Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp
by Phillip Playford
Category: History

The author brings to life the Zuytdorp story, the Dutch East India ship which disappeared in 1712 enroute from Cape Town to Batavia. It covers the disappearance, the discovery of the wreck, the looting of its treasure, and the evidence that many struggled ashore but never returned to civilization.