San Miguel (1551 shipwreck)

San Miguel may refer to any of a number of Spanish ships.

The San Miguel which sank in the 1551 off Santo Domingo is believed to be one of the richest treasure galleons ever lost at sea, with a cargo of Inca and Aztec treasures looted by Spanish conquistadors.

San Miguel (sank 1551)

A fleet of nine ships left San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico, on March 15th 1551. By April 29, the San Miguel had wrecked off the north coast of Santo Domingo, with no lives lost. Some of the registered treasure appears to have been salvaged in the following months and was sent to Spain. The ship was 200 toneladas,[1] and was considered to be an excellent vessel, the best of the fleet. It would have been about 23 meters long, with a keel of nearly 15 meters.

Many people have searched for the remains of the San Miguel; the search was mentioned in the final chapters of Robert Kurson's "Pirate Hunters" (2015), a New York Times Bestseller.[2] The search is ongoing in the treacherous waters of the Dominican Republic.[3] [4] [5]

See also

Another galleon of the same name sank in the 1540s.[6] See:

References

  1. ↑ "San Miguel (+1551)". Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  2. ↑ Kurson, Robert (2015). Pirate Hunters. Random House. ISBN 9781400063369.
  3. ↑ Marx Robert F., Shipwrecks of the Western Hemisphere(1971) Western Publishing ISBN 0679505652
  4. ↑ Marx Robert F., Shipwrecks of the Americas (1974,1975,1987) Dover Publications ISBN 0-486-25514X
  5. ↑ Marx Robert F., The Worlds Richest Shipwrecks (2009) Ram Books ISBN 0-9818991-1-0
  6. ↑ Gaetan, Algoet. "San Miguel (+1542)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

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