(Re-)interpreting the Artefact Collection of the Nossa Senhora da Consolação Wreck (1608)
The discovery of the sea route around the Cape by Vasco da Gama in 1498 opened the maritime trade between Europe, East Africa and India. At this time, Mozambique Island played a significant role mediating this maritime network. As a result, an impressive amount of underwater cultural heritage was cr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The international journal of nautical archaeology
Year: 2024, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 33–52 |
| Further subjects: | B
شبكات التجارة البحرية
B 竞争 B 海上贸易网 B 進口材料 B المنافسة B 海上貿易網 B competencia B competition; imported material; local material B المواد المحلية B Maritime trade networks B Redes de comercio marítimo B المواد المستوردة B material local B 本地材料 B 競爭 B 进口材料 B material importado |
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| Summary: | The discovery of the sea route around the Cape by Vasco da Gama in 1498 opened the maritime trade between Europe, East Africa and India. At this time, Mozambique Island played a significant role mediating this maritime network. As a result, an impressive amount of underwater cultural heritage was created, but it was heavily impacted over the last decade by commercial salvage activities. In the aftermath of the impacts from treasure hunting, this paper presents an on-going (re-)interpretation and assessment of indicative archaeological artefacts recovered from the Nossa Senhora da Consolação wreck (1608). The on-going (re-)interpretation is based on comparative analysis with artefact assemblages recovered in other contemporary shipwrecks and terrestrial sites around the world. Results suggest that Nossa Senhora da Consolação was a ship integrated in global trading networks, which met its fate at Mozambique Island due to commercial competition and access to the strategic coastal position between the Portuguese and the Dutch. |
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| ISSN: | 1095-9270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2023.2238229 |