San Amaro

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Date

1559

Period

Ship type

Cause

A storm

Key figure

Tristán de Luna

Command

Tristán de Luna

Captain

Cristóbal de Escobar

Fleet

The Nueva España Fleet

Shipwreck zone

Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, Florida

Port of departure

Destination

Spain

The remains found at the so-called Emanuel Point I Shipwreck or Emanuel Point II could belong to this wreck.

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