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Bohol: Pamping's Treasures

Monday, 08 June 2009 09:53

2558715647_ab552e4314 I heard quite a lot of different opinions on dive guides. Some people don’t want them around, seeing them as policemen watching them. Others don’t care about them or worse ignore them. Others again want them around to show them the way back to the boat. Sometimes people are surprised when I tell them that the guide makes the dive. Of course it depends on the person. How can you define a dive guide?

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The Parable of a lost Princes

Friday, 29 May 2009 22:51

The Story of the search, discovery and the archaeological recovery of the British East Indiaman vessel "Princess Louisa" by a team of research divers in the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa.

After six weeks of ‘hands-on' archaeological training based around the Cape Verde' capital island of Santiago it was time for us to set sail onboard the Projects 46m ex-Dutch Navy Patrol Boat ‘MV Polar' for the smaller island of Maio, 25km to the Northeast. Our quest: Search for and locate a wooden ship that sank over 260 years previously under the questionable expertise of its Captain Mr John Pinson, carrying amongst other things silver coins and ivory. Although East India Company memorandum expressed an interest for salvaging the valuable cargo, no record could be found of any recovery actually taking place. Providing great interest for ‘Wreck Hunters' and Salvers today.

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Bohol: Pamping's Treasures

The Parable of a lost Princes

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