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The treasure of the San José : death at sea in the War of the Spanish Succession /
"Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargoes ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship or exactly where it sank. Here, Car...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargoes ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship or exactly where it sank. Here, Carla Rahn Phillips confronts the legend of lost treasure with documentary records of the San Jose's final voyage and suggests that the loss of silver and gold en route to Spain paled in comparison to the loss of the six hundred men who went down with the ship." "Drawing from archival accounts, Philips presents a biography of the ship and its crew, telling the stories of the officers, sailors, apprentices, and pages who manned the ship and explaining the historical context in which the San Jose became prey to the British squadron."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 258 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Premios: | Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2007. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780801896477 0801896479 |