Wygant catherine editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition, first impression. 164pp, profuse colour illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. Cloth a little rubbed at spine tips else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Glossy, illustrated dust jacket, not price clipped, moderately bumped on extreme edges. slightly shelf worn around spine. The Spanish Galleon Concepcion set sail from Manila in 1638 carrying a cornucopia of exotic Asian goods and the private treasures of the Governor of the Philippines. Four weeks into her voyage, her bottom was ripped out on a reef during a storm and the ship was lost. For 350 years the ship and her cargo lay undisturbed on the seabed. This is the story of her rediscovery and the archaeological and recovery efforts to explore and recover the ship, showing great insight into a long-forgotten trade and the treasures of the ship and her crew. An account of a modern day adventure of treasure lost and found.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.