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Captain Dominic A. Addario . . .     
Principle Investigator of The Jupiter Shipwreck Project

Captain Dominic A. Addario was born in a small town just north of Boston, Massachusetts.  A child of the 50's & 60's, he was weaned on "Adventure Theater" on Saturday morning TV.  Errol Flynn and the likes of his Capt. Blood type characters left an indelible mark upon him.  One of those few good friends one can have in a life time described him once as, "An eternal optimist and classic over-enthusiast".

While recuperating as a disabled veteran from the Vietnam Era, Dominic was educated as a teacher of history and economics at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.  He was elected to Kappa Delta Pi, an Honor Society for Educators. Then he went to work on his masters degree in Economics in Public Administration. When finished with his crutches and cane, like the character Forest Gump, he went to sea aboard a yacht, as a cook/mate.  Thirteen vessels and three years later he sat for his first, US Coast Guard Ocean Operators License.

In July of 1987 the Federal Government of the United States awarded him, "Letters of Mark", in the form of  an "Admiralty Claim" on a hither to unknown 17th Century Historic Shipwreck site. He formed a company, now known as JWI, and was eventually awarded 100% ownership to the shipwreck site, "against any and all parties in the world", by the Federal Courts of the United States.   
This award is based upon the, "Merits of our Efforts" and the "Risks" we as private citizens were willing to take to bring this, yet untold story to you.

As a sea captain, his travels in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Central and South Seas of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, had him tracing in the foot steps of many early explorers of the New World.

Dominic now holds a Master of Inspected Vessels rating from the U.S. Coast Guard and is a licensed Merchant Marine officer. In 1990 the Rolex Corporation in Geneva, Switzerland selected his project, The Jupiter Historic Shipwreck Expedition ™ for inclusion in its publication, "The Spirit of Enterprise". In 1991 Dominic was recently inducted into, 
The Explorers Club of New York and organization founded in 1905 to promote exploration and "to break down the barriers of the unknown".

To date, Dominic is a guest speaker at community events, corporate functions and cruise ship special events. 

Interested in having a Special Event Speaker 
come to your next event?

He has sailed as both Master and Mate - 
professionally from France to California. 
(Addicted to Undersea Exploration.)

Photograph was taken at the Banco 
Wiese- Private Peruvian Coin Collection 
in Lima, Peru. 

Historic and Numismatic Research 
of the mid-17th Century 
Spanish Colonial Period.

photo credit - Jim Mandeville