The pearl road : tales of treasure ships / Christopher Loviny

By: Material type: TextTextMakati City : Asiatype, Inc., [1996];copyright 1996Description: 184 pages : color photos 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CC 135  .L948 1996
Summary: This book provides incredible story of the discovery of the Pandanan wreck, a 15th century merchant vessel loaded with 5,000 pieces of remarkably, price less ceramics. It has become the most important underwater find of pre-colonial artifacts in the Philippines and whole of South East Asia and reveals a wealth of information about centuries of commercial and cultural interaction between our ancestors and their Asian neighbors. These artifacts tell the stories of their trading system, marine technology, ways of life and other facets of pre-colonial past.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center CC 135 .L948 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000004403
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana Reference CC 135 .L948 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEAD00029318U

Soine title : The Pearl road : tales of treasure shops in the Philippines

This book provides incredible story of the discovery of the Pandanan wreck, a 15th century merchant vessel loaded with 5,000 pieces of remarkably, price less ceramics. It has become the most important underwater find of pre-colonial artifacts in the Philippines and whole of South East Asia and reveals a wealth of information about centuries of commercial and cultural interaction between our ancestors and their Asian neighbors. These artifacts tell the stories of their trading system, marine technology, ways of life and other facets of pre-colonial past.

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