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Ghost galleon : the discovery and archaeology of the San Juanillo on the shores of Baja California /
"An inside view of how archaeologists, working like detectives at an ancient crime scene, carefully assemble the evidence that allows scientific reconstruction of events from the distant past. In a series of expeditions from 1999 to 2016, Von der Porten and his dedicated team, in association wi...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Discovery
- Dreams of Asian riches
- The first expedition
- Understanding the ship
- Back to the beaches
- Widening the circle of scholars
- New methods, many discoveries
- The early Manila galleons
- Many insights, strange byways
- Following up, looking for breakthroughs
- Steady work exposing the secrets
- Trying conventional techniques
- Stories from the porcelains
- Steps forward, steps backward
- Building the Manila galleons
- Surprises and successes
- Twenty years and still searching
- The tragic voyage.