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Ghost Galleon - The Discovery and Archaeology of the San Juanillo on the Shores of Baja California (Hardcover)
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Ghost Galleon - The Discovery and Archaeology of the San Juanillo on the Shores of Baja California (Hardcover)
Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
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Ghost Galleon tells the story of archaeologists' twenty-year search
on a desolate beach in Baja California for the enigmatic remains of
a Spanish galleon that disappeared without a trace more than four
centuries ago. Carrying a cargo of Asian riches to the New World,
Manila galleons forged the final link in the unification of the
world through commerce by their annual voyages across the Pacific
Ocean. Here, author Edward Von der Porten relates how a chance
viewing of Chinese porcelain sherds in a museum catalog led him,
his wife Saryl, and a team of researchers to the beachcombers who
discovered the sherds. To Von der Porten, these sherds represented
the possibility of something much more significant: one of the
earliest known Manila galleon shipwrecks on the West Coast. In
collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and
History of Mexico (INAH), Von der Porten and his colleagues
undertook the first of many archaeological expeditions to
investigate the site in 1999. Over twenty years, a team of American
and Mexican archaeologists recovered thousands of artifacts and
concluded that they had located the remains of the cargo from a
Spanish galleon-most likely the San Juanillo of 1578. This
copiously illustrated, highly accessible work offers an inside view
of how archaeologists carefully assemble the evidence that allows
scientific reconstruction of past events. Despite the grudging
resistance of time, Von der Porten and his colleagues have
resurrected the tale of the ill-fated San Juanillo to enrich our
understanding and appreciation of the past.
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