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King Solomon's mines

2005
An illustrated retelling of H.Rider Haggard's classic story of adventure, ancient superstitions, and danger as three men set out to locate King Solomon's legendary diamond mines.

Pandora's curse

2001
Geologist Philip Mercer and Dr. Anika Klein work against time to stop a German corporate mercenary from getting his hands on a wartime solid gold treasure chest that holds a lethal artifact possessing the power to destroy the Earth.

Riptide

1998
High-tech treasure hunter, Captain Neidelman, believes he has found a way to recover the pirate's treasure that is reputed to be buried on Ragged Island, but he is not fully prepared for the tide of evil his efforts will release.

Flood tide

a novel
1997
Dirk Pitt faces the most formidable foe of his career when he encounters billionaire shipping magnate Qin Shang who is obsessed with salvaging the Princess Dou Wan, a ship reportedly loaded with Chinese art treasures--including the bones of Peking Man.

Secret American treasures

from hidden vaults to sunken riches
2010
Describes a variety of secret and mysterious treasures in the United States, such as sunken steamship gold, lost Army payroll, and the treasure at Neahkahnie Mountain.

Indiana Jones and the pyramid of the sorcerer

2009
When U.S. Army Colonel Musgrove shows up at the jail in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador, where Indiana is being held, he offers Indy a conditional release, requesting that he track down the fabled Hall of Records, but the adventurer soon discovers that he is not the only one on the trail.

Treasures of the Spanish Main

2000
Presents background information about the sinking of the Spanish galleon, Atocha, in 1622 and describes efforts to locate the wreck and successfully salvage its treasure more than 300 years later.

The "Atocha" treasure

1988
Describes the search for and the discovery of two Spanish treasure ships lost off the Florida Keys in a hurricane more than 300 years ago.

Lost treasure of the Inca

2001
Chronicle of an expedition into the Llanganati Mountains of Ecuador in search of 750 tons of worked gold, which the Incas hid from the Spanish conquistadors after Pizarro executed the Sun King, Atahualpa.

Treasure Island

2010
Graphic novel adaptation of Jim Hawkins exploits in search of buried treasure.

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