About the Author
Dr. R. Duncan Mathewson III has been characterized as the most controversial archaeologist in America. By working with Mel Fisher - the world's foremost treasure hunter - Mathewson is demonstrating that preservation of our maritime heritage can best be accomplished through a delicate balance of education and profit incentive.
Mathewson graduated from Dartmouth College, Florida Atlantic University, The Union Institute, and the Universities of London and Edinburgh. He has worked as an archaeological consultant for the governments of Jamaica, Ghana and the United States, as well as for numerous marine research organizations. He is the Executive Director of the National Center for Shipwreck Research based in the Florida Keys.
Mathewson was born in Pittsburgh, raised in Pelham, New York, but now lives near Key West, close to the wreck of the Atocha.