1733 Fleet

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Since all you cats seem to focus on Florida and the Keys, here's another one. I'm sure some have seen these, but even if you have or have not, enjoy! (trying to activate the forum)

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-Arch1
 

Awesome map!!! Where are these images from?
 

Spain's national library.

Cheers;

-Arch1
 

great map! Never seen that one before.

Interestingly, there are nicknames for some of the ships I've not seen before.
 

Never saw this one before. There is a similar one in Marty Meylach's book, but it's not as good.

A print of that map would look great framed.
 

Thanks Bum Luck! From the stamp, it looks as though it's from the archive in Seville. Maybe it's just me, but without seeing it more closely, something seems odd about it. I'll look to find a better copy.

Cheers;

-Arch1
 


Here's an interesting notation on the bank west of "Caio Marques"; "placer de Caio Marques"
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We all know what happened on that bank, but the word "Placer" translates out to: pleasure, delight, enjoyment, joy, treat, or picnic.

Now that bank was no doubt a pleasure for Mel Fisher, but it certainly was anything but that for the Spanish.

Does anyone want to take a stab at the possible meaning of it?

The fact that the place name "Marques" had stuck around for a century suggests strongly that there was a memory of the 1622 wrecks also. Please speculate on if there may have been some attempts to search for the wrecks too.
 

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