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The treasure of the San Jose : death at sea in the War of the Spanish Succession / Carla Rahn Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Carla Rahn, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714--Naval operations, Spanish.
- Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714.
- Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714--Atlantic Ocean.
- Shipwrecks--Colombia--Baru Island.
- Shipwrecks.
- San José (Galleon).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Original, comprehensive, and compelling, The Treasure of the San José separates popular myth from history and sheds light on the human lives associated with a "treasureship.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Last Galleons; 2 Commanders of the Fleet; 3 The Men of the San José; 4 A Tale of Two Viceroys, One Captain General, and a World at War; 5 The Last Voyage of the San José; 6 After the Battle; Postscript; Appendix 1 The Spanish and English Calendars in 1708; Appendix 2 Treasure Registered on the San Joaquín in 1712; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; Illustrations
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9647-9
- OCLC:
- 923194002
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