Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp by Phillip Playford
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781875560738
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Author: Phillip Playford
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Place: Nedlands WA
Year: 1996
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 260 pages
Period: 18th, 19th and 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page. Some faint minor marks on foredges. Light sunning to top foredge. Dust jacket has creasing to the top edge. Interior and binding are still excellent. Rare 1st edition hardcover.
The Zuytdorp, one of the great ships of the Dutch East India Company, disappeared without a trace after leaving Cape Town for Batavia in April 1712.
In Carpet of Silver, Phillip Playford, one of the wreck's discoverers, gives an engrossing account of an incredible true story, a personal adventure, and a fabulous treasure. Fact is definitely more exciting than fiction!
Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp by Phillip Playford
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