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The Hidden Galleon proves that sometimes when you search for treasure you may find it, but it does not always come in the form of gold and riches: sometimes the treasure is the finding of one's true self and character, surviving the trials and tribulations, and the personal satisfaction that your research, gut instincts, perseverance, and conclusions were right all along and that your efforts solved a great maritime and historical mystery. —Wreck Diver Magazine

Anyone who's interested in searching for sunken treasure or investing in it should read The Hidden Galleon. The author faced every state and federal law for shipwreck claims in his battle to expose fraud and verify the location of La Galga, a 1750 Spanish warship. The author, who started out as a treasure seeker, became a meticulous, reputable maritime historian as he portrays the history of the ship and its connection to the popular legend of the wild ponies of Assateague Island coming from a lost Spanish galleon.

                                                  — Ellsworth Boyd, Columnist, "Wreck Facts," Sport Diver Magazine

Misty of Chincoteague, the beloved children’s classic, tells the story of wild ponies who survived a legendary shipwreck.  Now, The Hidden Galleon confirms the existence of this ship and its final resting place.  The author has painstakingly researched and accurately documented the history of La Galga, as well as her captain and crew.  The Hidden Galleon is destined to become an adult classic for the millions of us who always believed in Grandpa Beebe and the mysterious Spanish shipwreck.

                                                    — Ann Buskirk, English Department, Frostburg State University

John Amrhein supplies the reader with compelling evidence that La Galga could very well be the mystery ship that brought the ponies--and hundreds of years worth of intrigue--to Assateague. The people of this region hold their collective breath until his theories about Misty and her ancestors are sifted out of the sand and confirmed.

                                                     —Kessler Burnett, Editor, Chesapeake Life magazine

The Hidden Galleon documents nearly three decades of searching for the real history behind a sunken Spanish warship, a breed of wild horses that roam and island and a legal drama that almost prevented it from being told.   —Soundings Magazine