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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Von der Porten, Edward P. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.