The Voyage of the Vizcaina

The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship

Klaus Brinkbaumer and Clemens Hoges
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Title
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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...
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 Brinkbäumer 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 verylikely the remains of the Vizcaína, one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New World.

The Voyage of the Vizcaína, 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.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN
9780151011865
Publication Date
May 1, 2006
Photo Source
Stock Photo
No. of Pages
336
Dimensions
L 23.6cm x W 16.2cm x H 2.8cm