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Date

1555

Cause

A hurricane

Command

Cosme Rodríguez Farfán

Captain

Cosme Rodríguez Farfán

Shipwreck zone

Bahama Channel, The Bahamas

Port of departure

Panama (PAN)

Destination

Spain

(…) and part of what could be saved of the seventy-five thousand pesos of my nao, intended for Your Majesty, which came in the three ships that run aground in Florida, and which is now mixed with what was saved from private individuals so that the officers in Seville can make an effective distribution (…). A storm was the reason for the shipwreck.