{"product_id":"the-treasure-of-the-san-jos-death-at-sea-in-the-war-of-the-spanish-succession-9781421404165","title":"The Treasure of the San Jos?: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession","description":"\u003cp\u003e2007 Award for Excellence in World History and Biography\/Autobiography, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon \u003ci\u003eSan Jos? \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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 \u003ci\u003eSan Jos?\u003c\/i\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 \u003ci\u003eSan Jos?\u003c\/i\u003e became prey to the British squadron. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the story does not end with the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eSan Jos?\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Jos?\u003c\/i\u003e separates popular myth from history and sheds light on the human lives associated with a \"treasure\" ship.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarla Rahn Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is the Union Pacific Professor in Comparative Early Modern History at the University of Minnesota. She has published two award-winning books with Johns Hopkins, \u003ci\u003eSix Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e and, with William D. Phillips, Jr., \u003ci\u003eSpain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873294160146,"sku":"9781421404165","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb52d8c4-6ecf-4f27-a9c2-1ad7d627d6f0.jpg?v=1737926557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-treasure-of-the-san-jos-death-at-sea-in-the-war-of-the-spanish-succession-9781421404165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}