The pepper wreck : a Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus river / Filipe Vieira de Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Filipe Vieira de, 1960-

Series:

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--Portugal--Lisbon--History--17th century.

Shipwrecks.

Underwater archaeology--Portugal.

Underwater archaeology.

Shipbuilding--Portugal--History--17th century.

Shipbuilding.

Seafaring life--Portugal.

Seafaring life.

Portugal--History--Spanish dynasty, 1580-1640.

Portugal.

Portugal--Antiquities.

Nossa Senhora dos Mártires (Ship).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An account of the history and evacuation of the Portuguese merchant ship, Nossa Senhora dos Martires, sunk at the mouth of the Tagus River in 1606.

Contents:

The India route The ships The voyage of the Nossa Senhora dos Mártires Site formation Survey and excavation Hull description Analysis and reconstruction Appendix A : Tonnage and systems of units Appendix B : bibliography of Iberian wrecks Appendix C : artifact list

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05348-3

1-60344-599-4

OCLC:

826660084