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1 online resource (viii, 258 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| 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 JoaquÃn in 1712 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q |
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RS -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Illustrations |
| Summary |
"Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargoes ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship or exactly where it sank. Here, Carla Rahn Phillips confronts the legend of lost treasure with documentary records of the San Jose's final voyage and suggests that the loss of silver and gold en route to Spain paled in comparison to the loss of the six hundred men who went down with the ship." "Drawing from archival accounts, Philips presents a biography of the ship and its crew, telling the stories of the officers, sailors, apprentices, and pages who manned the ship and explaining the historical context in which the San Jose became prey to the British squadron."--BOOK JACKET |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2007 |
| Subject |
San José (Galleon)
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| SUBJECT |
San José (Galleon) fast |
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Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 -- Naval operations, Spanish
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Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714.
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Shipwrecks -- Colombia -- Barú Island
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HISTORY.
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Shipwrecks
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Scheepvaart.
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Politieke aspecten.
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15.70 history of Europe.
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San José Schiff, 1698-1708
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Spanska tronföljdskriget 1701-1714 -- sjöoperationer -- Atlanten.
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Vrak -- Colombia.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Colombia -- Barú Island
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Spanje.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006025983 |
| ISBN |
9780801896477 |
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0801896479 |
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