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The pepper wreck : a Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus river

Title
The pepper wreck : a Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus river / Filipe Vieira de Castro.
Author
Castro, Filipe Vieira de, 1960-
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Description
xi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Summary
"In 1606, a Portuguese ship, Nossa Senhora dos Martires, put into Lisbon laden with pepper-corns, porcelain, and other products from Cochin. A large vessel for the time, the merchantman displaced twelve hundred tons and carried three to four masts. The ship foundered during a storm in a northern channel of the Tagus River. Within hours the currents and the storm had torn it asunder and spread its precious cargo along the shores of the estuary." "The Pepper Wreck tells the story of the ship's excavation by crews working in cold water and fast currents between 1997 and 2000, four centuries after Nossa Senhora dos Martires went down." "Valuable to historians of seafaring and of Iberia and to those interested in Portuguese trade with the East Indies, this illustrated volume is a veritable treasure trove for archaeologists."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
Uniform Title
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The India route -- 3. The ships -- 4. The voyage of the Nossa Senhora Dos Martires -- 5. Site formation -- 6. Survey and excavation -- 7. Hull description -- 8. Analysis and reconstruction -- 9. Conclusion -- App. A. Tonnage and systems of units -- App. B. Bibliography of Iberian wrecks -- App. C. Artifact list.
ISBN
1585443905 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004020660
OCLC
  • ocm56517607
  • SCSB-14149858
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries