02907nam 2200517 450 991081942830332120191028121549.01-62349-768-X(CKB)4100000009444527(MiAaPQ)EBC5915900(EXLCZ)99410000000944452720191028d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGhost galleon the discovery and archaeology of the San Juanillo on the shores of Baja California /Edward P. Von der PortenCollege Station :Texas A&M University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (243 pages)Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series1-62349-767-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Discovery -- Dreams of Asian riches -- The first expedition -- Understanding the ship -- Back to the beaches -- Widening the circle of scholars -- New methods, many discoveries -- The early Manila galleons -- Many insights, strange byways -- Following up, looking for breakthroughs -- Steady work exposing the secrets -- Trying conventional techniques -- Stories from the porcelains -- Steps forward, steps backward -- Building the Manila galleons -- Surprises and successes -- Twenty years and still searching -- The tragic voyage."An inside view of how archaeologists, working like detectives at an ancient crime scene, carefully assemble the evidence that allows scientific reconstruction of events from the distant past. In a series of expeditions from 1999 to 2016, Von der Porten and his dedicated team, in association with the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), assembled scores of artifacts, conducted countless hours of archival and other research, and finally concluded that they had located the buried remains of the cargo from the sixteenth century Manila galleon 'San Juanillo' on the shores of Baja California"--Provided by publisher.Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.Underwater archaeologyMexicoBaja California (Peninsula)ShipwrecksMexicoBaja California (Peninsula)Excavations (Archaeology)MexicoBaja California (Peninsula)GalleonsPhilippinesManilaBaja California (Mexico : Peninsula)AntiquitiesUnderwater archaeologyShipwrecksExcavations (Archaeology)Galleons930.102804Von der Porten Edward P.1601193Von der Porten Arnold1917-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819428303321Ghost galleon3924686UNINA