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The Treasure of the San José

Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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The Treasure of the San José

Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

2007 Award for Excellence in World History and Biography/Autobiography, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San José was rumored to have one of the richest cargos ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship or exactly where it sank. Here, Carla Rahn Phillips confronts the legend of lost treasure with documentary records of the San José's final voyage and suggests that the loss of silver and gold en route to Spain paled in comparison to the loss of the six hundred men who went down with the ship. Drawing from rich archival records, Phillips presents a biography of the ship and its crew. With vivid detail and meticulous scholarship, the author tells the stories of the officers, sailors, apprentices, and pages who manned the ship and explains the historical context in which the San José became prey to the British squadron. But the story does not end with the sinking of the San José. While Phillips addresses the persistent question of how much treasure was on board when the ship went down, she focuses on the human dimensions of the tragedy as well. She recovers the accounts of British naval officers involved in the battle, and examines the impact of the ship's loss on the Spanish government, the survivors, and the families of the men who perished. Original, comprehensive, and compelling, The Treasure of the San José separates popular myth from history and sheds light on the human lives associated with a "treasure" ship.

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JHU Press

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0801896479

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The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

The Armada of the Strait under Don Diego Flores de Valdés in 1581–84 came at a crucial juncture in global politics. Philip II of Spain had assumed the crown of Portugal and its overseas empire, and Francis Drake’s daring peacetime raids had challenged the dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas. The armada was intended to ensure the loyalty of Portuguese Brazil; bolster its defences against hostile native peoples, and English and French pirates and interlopers; and fortify and settle the Strait of Magellan to prevent further incursions into the Pacific. Pedro de Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral chronicle of the venture which remained in private hands until 1999 but is now held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California. It is published here for the first time. Previous historical assessments of the expedition have largely reflected the writings of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, governor-designate for the planned colony at the Strait, who blamed all the misfortunes of the enterprise on Diego Flores de Valdés. Rada’s Relación is presented here in conjunction with other documentation and compared with Sarmiento de Gamboa’s accusations. The results will force scholars to revise long-standing conclusions regarding the place of Sarmiento and Flores in Spanish history and the accomplishments of a long-forgotten armada sent into the terrifying waters of the South Atlantic.

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Routledge

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1315406128

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9781315406121

The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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The Treasure of the San José

Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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The Treasure of the San José

Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Last Galleons -- 2 Commanders of the Fleet -- 3 The Men of the San José -- 4 A Tale of Two Viceroys, One Captain General, and a World at War -- 5 The Last Voyage of the San José -- 6 After the Battle -- Postscript -- Appendix 1 The Spanish and English Calendars in 1708 -- Appendix 2 Treasure Registered on the San Joaquín in 1712 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Illustrations.

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JHU Press

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0801885809

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9780801885808

Six Galleons for the King of Spain

Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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Six Galleons for the King of Spain

Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

In 1625, Martin de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their construction through a decade of service, incorporating a history of Spain's Golden Age. This book was awarded the Spain and America in Quincentennial Year of Discovery prize.

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642

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JHU Press

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1421441195

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9781421441191

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

By: William D. Phillips,Carla Rahn Phillips

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The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

By: William D. Phillips,Carla Rahn Phillips

When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was largely isolated from the rest of the Old World - Africa and Asia - and ignorant of the existence of the world of the Western Hemisphere. The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of those isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th aniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Since ancient times, Europeans had dreamed of discovering new routes to the untold riches of Asia and the Far East, what set Columbus apart from these explorers was his single-minded dedication to finding official support to make that dream a reality. More than a simple description of the man, this new book places Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history. Columbus's story is not just the story of one man's rise and fall. Seen in its broader context, his life becomes a prism reflecting the broad range of human experience for the past five hundred years. Respected historians of medieval Spain and early America, the authors examine Columbus's quest for funds, first in Portugal and then in Spain, where he finally won royal backing for his scheme. Through his successful voyage in 1492 and three subsequent journeys to the new world Columbus reached the pinnacle of fame and wealth, and yet he eventually lost royal support through his own failings. William and Carla Rahn Phillips discuss the reasons for this fall and describe the empire created by the Spaniards in the lands across the ocean, even though neither they, nor anyone else in Europe, know precisely where or what those lands were. In examining the birth of a new world, this book reveals much about the times that produced these intrepid explorers.

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Cambridge University Press

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052144652X

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9780521446525

Ciudad Real, 1500-1750

Growth, Crisis, and Readjustment in the Spanish Economy

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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Ciudad Real, 1500-1750

Growth, Crisis, and Readjustment in the Spanish Economy

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

At its peak in the late sixteenth century," this history begins, "Spain controlled the first empire upon which the sun never set and exercised a tremendous influence in European affairs. By 1600, thoughtful Spaniards knew that something had gone terribly wrong, and by 1650 the rest of Europe knew it too." By focusing on one Castilian city, Ciudad Real, Carla Rahn Phillips seeks to shed light on the mysterious downfall of Spanish power. Looking first at the general history of the city and region, she goes on to examine population, agriculture, industry, taxation, and elite patterns of investment. She shows how Ciudad Real's economy grew from about 1500 to 1580, faltered and stagnated through most of the seventeenth century, and reestablished a subsistence economy around 1750. Self-contained though Ciudad Real was, its history illuminates economic and social change during Spain's Golden Age.

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Harvard University Press

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0674132858

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9780674132856

A Concise History of Spain

By: William D. Phillips, Jr,Carla Rahn Phillips

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A Concise History of Spain

By: William D. Phillips, Jr,Carla Rahn Phillips

Engaging history of the rich cultural, social and political life of Spain from prehistoric times to the present.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521607213

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A Concise History of Spain

By: William D. Phillips, Jr,Carla Rahn Phillips

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A Concise History of Spain

By: William D. Phillips, Jr,Carla Rahn Phillips

The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact with outside influences. This updated edition traces that history from prehistoric times to the present, focusing particularly on culture, society, politics, and personalities. Written in an engaging style, it introduces readers to key themes that have shaped Spain's history and culture. These include its varied landscapes and climates; the impact of waves of diverse human migrations; the importance of its location as a bridge between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Europe and Africa; and religion, particularly militant Catholic Christianity and its centuries of conflict with Islam and Protestantism, as well as debates over the place of the church in modern Spain. Illustrations, maps and a guide to further reading, major cultural figures, and places to see make the history of this fascinating country come alive.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316467821

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The Treasure of the San José

Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

By: Carla Rahn Phillips

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Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession

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Original, comprehensive, and compelling, The Treasure of the San José separates popular myth from history and sheds light on the human lives associated with a "treasureship.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

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1421404168

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Encounters Old and New in World History

Essays Inspired by Jerry H. Bentley

By: Alan Karras,Laura J. Mitchell

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Encounters Old and New in World History

Essays Inspired by Jerry H. Bentley

By: Alan Karras,Laura J. Mitchell

This collection of essays asserts the specific value of world history research and teaching, showing how the field contributes to the larger historical profession and offering concrete suggestions to develop more interaction between the academy and the public. The twelve contributors, each with their own academic areas of interest, are experienced scholars and classroom teachers. Uniting them together in this volume is their professional relationship with Jerry H. Bentley (1949–2012). This shared connection served as a catalyst to showcase Bentley’s enduring legacy: a commitment to investigating large-scale questions with detailed empirical evidence that explains the human condition—documenting both patterns of similarity and difference in ways that account for regional and temporal variations. The volume continues Bentley’s meticulous attention to world historical methods: focus on scale, cross-cultural encounter, comparison, periodization, critical geography, and interdisciplinarity. Encounters Old and New in World History responds to provocations that Jerry Bentley tendered in his scholarship and through his professional activities. Contributors interrogate the institutional settings, disciplinary proclivities, methodological choices, and diverse source bases of world history research and teaching. Several essays address the ways in which present-day concerns influence research on local and global scales. Other essays pay particular attention to the production and circulation of knowledge across regional, temporal, and class boundaries, as well as between the academy and the wider public. Claiming the centrality of globally informed and focused approaches to historical inquiry, researchers continue the conversations that Bentley carried on through his own scholarship, teaching, editing of the Journal of World History, participating in public forums, and contributing to public discussions about the place of history in understanding today’s global integration. The stakes involved in asking questions about the shared history of humankind continue to increase in the current era of intensified globalization. It is incumbent upon scholars with the skills to work across linguistic, geographic, temporal, and disciplinary boundaries to show the ways that cross-cultural encounters happened historically, and to point out how such interactions play out in the institutions, classrooms, and public debates where historical interpretations are created and shared.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824866126

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Book's by Carla Rahn Phillips

The Treasure of the San José

The Treasure of the San José

The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84

The Treasure of the San José

The Treasure of the San José

Six Galleons for the King of Spain

Six Galleons for the King of Spain

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

Ciudad Real, 1500-1750

Ciudad Real, 1500-1750

A Concise History of Spain

A Concise History of Spain

A Concise History of Spain

A Concise History of Spain

The Treasure of the San José

The Treasure of the San José

Encounters Old and New in World History

Encounters Old and New in World History

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