Shipwrecks in the Americas Four Brothers and a Monkey

Four Brothers and a Monkey

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from the Riis collection of the City Museum

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Shipwrecks in the Americas Four Brothers and a MonkeyIn 1623, a fleet from Havana was struck by a storm at the mouth of the Bahama Channel somewhere near the coast of Florida. "The treasure laden galleon Espiritu Santo el Mayor, 480 tons, Captain Antonio de Soto, opened up and sank so quickly that only 50 of the 300 persons aboard her could be saved by other ships, and all her treasure amounting to 1 million pesos, was totally lost." Such catastrophes at sea among many described in this book have long