Author: D'INTINO, RAFFAELLA (EDITOR)
Title: Nossa Senhora Dos Mártires a última Viagem
Description: Pavilhao de Portugal, Expo 98 e Editorial Verbo. 1998, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9722218832). Hardcover. Book, Portuguese text.; Hardcover (pictorial boards without dust jacket as issued).; 26 x 29.5 cm.; 1.7 Kg.; 279 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely a small tear on the rear top right side. Interior in very good condition.; The Nossa Senhora dos Mártires was a cargo ship, that got sunken in 1606 at the mouth of the River Tagus, near Lisbon when returning from India, Portugal, and subsequently excavated between 1996 and 2001. Also known as "Pepper Wreck" as its major cargo was pepper. Its cargo contained collection of artefacts dated from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, including Chinese ceramics, an astrolabe, a large anchor. This book contains a series of essays focusing on the wreck, its discovery and the its cargo. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: 9722218832 wreck,ship,nossa senhora dos martires,pepper wreck,history,chinese porcelain,chinese ceramics Chinese Ceramics


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