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Michael West

An Intact Chest from the 1686 French Shipwreck La Belle

Artifacts from the La Salle Colonization Expedition to the Spanish Sea

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In 1995 the Texas Historical Commission discovered the shipwreck of la Belle, the final vessel of the ill-fated venture by French explorer Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle to colonize the Texas coast. Among the items recovered was an intact chest, informally known as the Belle Mystery Chest. It contained many tools used in occupations ranging from that of French wine coopering to those of agricultural, military, and maritime endeavors. Historical research using firsthand reports of the expedition''s survivors suggest the chest was first boarded in France on one of La Salle''s other ships, unloaded prior to its wrecking at the mouth of Matago… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-3-8443-0650-7
  • EAN: 9783844306507
  • Produktnummer: 37803318
  • Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 284 S.
  • Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.7 cm 441 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 441

Über den Autor


Michael West has a Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology from Cornell University (2001); a Master of Arts from Texas A&M University specializing in Nautical Archaeology with a focus on Conservation and Historic Preservation (2005); and a law degree from the University of Houston (2009). He worked at the Conservation Research Laboratory from 2001 to 2006.

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