The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan: Her Life and Loss 1850-1865 by Q. David Bowers - Hard Cover Color

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We are pleased to offer for sale The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan: Her Life and Loss 1850-1865 by Q. David Bowers.  The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan is a hard cover, 415 page, fully illustrated book.   The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan tells the story of the vessel which broke apart and sunk off the coast of northern California on July 30th, 1865... taking with her hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold coins and other treasures.

• The Gold Rush in California
• San Francisco in the Gold Rush
• Coins and Currency in America
• Money in California
• The San Francisco Mint
• The Brother Jonathan in the Atlantic
• The Brother Jonathan in the Pacific
• The Brother Jonathan on the Northern Route
• Oregon and the Brother Jonathan
• Before the Brother Jonathan's Departure
• The Fateful Voyage
• Aftermath of the Disaster
• Legacy of the Brother Jonathan
• Deep Sea Research, Inc
• DSR Goes for Gold
• More Treasure and Artifacts

For numismatic historians and archaeologists, the items recovered from the Brother Jonathan provide a window on money used in those times.  The coins recovered from the Brother Jonathan are also important because there were very few 'treasure ships' lost with significant amounts of American gold coins.  The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan is a new book from our inventory.