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"Not just another maritime disaster drama, this history of a Spanish galleon sunk by the English in 1708 offers fascinating glimpses into Spain's American empire... By plumbing the dashed hopes of those invested in the success of the San José, Phillips endows her narrative with a foreboding poignancy." -- Booklist
"Her work proceeds, even with its scholarship, to retain the basic magic of the tale of the magnificent galleon under the command of the Count of Casa Alegrre and manned by 600 souls, all still resting untouched and waiting." -- Library Journal (starred review)
"Phillips' book does much to dispel longstanding myths and provides a close look at maritime practices as well as the difficulties posed by allowing memory to stand in for fact... Certainly the most fascinating portion of the book was Phillips minute description of the battle that resulted in the loss of the San Jose." -- PhiloBiblos
"A model work of historical investigation: painstaking, meticulous, searching. It is also an example of the best sort of microhistory: exhaustive in depth, but far-reaching in breadth. Documents are handled with unfailing deftness, and with a detective's tenacity, to provide a blow-by-blow account of the battle in which the San José went down and to resolve the question of how much cash it carried. Phillips displays versatile historianship, with outstanding work on ship construction, shipboard life, and the diplomatic background to the war." -- Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Tufts University
"It sounds like the title of a boy's own adventure tale or an Erroll Flynn movie, and rightly so: The Treasure of San José has a swashbuckling spirit and contains all the elements for an old-fashioned romance: sea battles, suave adventurers and sunken treasure. But it also displays the kind of detail and precision that comes from shrewdly plundered archives. Carla Rahn Phillips is clearly an assiduous historian with an eye for an extraordinary story." -- Wall Street Journal
"Phillips' impeccable scholarship, detailed reporting, and careful analysis will appeal primarily to students of Spanish history and naval affairs." -- Margaret A. Koger, Magill Book Reviews
"A book that will please and reward all students of Spanish imperial and maritime history." -- N.A.M. Rodger, International Journal of Maritime History
"This is a well-written and well-researched book which can be effectively read by both scholar and novice." -- John Leiby, HAHR
"This is a very well-written, analytical study based on extensive fresh archival research." -- Christon I. Archer, American Historical Review
"The author has used this wealth of documents to write a marvellous book, fascinating from beginning to end." -- Jaap de Moor, The Northern Mariner
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