The Voyage of the Vizcaina: The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780156031585)

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舫mer and Clemens Hes 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匤a, one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New World. The Voyage of the Vizca匤a 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.