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BENEATH SOUTHERN SEAS
The Story of Skindivers' Exploration of Southern African
Seas.
Tim Condon.
Published by Findiver - South Africa's Skindiving magazine.
No date, but suspect early 1970s.
Hardcover, justjacket, 288 pages, colour and mono prints.
The author seems to have an identity crisis - either
get out there and kill whatever you can find (the larger the better), or
see what you can scavenge on a shipwreck. There is a lot of spearfishing
and sharks in this book, and the photograph of the attractive young lady
holding up a very dead Spotted Moray with a smile, (on the girl, not the
moray), is not particularly appreciated. But overall, it is a great record
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LAND OF A THOUSAND ATOLLS.
Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt. |
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THE BLUE HOLES OF THE BAHAMAS
Robert Palmer |
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THE SKIN DIVERS TRAVEL GUIDE
PAN AM's guide to Snorkelling and Scuba Diving in Bermuda,
the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean.
Gene Tinkler.
First published 1967, by Doubleday & Co, New York.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 338 pags, mono prints.
'By Pan Am jet clipper in just 6 hours.... ' No longer,
I'm afrid as Pan Am went down the tubes back in the seventies. Still, thgis
could be a rather interesting book for someone who has been to the islands,
and the Mediterranean.
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UNDER THE INDIAN OCEAN.
Al. J. Venter.
First published in 1973 by Nautical Publishing Company,
England.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 220 pages, mono and colour photographs.
Covers preedominantly the western Idnian Ocan (I don't
see the Maldives mentioned, nor Western Australia). Chapters include Shipwrecks
of the Seychells, Madagascar's West Coast islands, Mombasa's Santa Antonio
de Tanna, Agulha's Tanker Graveyard (fascinating), Mocambique reef,
East Africa's Marine Parks.
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UNDERWATER AFRICA
Editor. Al. J. Venter.
First published in 1971 by Purnell & Sons SA (Pty)
Ltd, CapeTown et al.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 164 pages, colour and mono prints.
Twenty chapers, by twenty authors, covers the exciting
wreck diving off the ASfrican coast. This is no a travel guide, but more
of a compendium of expereinces, some quite dangerous (The Savage Shark),
guesome (The Body Hunters), commercial (Day in the Life of an Undersea
Miner), and exotic (Top Secret Dive). A great read.
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