The World Around Us #30
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Frogmen," Captain Dickinson descends in a diving bell to recover treasure from a sunken ship, contrasting his method with modern scuba divers exploring Mayan wells and a Kefti shipwreck in the Mediterranean. Penciled and inked by Lou Morales, the story captures the era’s fascination with underwater exploration, while Jay Scott Pike’s cover vividly illustrates the mysterious depths.
A fascinating journey through the history of underwater exploration, from ancient Greek sponge divers and pearl divers to the daring feats of Spartan swimmers, the visionary experiments of David Bushnell and Robert Fulton, and the groundbreaking development of the first bathysphere—revealing how humanity’s quest to master the deep has spanned centuries.
Captain Thomas Dickinson, R.N., leads a daring salvage mission using a diving bell to recover treasure from a sunken ship, while modern divers explore ancient Mayan wells and a mysterious Kefti shipwreck in the Mediterranean—revealing how past seafarers like the Kefti mariners and Turkish sponge divers once navigated the seas with skill and daring.
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Reprinted in Wereld in beeld #19 (1961), Alt i bilder #19 (1961), World Illustrated #519 (1962), Unsere Welt Illustrierte #19, Världsserien #19
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