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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.

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.

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.

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.

The Archaeology of Manila Galleons in the American Continent

Author : Scott S. Williams
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030715248
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis The Archaeology of Manila Galleons in the American Continent by : Scott S. Williams

Download or read book The Archaeology of Manila Galleons in the American Continent written by Scott S. Williams and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book devoted to the topic of Manila galleon shipwrecks in North America; previous research on Manila galleons either has focused on the economics of the Manila galleon trade or has been limited to reports of the galleon wreck sites in the western Pacific salvaged for their cargoes. All three North American shipwrecks are protected under the historic preservation laws of the United States or Mexico, and each shipwreck site has been investigated by professional archaeologists seeking to answer research questions posed in peer-reviewed research designs. The majority of Manila galleon wrecks are found in the western Pacific and were salvaged by treasure hunters rather than recovered by archaeologists. The three North American shipwrecks represent the most protected Manila galleon archaeological sites, so their potential for future archaeological research is higher than for many of the extant shipwrecks of the western Pacific.

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
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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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:

Potosí in the Global Silver Age (16th—19th Centuries)

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004528687
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Potosí in the Global Silver Age (16th—19th Centuries) written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The open access publication of this book has been made possible thanks to the International Institute of Social History – Amsterdam. Potosí (today Bolivia) was the major supplier for the Spanish Empire and for the world and still today boasts the world's single-richest silver deposit. This book explores the political economy of silver production and circulation illuminating a vital chapter in the history of global capitalism. It travels through geology, sacred spaces, and technical knowledge in the first section; environmental history and labor in the second section; silver flows, the heterogeneous world of mining producers, and their agency in the third; and some of the local, regional, and global impacts of Potosí mining in the fourth section. The main focus is on the establishment of a complex infrastructure at the site, its major changes over time, and the new human and environmental landscape that emerged for the production of one of the world ́s major commodities: silver. Eleven authors from different countries present their most recent research based on years of archival research, providing the readers with cutting-edge scholarship. Contributors are: Julio Aguilar, James Almeida, Rossana Barragán Romano, Mariano A. Bonialian, Thérèse Bouysse-Cassagne, Kris Lane, Tristan Platt, Renée Raphael, Masaki Sato, Heidi V. Scott, and Paula C. Zagalsky.

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.

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 Silver Coinage of Massachusetts

Author : Sydney Philip Noe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Silver Coinage of Massachusetts written by Sydney Philip Noe and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marine Desert Ecology of Southern Peru

Author : Alan K. Craig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marine Desert Ecology of Southern Peru written by Alan K. Craig and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of a reconnaissance are presented for part of the south-central Peruvian coast. These data constitute the initial phase of a project involving a general survey of marine desert ecology. Broad objectives include reconstruction of the late-Pleistocene paleogeographic environment and assembly of land-based evidence for previous Peru Current deflections. Contemporary problems of human ecology are considered after systematic review of existing literature on geology, geomorphology, oceanography, meteorology, botany, and archaeology. (Author).

The Florida Anthropologist

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Publisher :
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.

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:

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.