The Hispaniola treasure / Cyrus H. Karraker.

By: Publication details: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934.Description: 122 pages; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Hispaniola treasure.DDC classification:
  • 910.453, Kar
LOC classification:
  • G530 .K23
Contents:
1. Treasure-trove, ambergris, and wrecks -- 2. Stanley's search for the Hispaniola treasure -- 3. The treasure expedition of Captain William Phips to the Bahama Banks -- 4. Phips discovers the Hispaniola treasure -- 5. The expedition of Narbrough to Ambrosia Bank -- 6. Accountability to the crown -- 7. Corporate treasure project -- Appendices. A treasure hunter's contract with the Lord Admiral -- A petition for license to search for treasure in New Yorke -- A commission to visit wrecks -- Bond of a treasure hunter -- Agreement of a ship's captain with his diver.
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  • 960327 Charm
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Books Books National Library of Jamaica Daphne Douglas Reading Room 910.453 Kar (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 1000000027179
Books Books OCLC Data Rare Books Floor Available 0000000002168

Map ("Northern Hispaniola, Ambrosia bank, and the Abroxes, from the chart by Thomas Jefferys published 1775") on lining-papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-122).

1. Treasure-trove, ambergris, and wrecks -- 2. Stanley's search for the Hispaniola treasure -- 3. The treasure expedition of Captain William Phips to the Bahama Banks -- 4. Phips discovers the Hispaniola treasure -- 5. The expedition of Narbrough to Ambrosia Bank -- 6. Accountability to the crown -- 7. Corporate treasure project -- Appendices. A treasure hunter's contract with the Lord Admiral -- A petition for license to search for treasure in New Yorke -- A commission to visit wrecks -- Bond of a treasure hunter -- Agreement of a ship's captain with his diver.

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