Frank Pope assisted on the archaeological excavations of HMS Agamemnon, Nelson's favorite flagship, which sank in 1809, and the San Salvador, a Spanish troopship wrecked in 1812.
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When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound-dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of the Deep' by the Discovery Channel-teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. The Stakes were high: The Hoi An wrec... SEE MORE