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Date

1571

Ship type

Galleon

Cause

A storm

Captain

Juan de Canavas

Shipwreck zone

Cabo Cañaveral, Florida

Port of departure

Acapulco (MEX)

Destination

Cadiz (ESP)

Cargo

Riches

This 300-ton galleon armed with 22 iron guns, carried 2.5 million pesos together with the Santa María de la Limpia Concepción.

Very few managed to survive, some tried to reach St. Augustine in two launches but most of them were massacred by the natives.