Fantastic ! is the word ! The only word to describe this find !
For the better part of 25 or more years several European historians and I have been searching for the exact grave site of Guy Gilpatric and his wife Maude. Since he was from NYC we have concentrated in NYC and the state of NY with out success.
It has been possibly five maybe as long as ten years since I last searched all to no avail.
Last week I decided to give SCUBA Board a try -- the results were Fantastic !
A big Thank You to
@Lobo 73 all the way from Missouri,
@MaxBottomtime from down south in LA and
@tridacna way back east who lives only 5 minutes away from this holy site.
It was Guy Gilpatric though his featured articles an American magazine and the subsequent 1938 book
"The Compleat Goggler" who, in the 1930s introduced the public to the under water world along with a young blonde headed Viennese the late (Dr) Hans Hass (who is mentioned in the "Goggler") and about ten years later to a Frenchman named Cousteau. It was the pioneering work of Mr.Gilpatric who lead the way for all to follow
The book,
The Compleat Goggler was all but lost when the late Chuck Blakeslee, who just happened to be the founder and editor of
Skin Diver Magazine (SDM) discovered the
Complete Goggler, contracted with the original printer and had it reproduced and marketed it via SDM in 1956.
Very few copies were purchased and now it along with its original issue in 1938 are considered a prized collectors book
Once again a big thank you to
@Lobo 73,
@MaxBottomtime @tridacna for your assistance
Sam Miller, III
