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Treasures of the Armada / Robert Sténuit ; translated by Francine Barker.

By: Sténuit, Robert [author].
Contributor(s): Barker, Francine [translator].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Cardinal, 1974Copyright date: ©1972Description: 271 pages, [40]pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0351183264 (papeback).Subject(s): Armada, 1588 | Shipwrecks -- Antrim (County)DDC classification: 914.161
Contents:
Part I: The most fortunate fleet -- 1. King Philip's mission -- 2.The enterprise of England -- 3. The marquis of Santa Cruz -- 4. His excellency the Duke of Medina Sidonia -- 5. "You will sail with 200.000 ducats" -- 6. The most fortunate fleet -- 7. Don Alonzo Martinez de Leiva -- 8. "I have set sail at last..." -- 9. An honourable agreement, perhaps? -- 10. "Drake is captured!" -- 11. The Armada takes up a crescent formation -- 12.Fire in the powder room -- 13. "The enemy showed Don Pedro more mercy" -- 14. De Leiva enters the fray -- 15. "The hellburners of Antwerp!" -- 16. From Calais to Gravelines -- 17. "Only God could save us!" -- 18. 750 leagues of stormy seas -- 19. The return of the Armada -- 20. "But where is de Leiva?" -- 21. Alonzo de Leiva's first shipwreck -- 22. De Leiva's second shipwreck -- 23. De Leiva's third shipwreck -- 24. A three-star wreck -- 25. The Girona in he archives -- 26. 1967: I find the wreck -- 27. 380 years after -- 28. A two-star wreck -- 29. 1968: topography of a shipwreck -- 30. Treasure cave -- 31. "Is the minister of defence aware?" -- 32. Gold under the seaweed -- 33. The summer of the century -- 34. Madame de Champagney -- 35. "Fabricio Spinola, Captn." -- 36. The unknown knight -- 37. 1969: we return to port Na Spaniagh -- 38. Archimedes -- 39. A bottle for every ten gold coins -- 40. A history lesson under the ocean -- 41. Six thousand hours on the sea bed -- Appendices -- I. Alonzo Martinez de Leiva -- II. The galleass -- III. Plan of ordnance salvaged -- IV. Family tree of the de Granvelles, showing the relation between Madame de Champagney and Don Thomas Perrenoto -- V. Summary inventory of artifacts salvaged: 1967-9.
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store 914.161 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00238097
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Includes index.

Part I: The most fortunate fleet -- 1. King Philip's mission -- 2.The enterprise of England -- 3. The marquis of Santa Cruz -- 4. His excellency the Duke of Medina Sidonia -- 5. "You will sail with 200.000 ducats" -- 6. The most fortunate fleet -- 7. Don Alonzo Martinez de Leiva -- 8. "I have set sail at last..." -- 9. An honourable agreement, perhaps? -- 10. "Drake is captured!" -- 11. The Armada takes up a crescent formation -- 12.Fire in the powder room -- 13. "The enemy showed Don Pedro more mercy" -- 14. De Leiva enters the fray -- 15. "The hellburners of Antwerp!" -- 16. From Calais to Gravelines -- 17. "Only God could save us!" -- 18. 750 leagues of stormy seas -- 19. The return of the Armada -- 20. "But where is de Leiva?" -- 21. Alonzo de Leiva's first shipwreck -- 22. De Leiva's second shipwreck -- 23. De Leiva's third shipwreck -- 24. A three-star wreck -- 25. The Girona in he archives -- 26. 1967: I find the wreck -- 27. 380 years after -- 28. A two-star wreck -- 29. 1968: topography of a shipwreck -- 30. Treasure cave -- 31. "Is the minister of defence aware?" -- 32. Gold under the seaweed -- 33. The summer of the century -- 34. Madame de Champagney -- 35. "Fabricio Spinola, Captn." -- 36. The unknown knight -- 37. 1969: we return to port Na Spaniagh -- 38. Archimedes -- 39. A bottle for every ten gold coins -- 40. A history lesson under the ocean -- 41. Six thousand hours on the sea bed -- Appendices -- I. Alonzo Martinez de Leiva -- II. The galleass -- III. Plan of ordnance salvaged -- IV. Family tree of the de Granvelles, showing the relation between Madame de Champagney and Don Thomas Perrenoto -- V. Summary inventory of artifacts salvaged: 1967-9.