Here is a list (book by book) of some of the references Clive Cussler makes to his other books, starting with...

The Mediterranean Caper

Reference to Pacific Vortex!:

It seemed strange, but Gunn couldn't stop his mind from drifting back many months ago to the bridge of another ship, a tramp steamer called the Dana Gail. He remembered as though it was only an hour ago seeing the same expression on Pitt's face just before the old rusty hulk cast off to find and destroy a mysterious seamount in the Pacific, north of Hawaii. The Mediterranean Caper (8)

Reference to Pacific Vortex!:

Pitt- "I saw the same equipment on an old ship in the Pacific just last year." The Mediterranean Caper (14)

Reference to Pacific Vortex!:

Gunn remembered that he had trusted Pitt's judgement on that Delphi Ea affair in Hawaii last year, and he hadn't been let down. The Mediterranean Caper (15)

Iceberg

Reference to The Mediterranean Caper:

"Pitt?" Koski echoed flatly. H glanced at Dover and lifted an eyebrow. Dover only shrugged and looked uncomfortable. "By any chance the same Pitt who broke up that underwater smuggling business in Greece last Year?" Iceberg (1)

Raise the Titanic!

Reference to Iceberg:

"Where did you ever find such a gorgeous old machine?" Seagram asked.

"I ran across it at Keflavik, Iceland," Pitt replied. "Managed to buy it at a fair price and have it shipped back to the States." Raise the Titanic! (25)

Vixen 03

Reference to Raise the Titanic!:

"His name is Pitt, Dirk Pitt. He's special-projects director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency. You know-he's the guy who headed up the Titanic's salvage operation." Vixen 03 (1)

Reference to Raise the Titanic!:

"Dirk Pitt"

"The fellow who raised the Titanic a few months back?" Vixen 03 (47)

Reference to Raise the Titanic!:

A 1912 Renault open-drive landaulette."

"Seems a bit worse for the wear, "said Jarvis, wiping a finger through a layer of rust.

Pitt smiled patiently. "She doesn't really look all that bad when you consider she's been immersed in the sea for seventy years."

Jarvis understood immediately. "From the Titanic?"

"Yes, I was allowed to keep her after the salvage project. Sort of a prize for services rendered., so to speak." Vixen 03 (50)

Night Probe! Night Probe!

Reference to Raise the Titanic!:

"Mr. Pitt, I'm Ray Weeks. This is indeed an honor. I was absorbed by your work on the Titanic raising. You might even say I'm a fan of yours." Night Probe! (53)

Deep Six

Reference to Iceberg:

"The Catawba," he repeated as if reminiscing.

"Yes, you know of her?"

"Set a copter on her flight pad myself a few years ago."

"Where was that?"

"North Atlantic, near Iceland." He was gazing beyond the island now. He sighed and massaged his temples. "A good friend and I were hunting for a ship imbedded in an iceberg."

"Did you find it?"

He nodded. "A burned-out hulk. Barely beat the Russians to it. Later we crashed in the surf on the Icelandic coast. My friend was killed" Deep Six (5)

Reference to Night Probe!:

The President's eyes widened. "I know Mr. Pitt. He proved most helpful on the Canadian affair a few months ago." Deep Six (4)

Cyclops

Reference to Raise the Titanic!:

Pitt had dived on many shipwrecks and he was the first man to view the Titanic, but staring at the lost ghost ship of legend left him numb with an almost superstitious awe. Cyclops (21)

Reference to Deep Six:

"I realize that, but you've pulled skeletons out of the closet before."

Yaeger nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, the Bougainville shipping family a few months ago. A neat little caper, if I do say so." Cyclops (9)

Reference to Night Probe!:

"I see from the dossier General Velikov gave me that you directed a salvage project on the Empress of Ireland shipwreck in the Saint Lawrence River." Cyclops (30)

Reference to Night Probe!:

"You say you two met before?"

"Yes, during the Empress of Ireland project is search of the North American Treaty. I think you may recall it." Cyclops (42)

Treasure

Reference to Cyclops:

Pitt stared at the blurred image too. "Remember the Cyclops? She was lost without a trace too."

"How can we forget her?" Giordino groaned. "We still carry the scars."
Treasure (42)

Dragon

Reference to Raise the Titanic:

"Mr. Pitt. Mr. Dirk Pitt?" he inquired in West Coast American.

"Yes."

"I was informed you were coming. Josh Nogami. This is a real honor. I've been a fan of yours since you raised the Titanic. As a matter of fact, I took up scuba diving because of you." Dragon (48)

Reference to Deep Six:

"You overlooked the capabilities of Pitt and Giordino," Sandecker replied with a sharp edge to his voice. "It wouldn't be the first time they bailed out a fancy intelligence agency carnival."

Kern looked at him strangely, then turned to Jordan for help, but it was the President who answered.

"I think what Admiral Sandecker is referring to are the several occasions Mr. Pitt has saved the government's ass. One in particular hits close to home." The President paused for effect. "You see, it was Pitt who saved my life along with that of Congresswoman Smith four years ago in the gulf."

"I remember." Jordan turned from the five. "He used an old Mississippi River paddle steamer to do it." Dragon (45)

Sahara

Reference to Treasure:

Hala stared off into space as she spoke. "About five years ago, the three men you sent up the Niger saved my life from terrorist assassins, not once but twice. The first time was on a mountain in Breckenridge, Colorado; the other was at an abandoned mine near a glacier on the Straits of Magellan. Admiral Sandecker is playing on my conscience to repay the favor." Sahara (15)

Inca Gold

Reference to Sahara:

"If anyone can track down a sea mystery, you can."

"I have an utter lack of willpower when it comes to delving into one of your enigmas, especially after we found old Abe Lincoln on a Confederate ironclad in the middle of the Sahara Desert together." Inca Gold (12)

Reference to Sahara:

It reminded him of his trek across the Sahara Desert of Northern Mali with Giordino two years before. They had come within minutes of dying under the fiery hell of scorching temperatures with no water. Only by finding a mysterious plane wreck did they manage to construct a land yacht and sail across the sands to eventual rescue. Inca Gold (49)

Shock Wave

Reference to Vixen 03:

"You know any other way to get on board?"

"Only one. But it's not approve by the Ladies Home Journal."

"The battleship drop in the Vixen affair," said Pitt, recalling. Shock Wave (7)

Reference to Night Probe:

Edward Posey - " A pleasure see you again, Dirk. How long has it been?"

"Eleven years ago, during the spring of 1989."

"Yes, the Doodlebug Project. We met at the conference when you gave a report on your discovery of the oil field near Baffin Island." Shock Wave (17)

Flood Tide

Reference to Treasure:

"How is Dirk?" inquired Stewart. "I haven't seen him since we worked together on the Lady Flamborough cruise-ship search down off Tierre del Fuego a few years ago." Flood Tide (23)

Reference to Inca Gold:

"I bought a bottle in the Sonoran Desert during the Inca gold project for a dollar sixty-seven," said Pitt. Flood Tide (32)

Reference to Inca Gold:

Sandecker studied the smoke that curled from his cigar. "You make it sound more valuable than the Inca treasure Dirk found in the Sonoran Desert." Flood Tide (48)

Reference to Shock Wave:

He was dead tired, his body, never fully recovered from the injuries he received on an island off the coast of Australia only a few weeks before, shrieking for a rest. Flood Tide (45)

Atlantis Found

Reference to Treasure:

"Al Giordino and I were in a Chilean fjord several years ago during a search for a liner hijacked by terrorists. The hijackers had hidden the ship near a glacier." Atlantis Found (28)

Reference to Inca Gold:

It took a few moments for Pitt to absorb her words. "As I recall, I proposed marriage in the Sonoran Desert after the Inca Gold affair and you turned me down." Atlantis Found (Final Blessing)

Reference to Flood Tide:

"It's been too long. Not since that pretty little Asian girl with the Naturalization and Immigration Service fixed dinner for us in your hangar apartment."

"Julia Marie Lee. That was about this time last year."

"What became of her?"

"Last I heard, Julia was on assignment in Hong Kong." Atlantis Found (11)

Valhalla Rising

Reference to Flood Tide:

Charles Davis (FBI) - "We last met when we worked on that Chinese immigration case." Valhalla Rising (22)

Trojan Odyssey

His mind relived the many times he had cheated the old man with the scythe. The hazardous journey down the underground river in search of Inca Gold, the fight in the Sahara against overwhelming odds in the old French Foreign Legion fort, the battle in the Antarctic [Atlantis Found] with the giant old snowmobile, and the raising of the Titanic. Trojan Odyssey (18)

Reference to Pacific Vortex!:

As he stared through the window into nothingness, his mind traveled back to where it had all begun on that lonely stretch of beach at Kaena Point on the island of Oaku in Hawaii. He met the woman who became his first love from the moment he laid eyes on her. He had carried her vision in his memory, always believing she had died, never knowing that she had survived, until Dirk and Summer showed up on his doorstep. Trojan Odyssey (18)

Reference to Treasure:

"And he and Al Giordino discovered artifacts from the Alexandria Library in Texas," added Dirk. Trojan Odyssey (24)

Reference to Sahara:

"Like the Calliope we were forced to destroy several years ago on the Niger River?" said Pitt without looking up as he took notes on a yellow pad.
Trojan Odyssey (15)

Reference to Sahara:

Pitt - "We've had wild times together, Rudi. It's always a pleasure to work by your side."
"Like the time in Mali on the Niger River when you threw me off the boat?"
"As I recall, that was a necessity." Trojan Odyssey (18)

Reference to Sahara:

"When was the last time you chased a freight train? Pitt asked Giordino, as they hurried across the road and stood talking in detachment as the locomotive passed by, the engineer inside the cab reading a magazine.
"Several years ago in the Sahara desert, the train carrying toxic chemicals to Fort Foureau." Trojan Odyssey (29)

Reference to Inca Gold:

Micky was quite surprised to learn how Pitt and Giordino had discovered the river and saved Loren from a gang of artifact thieves during the Inca Gold project.
"Rio Pitt," said Micky, impressed. Trojan Odyssey (16)

Reference to Shock Wave:

After the Shock Wave exploits, he [Pitt] was savvy enough to know that rubies and emeralds were more rare than diamonds. Trojan Odyssey (49)

Reference to Atlantis Found:

"...This was built by different culture, a lost and unknown civilization."
"Not another Atlantis myth, " Summer said sarcastically.
"No, Dad and Al put that one to rest in the Antarctic several years ago."
Trojan Odyssey (6)

Reference to Valhalla Rising:

"Our father found proof of the Vikings' presence in the United States," argued Summer. Trojan Odyssey (24)

Reference to White Death:

"How about a fishing trip in the north woods of Canada?" Pitt suggested.
Trojan Odyssey (14)

Reference to White Death:

"Where is the old geezer sending you two?" asked Giordino.
"Heading for the Canadian north country. There's rumors of mutant fish in some of the lakes. The admiral asked us to check it out." [Austin] Trojan Odyssey (15)

Serpent

Reference to Raise the Titanic!:

Zavala - "Might be easier to raise the whole thing. If NUMA could raise the Titanic, the Doria should be a cinch." Serpent (39)

Lost City

Reference to Dragon :

Zavala whistled. "A respectable engineering feat, but not impossible. Remind you of something Kurt?"

" Big John," Austin said with a smile. In answer to the captain's quizzical expression, he explained that Big John was the nickname for a bottom-crawling vehicle NUMA had developed several years before as a moving deep-ocean lab.
Lost City (26)

Reference to White Death :

Austin saw similar carvings in a cave in the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.
Lost City (12)

Helene how about this one for pacific vortex?

He did know, however, that the transition from one Dirk Pitt to the other took place more frequently in the past year - since Pitt lost a woman in the sea near Hawaii; a woman he had loved deeply. (mayday pg 13)


Giordino had never seen eyes quite like them, except one, and he shuddered slightly at the recollectionas he glanced at the missing finger oh his right hand. (mayday pg 13)

Way to go ladies th:

Helene?Do you have a life? :lol: It must take you a long time to go through everything.
Thank-you for all your effort.

Kelly? Sharp eyes ;)

Rob

Great stuff, Helene!

Mostly Heep, I think we can pin the blame squarely on Clive Cussler for hers and our addiction :blink:

Good point boss :lol:

:o How long did it take you to find all those??

I've noticed a few, but never that many. Nice work!! th:

A "Thank you" to all!

And Kellym, appreciate your contributions!!

I know I didn't catch all of them, so keep your eyes open everyone - there may be more to share!!!

I am trying to wrap up the expansion section on vessels for my site. During what was to be my last review for vessels in the books, I started to really notice the references and got side tracked - again.

w:

I know how you feel. I look forward to the new addition to your fabulous site.

Helene, are you sure your not looking over Doc's shoulder as he writes? :P

You'd make an excellent teacher th:

I think you have a little too much time on your hands Hellene ;)

Fire Ice

Reference to Serpent :

She snapped her fingers. "Of course. Now I remember. The Christopher Columbus Tomb in the Yucatán. You were involved in its discovery." Fire Ice (8)

Reference to Blue Gold :

Austin was aboard the Argo as a deep-ocean consultant on loan from his duties as leader of NUMA Special Assignments Team. The other members of the team, Joe Zavala and Paul and Gamay Trout, had been given and undemanding assignments in scattered projects around the globe. NUMA director James Sandecker had insisted that they take working vacations after the team had crossed swords with the hired killers of a megacorporation that wanted to take over the freshwater resources of the world. He had been particularly worried about Austin's attachment to the beautiful, brilliant Brazilian scientist who has sacrificed herself to bring down the conspiracy. Fire Ice (4)

Reference to Pacific Vortex!:

"Her name was Summer," he continued quietly. "It was a long time ago."
Shock Wave (36)


Reference to Treasure:

Pitt smiled as he and Giordino exchanged knowing looks. "Like the Lady Flamborough ?"

"Her image crossed my mind."

Dempsey stared at the deck, recalling the incident. "The cruise ship that was captured by terrorists in the port of Punta del Este several years ago."

Giordino nodded. "She was carrying heads of state for an economic conference. The terrorists sailed he through the Straight of Magellan into a Chilean fjord, where they moored her under a glacier. It was Dirk Pitt who tracked her down."
Shock Wave (5)

Reference to Sahara:

"At least we can take comfort in knowing it's not a repeat of the explosive reproduction by the red tide from chemical pollution out of the Niger River."

"Certainly not since we shut down that hazardous waste plant in Mali that was the cause," added Sandecker. "Our monitors up and down the river have shown no further indications of altered synthetic amino acids and cobalt that created the problem." Shock Wave (9)

Reference to Pacific Vortex!:

"Who was she?" Loren asked hesitantly.

"Her name was Summer," replied Giordino honestly. "She died fifteen years ago in the se off Hawaii."

"The Pacific Vortex affair. I remember him telling me about it." Inca Gold (60)

Reference to Pacific Vortex! and Shock Wave :

"It hasn't been easy competing with a ghost.

"Summer?" He said the name as if he were seeing something far in the distance.

"You've never quite gotten over her."

"I thought I did once."

"Maeve."

"When Summer was lost on the sea and Maeve died in my arms, it left an emptiness inside me." Valhalla Rising (58)

There is another reference to Pacific Vortex! in chapter 21!

Treasure

Reference to Pacific Vortex!, Raise the Titanic, Night Probe! and Cyclops :

'He had fond the vanished Manhattan Limited express train after swimming though an underground cavern in New York, salvaged the passenger liner Empress of Ireland sent to the bottom of the Saint Lawrence River with a thousand souls He had hunted down the lost nuclear submarine Starbuck in the middle of the Pacific, and tracked the ghost ship Cyclops to her grave under the Caribbean. And he raised the Titanic.'

Treasure (5) w:

Also, let us not forget the entire "party short story" penned for Dirk Pitt: Revealed. That whole story is a giant nod to every Pitt novel, though not an actual "canon" Pitt story, so to speak.

Dirk Pitt Revealed was a hoot!!!! Funny as hell :lol: I looked at it as sort of a party with all of the characters getting together to hash over their adventures. beer: beer:

I laughed all the way through the Reunion "party" too! :lol:

Shock Wave

Reference to Pacific Vortex!

Pitt did not take a backward glance. He felt deep regret at not having said his farewells. It was rude to have denied Maeve the courtesy of a friendly hug and a few words. He had genuinely felt attracted to her. She had aroused emotions within him that he hadn't experienced since losing someone very dear to him in the sea north of Hawaii many years ago. Her name was Summer, and not a day had passed that he didn't recall her lovely face and the scent of plumeria.
Shock Wave (13)

Reference to Night Probe :

"Just one question," said Stokes, "dealing with a shipwreck."

"Go ahead."

"The Empress of Ireland?"

Pitt slouched in his seat and grinned. "She was a Canadian & Pacific transatlantic liner that went down after a collision with a collier in the St. Lawrence River a couple of miles from the town of Rimouski in the year 1914. The death toll was over a thousand, many of them from a contingent of the Salvation Army that was going to England for a convention. The ship lies in about fifty meters of water. NUMA surveyed her in May of 1989." Shock Wave (19)

Reference to Sahara :

Hour followed hour, the sun set and night came on as he struggled north through the darkness, setting his course by the compass he'd removed from the aircraft's instrument panel, an expedient he had used several years previously when trekking across the Sahara Desert. Shock Wave (21)

Reference to Inca Gold :

"Dirk Pitt." Merchant rolled the name on his tongue and repeated it. "Dirk Pitt. Aren't you the chap who found an immense cache of Inca treasure in the Sonoran Desert a few years ago?" Shock Wave (19)

Reference to Inca Gold (9)

"You know, I downed a chopper by throwing a life raft onto its rotor blades a couple of years ago." Shock Wave (20)

Blue Gold

Reference to Serpent :

"No problem." Miller raised a quizzical brow. "Are you the same Kurt Austin who found the Christopher Columbus tomb in Guatemala?" Blue Gold (18)

OH HECK, I'M AN OLD SOFTY, THE REUNION PARTY SCENE MADE ME CRY! IT WAS LIKE SAYING GOODBYE TO OLD FRIENDS.

Reference to Raise the Titanic!

"Of course. Pitt is the number two man over at NUMA. He's the guy who raised the Titanic for the Defense Department." Cyclops (8)

Reference to Night Probe! :

Pitt stepped back and lowered the bat. "Does the name Brian Shaw do anything for you?" he asked calmly.
The twisted look of hate slowly changed to puzzlement, "The British agent? You knew him."
"Six months ago, I saved his life on a tugboat in the Saint Lawrence River. Remember? You were crushing him to death when I came up from behind and brained you with a wrench." Cyclops (55)

Reference to Deep Six (44):

He paused and stared fondly at the chassis of a French Talbot-Lago sports coupe that was in the early stages of reconstruction. The car had been nearly destroyed in an explosion, and he was determined to restore the twisted remains to their previous elegance and beauty. Cyclops (8)

Reference to Deep Six :

"And saved the President's life in Louisiana," added Fawcett. Cyclops (8)

The Reunion was a good one. But you have to have read the books to be able to understand it. Hopefully an update version of CC/DP Revealed will eventually be released.

Good work Helen! th: