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The Hispaniola Treasure / Cyrus H. Karraker.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karraker, Cyrus H., Author.
- Series:
- Anniversary Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695.
- Phips, William.
- Salvage--Great Britain.
- Salvage.
- Shipwrecks.
- Treasure troves.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : 3 illus.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The chance discovery by Captain William Phips, later Colonial governor of Massachusetts, of a famous sunken galleon in the West Indies, with a discussion of the promotion and operation of treasure expeditions during the seventeenth century.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- 1. TREASURE-TROVE, AMBERGRIS, AND WRECKS
- 2. STANLEY'S SEARCH FOR THE HISPANIOLA TREASURE
- 3. THE TREASURE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM PHIPS TO THE BAHAMA BANKS
- 4. PHIPS DISCOVERS THE HISPANIOLA TREASURE
- 5. THE EXPEDITION OF NARBROUGH TO AMBROSIA BANK
- 6. ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE CROWN
- 7. CORPORATE TREASURE PROJECTS
- APPENDICES
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781512817218
- 151281721X
- OCLC:
- 979582329
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