Seven miles down
by Jacques Piccard · first published 1961
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…of magnitude deeper than any human had previously (and coming back alive) is wild. It's an excellent book that I found at a used book sale and it kinda sent me into a deep sea exploration rabbit hole. "Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste" by Jacques Piccard descending down to the bottom of the Challenger Deep is also a good one.
on “Bathysphere: Historical Photos of the World’s First Deep-Sea Exploration Vessel” ↗Do you by any chance mean “Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste” by Jacques Piccard? I can only find the title you mentioned by Auguste Piccard, a different explorer.
on “The Deep Sea” ↗