Author: BRINKBAUMER, KLAUS
Title: The Voyage of the Vizcaina : the Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship / Klaus Brinkbaumer and Clemens Hoges ; Translated from the German by Annette Streck
Description: Orlando. Florida : Harcourt 2006. First American Edition. Lying in only twenty-five feet of water in a small gulf off the coast of Panama. a shipwrecked vessel managed to escape detection for centuries before it was discovered in the mid-1990s. In 2002. Klaus Brinkbaumer and Clemens Höges. journalists with the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and also amateur divers. were the first to assemble a team of experts to analyze the remains. They determined that it was not only the oldest wreck ever found in the Western Hemisphere. but also very likely the remains of the Vizcaina. one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New WorldThe Voyage of the Vizcai; na. set to be published on the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's death. combines investigative journalism. archaeology. and historical re-creation to give us the fascinating story-and startling truths-behind Columbus's final attempt to reach the East by going west; 328 pages; Description: 328 p. ; 24 cm. Translation of: Letzte Reise: Der Fall Christoph Columbus Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307) and index. Translated from the German. Subjects: Columbus. Christopher --Travel --America. Vizcaina (Ship). America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish.ISBN: 0151011869. Weight in Kg appr.:

Keywords: 0151011869