The Voyage of the Vizcaina: The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship

Of all the great seafaring vessels of the Age of Discovery, not one has been recovered or even--given the lack of detailed contemporary descriptions--accurately represented. Then, in the mid-1990s, a sunken ship was found in a small, shallow gulf off the coast of Panama. Chronicling both dramatic history and present-day archaeological adventures, Klaus Brinkb umer and Clemens H ges reveal this artifact to be not only the oldest shipwreck ever recovered in the Western Hemisphere but also very likely the remains of the Vizca na, one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New World. The Voyage of the Vizca na gives us an exciting tale of exploration and discovery, and the startling truths behind Columbus's final attempt to reach the East by going west.

Author: Klaus Brinkbäumer, Clemens Höges
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 05/07/2007
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.15w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780156031585

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 60

About the Author
KLAUS BRINKBÄUMER writes for Der Spiegel magazine. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, he is an experienced sailor and diver. He lives in Germany.

CLEMENS HÖGES is a senior editor at Der Spiegel, where he has written extensively about underwater archaeology, seafaring, and piracy. He lives in Germany.