Emanuel Point 3

Filipe Castro

 

Introduction

Country: Florida

Place: Pensacola Bay

Coordinates:

Dated: 1559

Description of Wreck

This site found in the summer of 2016, this is the third a number of shipwrecks lost in 1559 by D. Tristán de Luna, during an attempt to start a colony Florida.

Team

Its study is underway by a team from the University of West Florida, under the direction of Dr. Greg Cook.

References

Cook, G., 2009, “Luna’s Ships: Current Excavation on Emanuel Point II and Preliminary

Comparisons with the First Emanuel Point Shipwreck,” The Florida Anthropologist 62.3-4: 93–

99.

Gifford, M., 2008, Everything Is Ballast: An Examination of Ballast Related Practices and

Ballast Stones from the Emanuel Point Shipwrecks. Master’s Thesis, University of West Florida,

Pensacola.

Sorset, S., 2013, A Comparison of Ceramics from the Padre Island and Emanuel Point

Shipwrecks. Master’s Thesis, University of West Florida, Pensacola.