The Hispaniola treasure /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karraker, Cyrus Harreld (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934.
Subjects:
Table of 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.