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Many years later, Sean has tracked down wonders across the world’s seas. Off Israel he discovered fifteen-hundred-year-old wine jars in just two metres of water and 4,700 metres off Ireland helped save 700 letters miraculously preserved with a cargo of World War II silver.

Today, Sean runs Wreckwatch Int. whose mission is to protect and share the sunken past with everyone. From publishing 16 non-fiction books to filming for Samuel L. Jackson’s TV series Enslaved, Sean’s all about the next big discovery.

When he’s not editing Wreckwatch magazine about sunken treasures or writing for Smithsonian Magazine, Sean’s part of teams exploring the first-rate warship the Victory in the English Channel – predecessor to Nelson’s Victory – and the Spanish galleon the Maravillas, lost off the Bahamas in 1656 with five million pieces of eight. Next up, Sean’s planning the first ever dives in search of pirate ships off New Providence in the Bahamas, the legendary home of Blackbeard and gang.

With a doctorate from the University of Oxford, Sean has been called the David Attenborough of shipwrecks. Home is on the outskirts of Windsor Great Park where he grew up running through the forest looking for Robin Hood’s arrow. Now it’s time for Sean to pass on his stories to the next generation.