Carpet Of Silver

Perth: University Of Western Australia Press. 1996. 1st ed thus, octavo, stiff pictorial wraps, b&w text illus, maps, pp xii. 260. Near-fine condition. Scarce. The Zuytdorp was a great ship of the VOC - Dutch East India Company, which disappeared in 1712 off a remote part of the Western Australian coast, carrying a rich cargo of silver coins. The… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item