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humm where was (dutch) pieter ita's watering area in florida in 1627 /28 ?
in bob marx book about piet hyen* --he speaks of dutch admiral ita taking of the 3 honduran treasure fleetgalleons and that ita's vessel was demasted and one of the two spanish treasure galleons* taken as a "prizes" was also badly damaged in the battle and that ita retired towards florida for repairs ---marx also speaks of piet hyen also stopping in flordia to water --
look up "pieter ita" -- under wikipedia *
* the vessel was NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS REMEDIOS (the other ST JAGO was so badly damaged its treasure was stripped off it and it was burnt on the spot)-- afterwards ita retired to florida --- to water up for the return voyage and repairHIS damaged vessel --- however the NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS REMEDIOS was taking water badly --so he stripped what treasure he could and placed it upon his much smaller dutch vessels and on august 15 ,1628 --1 mile off the florida coast he set fire to the spanish vessel ****( now the BIG QUESTION IS THIS was he able to take all the booty onboard his vessels? since they already had the other treasure galleon ST JAGO load of booty aboard them) DID HE MAKE HIS WATERING / REPAIR POINT AND BURY ANY EXCESS TREASURE ON SHORE OR DID HE HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA ? --
the cocoa beach area has many natural fresh water springs and as such was an ideal spot both to water and lurk waiting for spanish treasure ships on their way homebound to ambush. ( since the spanish navigators used the cape as a "dead reckoning" landmark to know it was time to start their eastward tack to go back home)
there some old rumors / reports of 13 chained together buried chest of loot found in the cocoa beach area --long ago by road crews*( I have never been able to track those stories down fully sadly however )
when the spanish and dutch fought the smaller dutch vessels upon winning often found they could not "pack" all the money found on the larger damaged spanish vessels -- in some cases the "excess" was simply dumped over the side or sent to the bottom on a burning vessel -- while it would not help holland in their fight for freedom against spain --every coin lost was "damage done" to spain -- spain did not want the dutch to get any of "their" funds --the spanish capts were told if the vessel seemed about to be lost to set fire to it before abandoning it --to deprive the dutch of assets to fund their fight with. --- now what if a dutch raider brought a badly damaged spanish vessel (beyond their repair abilities to make the rough sea voyage home ) to cocoa and stripped what treasure they could and burnt the vessel-- they would have to "stash" any excess treasure to be reclaimed later-- maybe thats where those chest came from.
in bob marx book about piet hyen* --he speaks of dutch admiral ita taking of the 3 honduran treasure fleetgalleons and that ita's vessel was demasted and one of the two spanish treasure galleons* taken as a "prizes" was also badly damaged in the battle and that ita retired towards florida for repairs ---marx also speaks of piet hyen also stopping in flordia to water --
look up "pieter ita" -- under wikipedia *
* the vessel was NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS REMEDIOS (the other ST JAGO was so badly damaged its treasure was stripped off it and it was burnt on the spot)-- afterwards ita retired to florida --- to water up for the return voyage and repairHIS damaged vessel --- however the NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS REMEDIOS was taking water badly --so he stripped what treasure he could and placed it upon his much smaller dutch vessels and on august 15 ,1628 --1 mile off the florida coast he set fire to the spanish vessel ****( now the BIG QUESTION IS THIS was he able to take all the booty onboard his vessels? since they already had the other treasure galleon ST JAGO load of booty aboard them) DID HE MAKE HIS WATERING / REPAIR POINT AND BURY ANY EXCESS TREASURE ON SHORE OR DID HE HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA ? --
the cocoa beach area has many natural fresh water springs and as such was an ideal spot both to water and lurk waiting for spanish treasure ships on their way homebound to ambush. ( since the spanish navigators used the cape as a "dead reckoning" landmark to know it was time to start their eastward tack to go back home)
there some old rumors / reports of 13 chained together buried chest of loot found in the cocoa beach area --long ago by road crews*( I have never been able to track those stories down fully sadly however )
when the spanish and dutch fought the smaller dutch vessels upon winning often found they could not "pack" all the money found on the larger damaged spanish vessels -- in some cases the "excess" was simply dumped over the side or sent to the bottom on a burning vessel -- while it would not help holland in their fight for freedom against spain --every coin lost was "damage done" to spain -- spain did not want the dutch to get any of "their" funds --the spanish capts were told if the vessel seemed about to be lost to set fire to it before abandoning it --to deprive the dutch of assets to fund their fight with. --- now what if a dutch raider brought a badly damaged spanish vessel (beyond their repair abilities to make the rough sea voyage home ) to cocoa and stripped what treasure they could and burnt the vessel-- they would have to "stash" any excess treasure to be reclaimed later-- maybe thats where those chest came from.
