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The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet (Spanish: Flota de Indias, also called silver fleet or plate fleet; from the Spanish: plata meaning "silver"), was a convoy system of sea routes organized by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790, which linked Spain with its territories in the Americas across the Atlantic.
A Spanish fleet sailed off from Cádiz to the Indies on April 29, 1638, commanded by Carlos de Ibarra. In their way, they reached Isla Tortuga , a usual center of foreign piracy, and upon finding the pirate settlements and plantations lightly defended due to the absence of the pirate crews, they destroyed them.
The Spanish treasure fleet departed from the port of El Callao, Peru, consisting of just two galleons: La Capitana Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción, commanded by Admiral Don Francisco de Sosa, and the Almiranta San Francisco Solano. According to the official cargo manifest, La Capitana was transporting 3.2 million pesos' worth of silver ...
What is the 1715 Treasure Fleet? Where did the fleet come from: The 1715 Treasure Fleet transported treasures between Spain and the Americas. In July 1715, 11 Spanish fleet ships were destroyed in ...
8 reales Mexican silver cob, full date 1715, recovered from the 1715 fleet Rare 8 escudos lima dated 1710, recovered from the 1715 Fleet. The 1715 Treasure Fleet was actually a combination of two Spanish treasure fleets returning from the New World to Spain, the "Nueva España Fleet", under Captain-General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla, and the "Tierra Firme Fleet", under Don Antonio de Echeverz ...
The Blockade of Porto Bello was a failed British naval action against the Spanish port of Porto Bello in present-day Panama between 1726 and 1727 as part of the Anglo-Spanish War. The British were attempting to blockade the port to stop the Spanish treasure fleet leaving for Spain with its valuable cargo. However tropical disease took its toll ...
Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States.She was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets sailing between Spain and its colonies in the Americas.
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