LOST SHIPS: THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF THE OCEAN'S SUNKEN TREASURES

In this fully illustrated companion to The Learning Channel's eagerly awaited television series, the stories behind the most fascinating and historically significant shipwrecks of all time are brought to life by a world-class maritime archaeologist.More than 51 million households tune in to The Learning Channel every month, and in July of 1998, TLC will present one of its most intriguing programming events to "Lost Ships", a multipart series featuring world-renowned adventurer Mensun Bound.This lavishly illustrated book, published to accompany the television series, is the first in a series of books from The Discovery Channel -- parent company of The Learning Channel. Lost Ships tracks not only the details behind history's most mysterious shipwrecks, but the stories behind their rediscovery and excavation by Bound, a real-life maritime Indiana Jones. Using a combination of high-tech gadgetry and old-fashioned detective work, Bound locates and explores the wreckage of a number of sunken ships, including the one that carried the spoils of Sulla's sack out of Athens, one of Sir Francis Drake's vessels that went down in 1592, and the Graf Spee, one of Nazi Germany's most powerful warships, which was scuttled after one of this century's most thrilling naval chases.With publicity efforts coordinated with The Discovery Channel, this thoroughly engaging book will feature both a luxurious package and high-profile television promotion -- and is sure to find an eager audience among series viewers and history buffs alike.