JAMES P. Delgado is Program Director of Maritime Heritage of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and was once president and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University for five years. He has led and joined a number of shipwreck expeditions around the world, including the Titanic and the 'ghost ship' Mary Celeste.

Delgado is of the opinion that the exhibition on the Belitung treasures at the Smithsonian be