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From galleons to schooners: deforestation, wood supply and shipbuilding on 18th century Portugal. (2016)
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On November 26th 1816, the Portuguese-operated ship "Correio da Azia", while sailing from Lisbon to Macao with general cargo and 107,000 silver coins, struck a reef off Western Australia. After a failed salvage attempt, the "Correio" quietly slipped into the History. In 1995, a manuscript detailing her loss was uncovered in Portuguese archives. In 2004, a team from the Western Australia Museum found it. The remains of the Correio da Azia are now more than silent reminders of Portugal’s...