Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
2026·384 pages
True story of one man's obsessive decades-long quest to locate a sunken 18th-century Spanish galleon carrying over a billion dollars in treasure off Colombia.
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True story of one man's obsessive decades-long quest to locate a sunken 18th-century Spanish galleon carrying over a billion dollars in treasure off Colombia.
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The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth Roger Dooley wasn’t looking for the San José. But an accidental discovery in the dusty stacks of a Spanish archive led him to the story of a lifetime, the tale of a great eighteenth-century treasure ship loaded with riches from the New World and des...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Descriptions of 18th-century naval battles and ship sinkings
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation depicted
Religious content
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Brief references to Spanish Empire era religious context
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft depicted
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content depicted
Political content
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Colonial extraction, treasure ownership disputes, tensions among governments, salvors, archaeologists, and Indigenous groups
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Colonial-era suffering, slavery references, and systemic exploitation themes
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