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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.
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 ...
The Battle of Cabañas was an attempt in 1638 by Dutch privateer Cornelis Jol to capture the Spanish treasure fleet captained by Carlos de Ibarra. The naval battle, framed in the Eighty Years' War, ended with the Dutch fleet retreating after suffering heavy damage.
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 ...
Pedro Vélaz de Medrano y Manso de Zúñiga, II Lord of Tabuérniga (Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja 28 July 1603 – Coimbra, c. 1659) [1] was the Captain General of the Armada de Barlovento, custodian of the Spanish Treasure Fleet, Seargent Major, Governor of the Tercio of Álava, Governor of five galleons from Naples, squadron Admiral and General, a sailor and prominent Spanish noble ...
It was a heavily armed Spanish galleon that served as the almirante (rear guard) for the Spanish fleet. It would trail behind the other ships in the flotilla to prevent an attack from the rear. Much of the wreck of Nuestra Señora de Atocha was famously recovered by an American commercial treasure hunting expedition in 1985.
More than 300 years ago, the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet was wrecked during a July hurricane off Florida’s shores. The storm took down 11 of the 12 ships that were sailing on a course from Cuba ...