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Date

1559

Ship type

Urca

Cause

A storm

Command

Tristán de Luna

Captain

Diego López + Alonso Beltrán

Shipwreck zone

Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, Florida

Port of departure

Veracruz (MEX)

Destination

Spain

Tristán de Luna y Arellano, born in Soria, Spain, had been living in New Spain for almost 30 years when Viceroy Luis de Velasco suggested sending an expedition to explore and connect the territories of Zacatecas with the city of Santa Elena (Tybee, Georgia).

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