Rhif Cyf AmgBMSS/26251
TeitlBooklet : copy brochure Marine Archaeological Project Panama by Sidney Wignall, expedition project director, on his plans to locate and excavate 4 distinct ship-types (caravel, pinnace, bark and frigate) of the 16th century in the Caribbean Sea; and "... to raise from the sea the lead coffin in which Drake was buried at sea on January 29th 1596". He also gives his reasons for wishing to undertake this historical underwater research, and appends notes on modern technology as applied to marine archaeology, wreck survey and excavation, 18th-century and modern charts of Porto Bello and the entrance to the Rio Chagres, and William Paeker's journal, log and chart. A bibliography is included
DyddiadSeptember 1974
Deunydd CysylltiedigBangor MSS 21093 and 25799
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