„Die versunkenen Schätze der ,Bom Jesus'" von 1533. Die Bedeutung der Fracht des portugiesischen Indienseglers für die internationale Handelsgeschichte - Würdigung und Kritik.

The article criticizes the book "Die versunkenen Schätze der 'Bom Jesus'," written by Dieter Noli and Wolfgang Knabe about the 2008 archaeological excavation of the wreck of the Portuguese trade ship Bom Jesus off the coast of Namibia. The author discusses the portrayals of 16th-century international trade in the book, offers additional information and corrections pertaining to the trade relations between Portugal, Germany, and India in that time, and examines the economic history of the international trade in spices and precious metals.