Ship Models Filipe Castro Introduction Humans have a fascination with models. Herman Melville perhaps explained it better when he wrote that whales are too big to be understood: either we are far away and can see them but we are blind to the details, or we are close enough to see the details but cannot … Read more
Tortugas Shipwreck (Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario), 1622 Sean A. Kingsley Country: USA Place: Straits of Florida, some 20 km south of the Dry Tortugas, near the southwest corner of the Florida Platform. Coordinates: Lat. 24º 16.76’ N; Long. 82º 50.66’ W Type: Navio. Identified: Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario. … Read more
Highbourne Cay Shipwreck Nicholas Budsberg and Filipe Castro Country: Bahamas Place: North of Highbourne Cay, Exuma Islands, in a swift channel known as Allen’s Cut, approximately 35 nautical miles southeast of the capital city of Nassau. Coordinates (approximate): Lat. 24°44’10.87″N; Long. 76°49’10.08″W Type: Unknown Identified: No Dated: Circa 1525. Introduction The identity of the … Read more
Culimochos: the ships from Mulatos, Colombia Elizabeth Parra and Rene Estupiñan Team Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellin): Facultad de Minas: Elizabeth Parra, estudiante Doctorado and Jaime I. Vélez, Docente; and Facultad de Arquitectura: Rene Estupiñan, estudiante Pre-grado, Fabián Zuleta, Docente. Introduction Mulatos is a small town, part of a network of habitats in the Pacific coast of Colombia. Its inhabitants … Read more
Sharjah 2018 Underwater Archaeology Survey Alexandre Monteiro, Filipe Castro, Gonçalo Calado, José Pinto, Manuel Ribeiro, Paulo Costa, José Carita Virtual visit to the 2020 Lisbon exhibit at Museu Nacional de Arqueologia Introduction Upon solicitation of the Sharjah Archaeology Authority (SAA), the Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IAP-NOVA) has conducted … Read more
São João Baptista, 1622 Chase Oswald Introduction On March 1st, 1622 the São João Baptista captained by Pedro de Morais Sarmento left Goa accompanying the Portuguese flagship Nossa Senhora do Paraiso, captained by Nuno Alvares Botelho. After sailing for approximately fifteen to twenty days the pumps of the São João Baptista were checked and it … Read more
San Pedro (1596) Ricardo Borrero L Introduction Country: Bermuda Type: merchant nao Identified: San Pedro Dated: 1596 History of the shipwreck The wreck was first discovered by Teddy Tucker and Donald Canton in the 1950’s and since then it became known as “Tucker Canton Treasure Wreck”. Tucker and Canton recovered several artifacts and guns from … Read more
A Dive in History, Portugal Alexandre Monteiro Introduction If the great classical civilizations are immortalized through their artistic and monumental heritage, a significant part of the Portuguese cultural heritage will be forever linked to the sea and the period of maritime expansion, discoveries, and the first true globalization. Characters from the Portuguese tragic-maritime history, dozens … Read more
Espiritu Santo – 41 WY 3 (1554) Ricardo Borrero Country: USA Place: Padre Island Coordinates: Type: Identified: Espiritu Santo Dated: 1554 History of the shipwreck A fleet of forty-eight vessels sailed on November 4th of 1552 from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain under the command of Captain-General Bartolomé Carreño. In addition to the forty-eight vessels, … Read more
Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (1641) Ricardo Borrero and Filipe Castro Introduction Country: Dominican Republic Place: North Hispaniola, Near Puerto Plata Coordinates: Type: 600 ton nao armed and fitted as a galleon to be Capitana and later Almiranta Identified: Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción Dated: 1641 Les joueurs de casino en ligne … Read more