A Young Person's Field Guide to Finding Lost Shipwrecks is an
autobiographical account of a nautical archeological expedition. Written
by the marine geologist in charge of the survey, it discusses and
explains the science behind a multibeam sonar and other technology used
for the expedition, as well as describing the day-to-day operations
aboard a 37-meter research vessel. The story begins alongside a dock in
Cadiz, Spain, where three archeologists, two college students on a
summer internship, three captains, one cook, one engineer, two scuba
divers, one able-bodied seaman and the author are aboard the Hercules
getting ready to set sail in search of the Santísima.Readers learn a lot
more than science in this true-life account of a scientific expedition.
They learn history, eat tapas, and even dance the flamenco, all while in
search of a 200-year-old shipwreck.