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Spanish treasure fleet. Spanish galleon routes (white): West Indies or trans-atlantic route begun in 1492, Manila galleon or trans-pacific route begun in 1565 (Blue: Portuguese routes, operational from 1498 to 1640). The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet (Spanish: Flota de Indias, also called silver fleet or plate fleet; from the ...
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 Manila galleons were known in New Spain as La Nao de China ("The China Ship") on their voyages from the Spanish East Indies because they carried mostly Chinese goods shipped from Manila. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Manila Galleon route was an early instance of globalization , representing a trade route from Asia that crossed to the Americas, thereby ...
The story revolves around the fictional Mystery Flesh Pit, a colossal, ancient superorganism discovered beneath the town of Gumption, Texas, during an oil excavation. The pit was then transformed into a tourism destination and harvested for raw materials, until a catastrophic disaster in 2007 forced its closure.
Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in Spain and Portugal [3][4][5] and first used as armed cargo carriers by Europeans from the 16th to 18th centuries during the Age of Sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-17th century. [6]
By that time, Brown had moved from Troy to Texas Tech under Tommy Tuberville. Pruitt was coaching at Kilgore Junior College in Texas when Brown got the offensive coordinator job under Mark Stoops ...
No. 12 Southern California at No. 17 Michigan. Time/TV: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS. Why watch: The Trojans fittingly begin their inaugural journey through the Big Ten in the Big House, where they ...
Maritime history. Magic and Gracie off Castle Garden, painted by James E. Buttersworth, c. 1871. Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant.