing job. In 2000, Esquire published “My Favorite Teacher,” his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago magazine, then to Esquire, where he won a National Magazine Award and was a contributing editor for years. His stories have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Chicago.

Mel Fisher Maritime Museum

The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is a 501 (c) (3) accredited, not-for-profit organization existing to research, interpret, and exhibit the maritime history of Florida and the Caribbean in ways that increase knowledge, enrich the spirit, and stimulate inquiry.

Key West Naval Storehouse – 200 Greene Street, Key West

For years the United States Navy has been inextricably linked to Key West. Because of Key West’s strategic location in the Caribbean waters and its natural deep water harbor, Key West became an optimal site for coastal defense through the Word War I era. Currently it remains a port-of-call, a valuable strategic port for the fleet and a major air training area.

The preliminary plans for the construction of the Naval Storehouse began in 1902. However, construction on the building did not start until 1908 and was not completed until 1910 at a cost of $54,791.

Before becoming the home of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, this building played a vital role in the naval presence in Key West, Florida. The U.S. Navy originally constructed the building in the early 1900s as a “Storehouse for Supplies and Accounts.”

After the end of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s there were widespread military cutbacks resulting in the navy pulling out of Key West. The historic heart of the naval station, including the storehouse, came under the management of the federal government’s General Services Administration (GSA). In order to house his rapidly expanding commercial salvage business, Mel Fisher leased the storehouse from the GSA during the early 1980s.

In 1985, the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum attempted to purchase the storehouse, however the GSA refused to subdivide the property. Finally in 1986, after years of debate, the GSA sold the entire Truman Annex property to a developer for $17.25 million. Soon after Mel entered into negotiations with the new owner, resulting in the purchase by the Fisher salvage company of the storehouse on June 19, 1987.

Following Mel’s death in 1998, the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum began negotiations to purchase the building as a permanent home. The purchase by the museum was completed in December, 2000.

After the Naval Storehouse was completed it was the most technologically advanced structure in the city. The steel structure of the building made it suitable to the museum’s operations including our conservation laboratory. In addition to providing sound footing that allows us to display 4,000+ pound canon and other heavy objects, the strong steel structure supports the housing of enormous water tanks in required to store artifacts brought up from the ocean floor during treatment. The building strength permits us to perform the conservation and restoration process of artifacts in house by our own conservator and volunteers.

https://www.melfisher.org/

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