Claudio Bonifacio former vice-president of SEAI Spain

[Claudio]

For all the interested, Claudio Bonifacio, former vice president of Sovereign Exploration Associates International, Inc. (SEAI) Spain has resigned. I am committed for other solvent projects.
Cheers

 

[Panfilo]

Claudio, good news for all historic shipwreck enthusiasts, that way you can concentrate more fully on your next volume of galleon history. The great wealth of knowledge you've accumulated after a lifetime in the archives needs to be told and put to good use. Here in Colombia as is happening in many parts of the world, historic shipwrecks are dissapearing daily at an alarming rate due to dredging, land fills, marine cables, beach replenishing, fishing nets and looters. Just a few months ago they were dredging the entrance to the Bay of Cartagena in front of the colonial forts (Bocachica)where many, many wrecks lie and the inevitable happened, the destruction of these time capsules. Some years ago a survey was made inside the Bay and 52 colonial wrecks were inventoried and I fear that more then half have since dissapeared.The fact that you can place locations to your research can help to try and preserve many historic wrecks before it's too late.
Panfilo

 

[Claudio]

Old Chinese proverb (or maybe Arabic?): an image is more worth than thousand words!!
Take good note. The archaeologists say that the best place for the shipwrecks is the bottom of the sea.
In this beach of Getares (Algeciras bay) shipwrecked the galleon San Antonio in 1610.