450- Year Old Shipwreck Found In Florida Artifacts Reveal More About Florida's Spanish Past

ABC News ^ | 10-12-2007 | GARRY MITCHELL

[rdl6989]

In 1559, a hurricane plunged as many as seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering explorer Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle.

Almost 500 years later and 15 years after the first ship was found, another has been discovered, helping archaeologists unlock secrets to Florida's Spanish past. The colony at the site of present-day Pensacola was abandoned in 1561, and no trace of it has been found on land.

Teams of University of West Florida archaeology students last summer discovered what they thought was the shipwreck, picking up pieces of artifacts from the site. A 32-by-24-foot barge now covers the site to give divers access.

Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning joined divers Thursday for a close look at the shipwreck, partially buried in sand about 12 feet below the water surface. It was "incredible" to touch something that has been submerged for centuries, Browning said.

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[rdl6989]

Ping.

[Slapshot68]

“In 1559, a hurricane plunged as many as seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay”

Wow, so the Bush/Cheney/Halliburton Hurricane Maker Machine was in use back then too huh?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, but alas...

1559 Shipwreck Found Off Pensacola, Fla.
Breitbart | October 11, 2007 | AP
Posted on 10/11/2007 7:42:56 PM EDT by RDTF
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[SunkenCiv]

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[ridesthemiles]

Only 12 feet below the surface? It stayed hidded at that depth? Wow!!

Guess all the melting ice that Gore bloviates about isn’t raising the seas after all???

[ROTB]

>Guess all the melting ice that Gore bloviates about isn’t
>raising the seas after all???

Good point. A+!!!

On another note, insurance companies should be slithering out of the woodwork to claim it as we speak.

Check out the new tagline.

[massgopguy]

How much money does John Edwards make off of this one?

[Ditter]

Good post. I have a silver coin that was found on the wreck of the Spanish ship, the Atocha. The silver was mined and the coin minted in Mexico and shipped to Spain. Only it didn’t make it and was sunk in the Caribbean. It lay on the bottom of the ocean for 400+ years. It is my favorite piece of jewelry. It’s history fascinates me.