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DATA ON LOCATION OF ECHEVERZ' ENGLISH PRIZE

1. Echeverz captured this schooner off the English near Porto

Belo and took it back to Cartagena. He requested permission to

take it back to Spain with him. He named it San Miguel de

Excelsis and named Miguel de Bonasatequi the captain. The pilot

was Manuel de Tansida, and 1st mate was Joseph Gonzales. There

were also 11 others in the crew. This makes the ship even-

1. (Continued)

smaller that the French or Dutch prizes. Although it was

referred to as a schooner when first captured. By making small

changes in the sail pattern of the ship it would be converted to

a small frigate, like Ubilla bought in Havana.

2. December 8, 1714 - This document states that a passenger

arrived in Cadiz on 22 Nov 1714. He had left Vera Cruz in June  

of that year aboard a brigantine, but it left him in Havana and

the brigantine returned to Vera Cruz. In Havana he embarked on

another vessel and went to Spain. Now, we know that Echeverz

arrived in Havana on 2 Oct 1714 and it was generally the practice

for the Flota leaders to send an advice boat back to Spain from

Havana to notify the Crown of their arrival there, their eHpected

departure date, etc. A small vessel like this English Prize

would be a perfect advice boat and it may have been used. The

time element of Echeverz arrival in Havana and the arrival date

of the advice boat in Cadiz is right, too.

3. The other possibility is that this was the ship that Ubilla

bought in Havana. We know that earlier Echeverz was complaining

that he had no money while in Havana to maintain his ships, so it

is possible he sold it to Ubilla. Also, Ubilla had lost some of

his ships in Vera Cruz during a storm and might have needed

additional ships to carry cargos of the ships lost there.

(It is a fairly safe bet that this was Ubilla's Fragatilla.

Ubilla also knew that a small vessel such as this returning from

the Indias was not subject to heavy inspection by the Visitadores Po Ar

upon arrival to Cadiz- JH)