20,000 Divers Under the Sea, by Torrance R Parker

20,000 Divers Under the Sea, A history of the Mediterranean and Western Atlantic sponge trades with an account of early deep diving.
Torrance R Parker
SIGNED COPY
LIMITED EDITION (268 of a limited edition of 1075 copies)

Classic collectable book about the sponge diving trade which spread from the Aegean to the North African coast and the Gulf of Mexico.Tarpon Springs became the sponge diving capital of the world with tens of thousands of people taking part in the multi-million dollar industry (the author being one of them).

Hardback with dust jacket in as new condition.

The half title page is dedicated and inscribed: ‘To my good friend and fellow diver John Bevan. With all best wishes, Torrance Parker. 9.5 2013’

247 pages
B&W and colour illustrations and photographs
220 mm x 287 mm (8.6 in x 11.25 in)
2013, sub-Sea Archives, Palos Verdes.