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Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection

Author : Alan K. Craig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813018027
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection written by Alan K. Craig and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the foreword: "It has been a great comfort over the years to know that Alan Craig was always able and willing to guide the growth of the Florida Collection and provide sound numismatic counsel. His knowledge of the collection is based on years of experience and personal examination of each and every coin. It is a pleasure to be able to present once again a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the Florida Collection of Gold Coins."--James J. Miller, state archaeologist and chief, Bureau of Archaeological Research Dazzling numismatic treasures await readers of this new volume that catalogues and characterizes the splendors of the Florida Collection of Spanish Coins. An updated version of the author's earlier publication, Gold Coins of the 1715 Spanish Fleet (now out of print), it includes more than 100 new additions to the collection. The publication of Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection (alongside its recently released companion, Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection) makes available Florida's magnificent collection of Spanish coins in richly detailed photographs accompanied by vivid descriptions. Presented in accordance with current numismatic standards of description, analysis, and publication, Alan Craig's account of the coins goes far beyond ordinary standards to bring alive the history of the coins' production, transport, and loss at sea. The perfect guide to this treasure-house, Craig's book conveys the importance and fascination of the largest known collection of Spanish colonial shipwreck coins in the world. For collectors, scholars, and everyone else who has ever been fascinated by Spanish treasure fleets, this book offers countless hours of enjoyment and information. Alan K. Craig is professor emeritus of geography and geology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and coeditor of In Quest of Mineral Wealth. He is also the author of a companion volume, Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection.

Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection

Author : Alan K. Craig
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 9780813017488
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection written by Alan K. Craig and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2000 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After Spain's colonial American mints poured forth a flood of silver coins, some of that treasure ended up in wrecks off the Florida coast. Alan Craig's captivating study explains how those coins were made and what historians and numismatists can learn from them."--Kendall W. Brown, Brigham Young University "The State of Florida is indeed fortunate that its colonial coin inventory, Florida's shipwreck patrimony, could be studied by Alan Craig. This work enriches us all."--Eugene Lyon, author of The Enterprise of Florida: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Spanish Conquest of 1565-1568 and The Search for the Atocha The State of Florida owns a vast collection, nearly 23,000 specimens, of Spanish treasure coins salvaged from shipwrecks in Florida waters. It is the largest of its kind in existence. Alan Craig explains the circumstances behind their manufacture and describes the transporting of these unique hand-made coins, a complicated business full of intrigue and royal regulations. When freshly minted gold and silver left the Spanish colonial viceroyalties of Peru and Mexico aboard fleets of galleons headed to Spain, a number of ships sank off the coast of Florida. Counterfeiting was rife at the time, and Craig discusses a variety of mint scandals, especially those perpetrated by the notorious Francisco Gomez de la Rocha. Craig also analyzes coins from the mints of Mexico City, Potosi, Lima, and elsewhere. He follows the procedure of making coins, from mining the silver to refining it and ultimately converting it into coins of various sizes, and takes readers on a vivid "virtual" visit to a mint where they watch African slaves pour molten silver from furnaces into special molds and witness the days of constant hammering, annealing, die striking, blanching, weighing, and counting and recounting necessary to produce a sack of coins. Outstanding specimens from the Florida collection are depicted in numerous superb photographs, many enlarged to show elements of the engraving discussed in the text. In a final section Craig discusses the numismatic significance of the thousands of coins in the collection. As both an economic history and a numismatic study, this work will be a fascinating resource for historians, archaeologists, coin collectors, and general readers interested in maritime treasure. Alan K. Craig is professor emeritus of geography and geology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and coeditor of In Quest of Mineral Wealth.

The Spanish Treasure Fleets

Author : Timothy R. Walton
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781561642618
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Spanish Treasure Fleets written by Timothy R. Walton and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hillsborough River, which runs through the big population area of Tampa, is a popular site for leisure activities. Kevin McCarthy, author of more than 20 books about Florida, guides the reader and boater from the source of the Hillsborough River in the Green Swamp west of Tampa, through Hillsborough River State Park, then through the city of Tampa, to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Both a history and a guidebook, "Hillsborough River Guidebook" features information on the wildlife and culture along the river as well as travel tips, with recommendations of places to eat and stay. Includes photographs and maps. The other books available in the series are "Suwannee River Guidebook" and "St. Johns River Guidebook."

A New World of Gold and Silver

Author : John J. TePaske
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004190562
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book A New World of Gold and Silver written by John J. TePaske and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial Latin America was famed for the precious metals plundered by the conquistadores and the gold and silver extracted from its mines. Historians and economists have attempted to determine the amount of bullion produced and its impact on the colonies themselves and the emerging early-modern world economy. Using official tax and mintage records, this book provides decade-by-decade and often annual data on the amount of gold and silver officially refined and coined in the treasury and mint districts of Spanish and Portuguese America. It also places American bullion output within the context of global production and addresses the issue of contraband production and bullion smuggling. The book is thus an invaluable source for evaluating the rise of the early-modern economy.

Pieces of Eight

Author : Kip Wagner
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781493736614
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Pieces of Eight written by Kip Wagner and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twentieth-century sleuthing methods are linked with the romance and mystery of the past in this true story of a treasure hunt that has yielded millions. Over 250 years ago a Spanish treasure armada was wrecked on the Florida reefs, and ten richly laden vessels were sunk. In time they were forgotten. In the l 940's Kip Wagner, then a Florida construction man, picked up the first clues to the location of the wrecked ships. They were scarce: occasional blackened silver coins discovered here and there along the beach. But Kip Wagner's imagination was fired, and with the help of his friend and physician, Dr. Kelso, he began the long research and search operations that are described in this engrossing book. They were joined by a small group of other men and formed the Real Eight Corporationappropriately named for the Spanish ocho reales, or piece of eight. Most of the team had other jobs, some of them at nearby Cape Kennedy, and could hunt treasure only in their spare time. But they persisted. The work was arduous, at times dangerous. There were setbacks, disappointments, grueling underwater ordeals. But in time the rewards were sensational -thousands of silver pieces of eight and golden doubloons, silver bars and bullion, gold ingots, gold rings and pendants, priceless Chinese porcelain, a gold necklace appraised by a museum at $50,000, three million dollars in treasure recovered so far by this band of hard-working, adventurous, persistent men.

Florida History & the Arts

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Florida History & the Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magazine of Florida's heritage.

Spanish Treasure Bars from New World Shipwrecks

Author : Alan K. Craig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974470504
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Treasure Bars from New World Shipwrecks written by Alan K. Craig and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Archaeology of Entanglement

Author : Lindsay Der
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315433915
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of Entanglement written by Lindsay Der and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entanglement theory posits that the interrelationship of humans and objects is a delimiting characteristic of human history and culture. This edited volume of original studies by leading archaeological theorists applies this concept to a broad range of topics, including archaeological science, heritage, and theory itself. In the theoretical explications and ten case studies, the editors and contributing authors: • build on the intersections between science, humanities and ecology to provide a more fine-grained, multi-scalar treatment emanating from the long-term perspective that characterizes archaeological research; • bring to light the subtle and unacknowledged paths that configure historical circumstances and bind human intentionality; • examine the constructions of personhood, the rigidity of path dependencies, the unpredictable connections between humans and objects and the intricate paths of past events in varied geographic and historical contexts that channel future actions. This broad focus is inclusive of early complex developments in Asia and Europe, imperial and state strategies in the Andes and Mesoamerica, continuities of postcolonialism in North America, and the unforeseen and complex consequences that derive from archaeological practices. This volume will appeal to archaeologists and their advanced students.

The Florida Anthropologist

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Florida Anthropologist written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains papers of the Annual Conference on Historic Site Archeology.

International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology

Author : Carol V. Ruppe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461505356
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology written by Carol V. Ruppe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although underwater archaeology has assumed its rightful place as an important subdiscipline in the field, the published literature has not kept pace with the rapid increase in the number of both prehistoric and historic underwater sites. The editors have assembled an internationally distinguished roster of contributors to fill this gap. The book presents geographical and topical approaches, and focuses on technology, law, public and private institutional roles and goals, and the research and development of future technologies and public programs.

Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins

Author : Sewall Hamm Menzel
Publisher : Amer Numismatic Society
ISBN 13 : 9780897222846
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins written by Sewall Hamm Menzel and published by Amer Numismatic Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive and fully referenced study, Sewall Menzel brings together the critical details and information needed to understand the ten early Spanish mints of Mexico, Santo Domingo, Peru, Potosi, Panama, Santa Fe del Nuevo Reino (Bogota), Cartagena, Cuzco, Guatemala, and Cuba, and their respective coinages. Through the use of almost 3,000 photos and diagrams, the coins are identified by mint, reigning monarch, denomination, mint assayer, and type. Whether one is a coin collector, dealer, treasure hunter, or scholar, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins provides an unparalleled wealth of useful historical and numismatic information.

The Florida Historical Quarterly

Author : Florida Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Florida Historical Quarterly written by Florida Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transatlantic Trade and Global Cultural Transfers Since 1492

Author : Martina Kaller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429763573
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Transatlantic Trade and Global Cultural Transfers Since 1492 written by Martina Kaller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to new plants and consumer goods such as sugar, tobacco, and chocolate from the beginning of the sixteenth century onwards would massively change the way people lived, especially in how and what they consumed. While global markets were consequently formed and provided access to these new commodities that increasingly became important in the ‘Old World’, especially with regard to the establishment early modern consumer societies. This book brings together specialists from a range of historical fields to analyse the establishment of these commodity chains from the Americas to Europe as well as their cultural implications.

Ghost Galleon

Author : Edward Von der Porten
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 162349768X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Galleon written by Edward Von der Porten and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Respectable Banking

Author : Anthony Hotson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107198585
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Respectable Banking written by Anthony Hotson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hotson reassesses the development of London's money and credit markets since the great currency crisis of 1695.

The Coinage of the First Mint of the Americas at Mexico City, 1536-1572

Author : Robert I. Nesmith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Download or read book The Coinage of the First Mint of the Americas at Mexico City, 1536-1572 written by Robert I. Nesmith and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Everything Coin Collecting Book

Author : Richard Giedroyc
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440538204
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Everything Coin Collecting Book written by Richard Giedroyc and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-11-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you one of the 125 million coin collectors in the United States? Whether you're a beginner or an avid collector, The Everything Coin Collecting Book is your accessible reference for this exciting and profitable hobby. Written by a well-known numismatic authority, this is only authoritative guide written in an approachable style for every reader. Read The Everything Coin Collecting Book and you'll learn about: Starting and maintaining a collection Coin terminology Grading and authenticating coins Rarity and coin values Covering it all-from starting a collection, to selling and trading like a pro-this is the all-in-one guide you need to maintain a successful collection and trade for profit.