The Hispaniola treasure,

The Hispaniola treasure,

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Karraker, Cyrus Harreld.
Imprint:	Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934.
Description:	122 pages 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Phips, William, -- Sir, -- 1651-1695. Phips, William, -- Sir, -- 1651-1695. Treasure troves. Shipwrecks. Salvage -- Great Britain. Salvage. Shipwrecks. Treasure troves. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3477156

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Notes:	Map ("Northern Hispaniola, Ambrosia bank, and the Abroxes, from the chart by Thomas Jefferys published 1775") on lining-papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-122).
Other form:	Online version: Karraker, Cyrus Harreld. Hispaniola treasure. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934

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.