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Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/No dusjtacket. 8vo. pp. 260, "" In 1954, young Phillip Playford stood at the top of precipitous cliffs on a remote part of Western Australia coast, looking down on the Wooden wreckage scattered below. he had been drawn to this spot, a figurehead and other relics, found many years before. Playford later proved that this site was the…
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A Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp Paperback - 1996
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- Title A Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp
- Author Phillip Playford
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- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Western Australia Press, Australia
- Date 1996
- ISBN 9781875560851 / 1875560858
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97120219
- Dewey Decimal Code 994.1
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CARPET OF SILVER: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp
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University of Western Australia Press, 1996. Softcover. FINE. SCARCE The Zuytdorp, one of the great ships of the Dutch East India Company, disappeared without trace after leaving Cape Town in 1712, en route to Batavia (Jakarta). The ship was carrying a rich cargo, including some 250,000 guilders in silver coins. Two hundred and forty-two years later, young geologist Phillip Playford stood at the top of precipitous cliffs on a remote part of the Western Australian coast, looking down on wooden wreckage laying scattered below. He had been drawn to this desolate spot by the graphic tales of an elderly stockman: tales of old Dutch coins, a figurehead, and other relics that had been found there many years before. Playford later proved that the wreckage and relics came from the long-lost Zuytdorp, which had crashed into these forbidding cliffs during the winter of 1712.Phillip Playford brings to life the adventurous story of the Zuytdorp - its voyages and its disappearance, discovery and identification of…
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