wrecking history

The Merchant Royal is remembered as the ‘El Dorado of the Sea’- the galleon that sank off Land’s End, laden with treasure. "It kept leaking after she and her sister-ship left Cádiz and, when the pumps broke down, she sank off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641. Eighteen men drowned...

Wrecking is an important part of the history of the Bahamas. I am trying to find enough information about it, to write a book. Snippets, stories, evidence, books, newspaper articles and cuttings, location of documents etc. Snippets like: "When we happened on the shipwreck, it was evident that...