Spanish galleon wreckage found? off South Carolina
Tagged: Dominican Republic, Spain, Toledo“Spirek told the Sun-News that the object could be part of the wreckage from the Chorruca, a Spanish galleon that sank in 1526 in Winyah Bay. The Chorruca was a lead vessel in the expedition headed by Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, a conquistador born in 1475 in Toledo, Spain.
De Ayllon had settled on the island of Hispaniola (the island where today’s Dominican Republic and Haiti are located) and was a successful business owner there. In 1523, he was asked by King Charles I of Spain to look for a route from the Atlantic Ocean through the newly discovered American continent to the Pacific Ocean.”
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August 24th, 2006
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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