Rigging the Pepper Wreck. Part 2—Sails. |
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| Authors: | Filipe Castro |
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| Institution: | Nautical Archaeology Program, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843–4352, USA |
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| Abstract: | Discovered in 1993 at the mouth of the Tagus River, the SJB2 shipwreck—or Pepper Wreck—was tentatively identified as the Portuguese Indiaman Nossa Senhora dos Mártires , lost there on its return voyage from Cochin, in India, on 15 September 1606. Its archaeological excavation led to a tentative reconstruction of the hull, based in contemporary texts on shipbuilding. Further analysis of these texts allowed us to propose a reconstruction of the rigging.
© 2008 The Author |
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| Keywords: | Pepper Wreck Nossa Senhora dos Mártires Portugal 17th-century India route Portuguese nau |
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