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The Treasure of the San Jose: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

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The Treasure of the San José: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession - Phillips, Carla Rahn, Professor
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Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jos was rumored to have one of the richest cargos 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 Jos'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 ...

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The Treasure of the San José: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession 2011, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

ISBN-13: 9781421404165

Trade paperback

The Treasure of the San José: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession 2007, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

ISBN-13: 9780801885808

Hardcover