Reference Works for Research

These books are often available used from Amazon and are great for reference. I will be updating this list frequently and referring to it occasionally.
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Reference Volumes
Albury, Paul -The Story of the Bahamas, Hong Kong, 1975
Andrews, Kenneth - English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595, Hakluyt Society, Great Britain, 1959
Andrews, Kenneth - The Spanish Caribbean: Trade and Plunder 1530-1630, Yale Univ. Press, Hartford, Conn. 1978
Andrews, Kenneth - The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins, Hakluyt Soc., Gr. Brit., 1972
Arciniegas, German - The Knight of El Dorado, The Vail - Ballou Press, 1942
Barry, Coleman J. - Upon These Rocks (Bahamas) St. John's Abbey Press,1973 ISBN 0-8146-0812-4
Bass, George - Archaeology Beneath the Sea, Walker Pub.,1975 (DS56 .B33)
Bass, George - History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archeology, Thames & Hudson, London, 1972
Bass, George - Ships & Shipwrecks of the Americas, Thames & Hudson, N.Y., 1988
Bathe, Basil W. - Nautical Terms Under Sail, Crown Publishers, New York, 1978
Bensusan, Harold Guy ? The Spanish Struggle against Foreign Encroach-ment in the Caribbean 1675 ? 1697, (Doctoral Dissertation) (F2161.B44) ex. Biblio, FIU
Bethell, Arnold ? The Early Settlers of the Bahama Islands, 1914 (F1656 .b56) Spec. Coll. U.M.
Bethell, Arnold ? The Early Settlers of the Bahamas and Colonists of North America, 1937, (F1656 .b562) Spec. Coll. U.M.
Beurdeley, Cecile ? L?Archeologie Sous-Marine: L?Odyssee des Tresors, Paris 1991
Brigham, Kay - Christopher Columbus, His Life and Discoveries, Barcelona, Spain 1990 ISBN 84-7645-408-2
Boultbee, Paul ? Turks and Caicos Islands 1991, (F1659.T9B68) FIU
Boxer, C.R.- The Dutch Seaborne Empire 1600-1800, Penguin books, 1965
Budde-Jones, Kathryn, Coins of the Lost Galleons, Kissimee, Florida 1989
Burgess, Robert F. - Sinkings, Salvages, and Shipwrecks, American Heritage Press, New York, 1970
Campbell, David G. - The Ephemeral Islands: A Natural History of the Bahamas, Macmillan Educ. Ltd., London, 1978
Campo, Alvaro Soler del - Real Armeria, Palacio Real, Patrimonio Nacional,2000 ISBN 84-7120-265-4
Cardona Bonet, Walter.A. - Shipwrecks in Puerto Rico's History, Vol. 1, Model Offset Printing, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1989
Caruana, A.B. - The History of English Sea Ordnance, Vols. 1 & 2, J.B. Rotherfield, 1994/97
Church, Elihu E. ? Catalog of Books Relating to Discovery and Early History of North and South America. 5 Vols., 1951 (Z1203 .C55) Ref.
Clifford, Barry - The Pirate Prince, Simon&Schuster, New York, 1993
Clifford, Barry ? Return to Treasure Island, Harper Collins, N.Y. 2003
Coffman, Ferris - Lost, Buried or Sunken Treasures, Thomas Nelson, New York, 1957
Coke, Thomas ? History of the West Indies, Vol. 1 , Frank Cass & Co. London 1971
Coloane, Francisco ? Naufragios y Rescates
Craig, Alan K. - Spanish Treasure Bars fron New World Shipwrecks, En Rada Pubications, West Palm Beach, Florida Vol. One, 2003 ISBN 0-9744705-0-3
Craton, Michael - A History of the Bahamas, Collins, London, 1968
Craton, Michael and Saunders, Gail - Islanders in the Stream, University of Georgia Press, 1992
Craton, Michael - A History of the Bahamas, F1656.C7 FIU
Crouse, N.M. - French Struggle for the West Indies 1665-1713, Columbia University Press, New York, 1943, Octagon Books, 1966 (reprint)
Cummins, John - The Voyage of Christopher Columbus. Translation of the Diario,1992 ISBN 0-312-07880-3
Dor-Ner, Zvi - Columbus and the Age of Discovery, New York 1991 ISBN 0-688-08545-8
Deagan, Kathleen A. ? Artifacts of the Colonies Vol.1. Smithsonian, 1987 (F2172.D43) FIU
Desroches, Jean-Paul - Tresors des galions, Paris, France 1994 ISBN 2-909317-05-6
Duffy, J. - Shipwreck and Empire, Harvard Univ. Press, Boston Mass 1955
Elliott, J.H. - Imperial Spain 1469-1716, St. Martins Press, New York, 1964
Ellis, Cuthbert H. - Ships, Peebles Press, London, 1974 F1636.W67 FIU
Enslow, Sam - The Art of Prehistoric Colombia, 1946, ISBN 0-89950-424-8
Falconer, Wm. - Falconer's Marine Dictionary, London, 1815, A.M. Kelley, N.Y. 1970
Fleming, Robert - Primer of Shipwreck Research & Records for Skin Divers, Milwaukee, 1971
Fuson, Robert H. - A Geography of Geography, Wm.C. Brown Co., Dubuque, 1969
Galvin, Peter ? Patterns of Pillage: a Geography of the Caribbean Piracy 1536 ? 1718, G.535.G28 FIU
Gohm, Douglas - Antique Maps of Europe, Americas, West Indies, etc., Thomas&Hudson, London, 1972
Gomez de Silva, Guido - Elsevier's Concise Spanish Etymological Dictionary, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1985
Goslinga, Cornelius ? The Dutch in the Caribbean 1580 -1680
Univ. of Florida Press, Gainsville, 1971
Grahn, Lance - The Political Economy of Smuggling, 1952 ISBN 0-8133-9001-X
Haggard, J. Villasana - Handbook for Translators of Spanish Historical Documents, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1941
Haring, Clarence H. - The Spanish Empire in America, Harcourt, Brace, 1963
Haring, Clarence H. - Trade & Navigation Between Spain & the Indies in Time of the Hapsburgs, Harvard Univ. Press, Gloucester, Mass. 1918 & 1964
Haring C.H., ? Bucaneers in the West Indies in the 17th Century, New York, 1910. F2161.H28 FIU
Hartog, Dr. J. - History of Saba, VAD Aruba, 1975
Hassam, John T. ? The Bahama Islands: Notes on an Early Attempt at Colonization. 1899, 59 pg. (F1412 .H55)
Hebb, David ? Piracy and the English Government 1616 ? 1642, 1994 UM
Hilton, Sylvia ? Fuentes Manuscritos para la Historia de Iberoamerica, 1995.
Hoffman, Paul ? The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean 1535 ? 1585. F2161.H7 FIU
Horner, Dave - Shipwreck, ibooks, New York, 1999
Horner, Dave - The Treasure Galleons, N.Y., 1971
Hosmer, James K. ? ?Winthrop?s Journal? History of New England 1630 ? 1649. F67.W785 FIU
Howse, Derek and Sanderson, Michael - The Sea Chart, McGraw-Hill, New York 1973
Huntress, Keith - Narratives of Shipwrecks & Disasters, Iowa St. Univ. Press, 1974 & 1979
Hutchinson, Wm. - A Treatise on Naval Architecture, Liverpool, 1794, Conway Maritime Press 1969
Ingram, Kenneth E. ? Sources for West Indian Studies with Reference to Manuscript Sources, 1983 (Z1502 .B5 I47)
Ingram, Kenneth E. ? Manuscript Sources for History of the West Indies. (F1621 M36)
Intl. Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration, Volume 1(1972) and later.
Israel, Jonathan - Dutch Primacy in World Trade 1585-1740, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989
Jackson, M.H. & deBeer, C. - Eighteenth Century Gunfounding, David & Charles, 1973
Jameson, Franklin ? Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents. New York 1923 (E195 .J32)
Johnson, Charles - A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorius Pirates, Charles Rivington, London, 1724
Judge, Joseph - ?Where Columbus Found the New World?, National Geographic, Vol. 170, #5, Nov. 1986 (with 70 pg. supplement & map)
Kamen, Henry - Empire, how Spain became a world power 1491 - 1763, ISBN 0-06-019476-6
Karraker, Cyrus - Piracy Was a Business, Rich. Smith Pub., Rindge, N.H., 1953
Karraker, Cyrus - The Hispaniola Treasure. Phila. Press, 1934 (G535 .K2)
Kennard, A.N. - Gunfounding & Gunfounders, Arms & Armour Press, 1986
Kennedy, Jean ? Isle of Devils Collins & Co. 1971 F1636 K44 FIU
Konstam, Angus - The History of Pirates, Lyons Press, New York, 1999
Kurlansky, Mark ? Salt, A World History, Walker and Company, New York 2002
Lane, Kris E. - Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750. New York, 1998
Lane Kris, ? Blood and Silver, Gardner Books, 1999. F2161.L36 FIU
Lang, James - Conquest and Commerce: Spain & England in the Americas, Academic Press, New York, 1975
Lavery, Brian, Editor - The Line of Battle, Chartwell Books, Edison, New Jersey, 1992
Lavery, Brian - The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600-1815, Conway, 1987
Lefroy, J. ? Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of Bermuda, London UK 1980
University Microfilms, London, 1980
Le Golif, Louis Adhemar Timothee - Memoirs of a Buccaneer, Simon and Schuster, 1954 LOC 54-5816
Lever, Darcy - The Young Sea Officers Sheet Anchor, London, 1819, Reprint 1955, 1963, 1998
Lister, Raymond - Antique Maps and Their Cartographers, Bell, 1970.
Ludlum, David - Early American Hurricanes 1492-1870, 1963
Lussan, Raveneau de ? Les Filibustiers de la Mer du Sud. Paris, 1695. Reprinted 1992, also Engish trans. 1930
Lynch, John - Spain Under the Hapsburgs: vol. 2, Spain & America, 1598-1700. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1964/1969
Lyon, Eugene - Enterprise of Florida; Pedro Menendez de Aviles and the Spanish Conquest of 1565-1568, University Press of Florida, 1997
Markham, Sir Clements - The Conquest of New Granada, 1912 ISBN 0-8046-1388-5
Mariner's Mirror (Journal of the Society for Nautical Research), Vol. 13, 31, 37, 38, 49, 72, etc.
McAlister, Lyle N. - Spain & Portugal in the New World, 1492-1700, Univ. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1984
McLachlan, J. - Trade and Peace with Old Spain 1667-1740, University Press, Cambridge, 1940
McNeill, J.R. - Atlantic Empires of France and Spain: Louisbourg & Havana, 1700-1765, Univ. of
North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1985
Means, Philip - The Spanish Main, Focus of Envy, 1492-1700, Scribner, New York, 1935
Menzel, Dr. Sewall H. - The Potosi Mint Scandal and Great Transition of 1652, En Rada, West Palm Beach Florida 1995
Millas, Jose.C. - Hurricanes of the Caribbean 1492-1800, Academy of Arts and Sciences, Miami Florida, 1968
Mercer, Julia ? Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Century. Geneal. Pub. 1982
Moreland, Carl & Bannister, David - Antique Maps, ISBN 0-7148-2954-4
Moya Pons, Frank ? Historia Colonial de Santo Domingo ? F1911.m86 FIU
Munday, John - Naval Cannon, Shire Publications, Buckinghamshire, U.K. 1987
Munsey, Cecil - Collecting Bottles, Scarborough, Ontario 1970 Library of Congress 75 - 122897
Newton, A.P. ? The European Nation in the West Indies, F1621.N46 (1 chap. Pirates) FIU
North, Anthony - European Swords, Pittman Books, London 1982 ISBN 0-11-290378-9
Oldmixon, John - The British Empire in America, published in Great Britain, 1708/1741
Oldmixon, John - The Isle of Providence, Providence Press, Nassau Bahamas, 1949 (chapter from above entry)
Padfield, P. - Guns at Sea, Hugh Evelyn, 1973
Padron, Francisco Morales - Atlas Historico Cultural de America, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1988
Paiewonsky, Isadore - La Trompeuse, Fordham Press, New York, 1992
Pares, Richard - War and Trade in the West Indies, Oxford University Press, London, 1936
Parry, John H. - A Short History of the West Indies, McMillan & Co., N.Y. 1960
Parry, John H. - Spanish Seaborne Empire, Knopf, New York, 1966
Parry, John H. - Trade and Dominion: European Overseas Empires in the 18th Century, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1971
Perez-Mallaina Bueno, Pablo Emilio ? El Hombre Frente al Mar: Naufragios in la Carrera de Indias, Siglos XVI y XVII. Univ. of Sevilla 1996
Peterson, Mendel - History Under The Sea, Mendel Peterson, Alexandria Virginia, 1973
Peterson, Mendel - Funnel of Gold, 1975
Phillips, Carla Rahn - Six Galleons for the King of Spain, London, 1986
Pickford, Nigel - The Atlas of Shipwrecks and Treasure, Dorling Kindersley, London, 1994
Potter, John S. - The Treasure Divers Guide, Doubleday Press, New York, 1972, Fla. Classics Library, Port Salerno, FL, 1988 (reprint)
Rankin, Hugh F. - La Edad de Oro de la Pirateria, G535.R3618 FIU
Rappaport & Fernandez - Portagas, Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones 1492-1994, NHC(NOAA), technical memorandum, 1995
Rediker, Marcus ? Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Cambridge Univ. Press 1987
Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo - Goldwork and Shamanism, an Icongraphic Study of the Gold Museum, Compania Litografica Nacional S.A. , Medellin Colombia 1988 ISBN 958-638-014-9
Riley, Sandra ? Homeward Bound, Island Research, Miami Fl. 1983 FIU F1656.44
Rogozinski, Jan - A Brief History of the Caribbean, Facts on File, Oxford England, 1992
Sanchez Alonso - Benito ? Fuentes de la Historia Espanola e Hispanoamericana. 3 vols., 1946 (Z2696 .S21)
Santiago, Pedro Julio ? Estudios Sobre Comercio Maritimo, Naufragios, y Rescates Submarinos en la Republica Dominicana. 1980 (F1938.1 .S26)
Sarson, Steven ? British America 1500 ? 1800 Temp. Call #AGJ7292 at desk FIU
Sauer, Carl - The Early Spanish Main, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1966
Sedwick, Frank - The Practical Book of Cobs, Winter Park Florida, 1987
Serrano Mangas, Fernando ? Los Galeones de la Carrera de Indias. Sevilla, 1985
Serrano Mangas, Fernando ? Naufragios y Rescates in el Trafico Indiano durante el Siglo XVII. Lima, Peru 1991
Siebert, Wilbur ? The Legacy of the American Revolution to the British West Indies and the Bahamas, 1913 (50 pages) F2131.556 in Spec. Collection U.M.
Smith, Aaron ? The Atrocities of the Pirates F2161.S647 FIU
Smithers, Amelia ? The Turks and Caicos Islands : Lands of Discovery F1652.S65 FIU
Starkey, David J., et. al. ? Pirates and Privateers: New Perspectives on Trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Univ. Exeter Press, 1997
Sterling, Nora - Treasures Under the Sea, Doubleday, New York, 1955
Tandeter, Enrique ? Coercion and Market: Silver Mining in Colonial Potosi 1692-1826. Univ. New Mex. Press 1993 (HD9536 .B63 P68513) also in Spanish
Throckmorton, Peter - The Sea Remembers, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, New York, 1987
Vignaud, Henry - Toscanelli and Columbus, E.P. Dutton, N.Y., 1902
Walker, G. - Spanish Politics and Imperial Trade 1707-1789, Indiana Univ. Press, 1979
Walton, Timothy R. - The Spanish Treasure Fleets, Pineapple Press, Sarasota Florida, 1994,
Waugh, Alec - A Family of Islands, Doubleday&Co., Garden City, New York ,1964
Weller, Robert - Salvaging Spanish Sunken Treasure, Crossed Anchors Salvage, Lake Worth Florida, 1999
Weller, Robert - Galleon Alley, The 1733 Treasure Fleet,Crossed Anchors Salvage, Fort Worth Florida, 2001
Wheatley, Steven - International Law, London 1996 ISBN 1-85431-501-3
Wilkinson, Henry ? Bermuda in the Old Empire, A History of the Island, 1684 ? 1784
Wilkinson, Henry ? The Adventurers of Bermuda, Oxford University Press, 1933 F1636. W67 FIU
Willcox, William B. - The Age of Aristocracy, D.C. Heath&Co., Lexington Massachusetts, 1966
Williams, Eric ? From Columbus to Castro: History of the Caribbean. F1621. W68 FIU
Williams, Neville - Francis Drake, Weidenfield and Nicholson, London 1973
Wood, Peter - The Spanish Main, Time-Life Books, Alexandria Virginia,1979
Woodbury, George ? The Great Days of Piracy in the West Indies. 1951

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