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Date
1559Period
16th centuryShip type
UrcaCause
A stormKey figure
Tristán de LunaCommand
Tristán de LunaCaptain
Diego López + Alonso BeltránShipwreck zone
Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, FloridaPort of departure
Veracruz (MEX)Destination
SpainTristán 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).