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1.        Lima to Mirailas, Palmar de Ayz, 5 August 1715.

He states that his Refuerzo is in 27d 15m of latitude

and that Ubilla's “C” and “A” are within a difference of six

leagues from his wreck. If Lima's wreck is the "Wedge wreck",

located at 27d 30m then he must be wrong on the latitude, but the

distance is about right as six leagues would be 18 nautical miles

(Closer to 20.5-JH) as the distance to the Cabin site is 20

miles, which is close enough to the distance given by Lima.

2.        Mendez delaration, Pilot of Nuestra Senora Del Carmen ,alias

       "La Olandesa", St Augustine, 7 Aug 1715.

"His ship was lost, and all the others too, one after  

another in Palmar de Ayz on the coast in 28d 10m latitude... that

no victuals escaped from the Capitana of Ubilla and that the hull  

of Ubilla's Capitana sank at a distance from shore and only the

superstructure of the ship came ashore. All of the ships lost

are in an area comprising nine leagues from North to South

The latitude he gave is confusing. Was it wrong? It

might have been the latitude of his own shipwreck. He claims to

have left the wreck site on August 4th and it took him only 3

days to reach St Augstine, where he made his declaration. The,

latitude 28d, 10m would put this wreck off Satellite beach and

there may be some truth to it as 1715 coins have been reported

found in this area. (This bears some Think Tanking! Since Mendez

went up in a small launch with both oars and sail, the speed of 3

days is not unreasonable, even from 27d 50m.- JH).

3.        Salmon to Linares, From Ayz in 27d 50m Latitude, 31 Aug 1715.

"The Capitana was broken in many pieces, drowning the

General and all his companions ...we are all within a distance of

ten leagues from one another .."

4.        Declaration of Captain Francisco de Medina y Barela, St

       Augustine, 12 August 1715.

"...and of the treasure of the King, which came in the

Capitana of Ubilla, it sank a long distance from shore, but with

grapnels I believe it can be located. When I left the scene of

the disaster on 4 August only the superstructure of Ubilla's

Capitana had washed ashore .."

5.        Testimony by Captain Ynda, Piloto Mayor of Salmon's

       Almiranta, Havana, 16 Aug 1715.

"..estimates are that 200 people from the Capitana were

lost ...total number of ships lost is 8, and they are located from

27d 15m to 27d 50m .."

He came to Havana in the launch which was saved from

Ubilla's Capitana.

6.        Governor of Florida to King, St Augustine, 19 Aug 1715.

"..and that the Capitana of Ubilla had sunk in five

fathoms of water .."

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7.        Armenta to Casa Torres, Ayz, 9 Sept 1715.

"As yet we have done little about recovering the

treasure from the Capitana of Ubilla, mainly because of the lack

of small boats for this purpose .." (One wonders where the

Governor of Florida got his divine knowledge that it was in five

fathoms? See 6. above.- JH)

8.        Salmon to Torres, Palmar de Ayz, 9 Sept 1715.

"Diving is very difficult for the divers as the water

is always dirty and rough ...haven't found the Capitana as yet,

because of a lack of small boats for the job and the few we have

are being used on the Almiranta salvage effort .."

9.        Joseph Clemente, salvage chief, to Casa Torres. Palmar de

       Ayz,10 Sept 1715.

"This whole operation would have been complete if all

the chests had not be buried under sand, and many appear as

though cemented into the sand, and if the water had not been so

rough and dirty. We hope to finish soon on this Almiranta and

then pass on to the Capitana, but so far no one knows it's exact

location.”

10. Casa Torres to the king, Havana, 17 Sept 1715.

"In Ubilla's Capitana many people were lost, up to 53

or 54 passengers and the same number in seamen and marines .. in a

letter from Armenta dated 31 August he states that they have not

yet located Ubilla's Capitana...

11.        Salmon to king, Palmar de Ayz, 20 Sept 1715.

… and at a distance of two leagues (from his wreck),

four hours earlier before we sank, the Capitana of the Flota sank

and the General and over 200 persons drowned ...we have recovered

from the Capitana and Almiranta 1,450 chests of coins .."

Note in margin in pencil "Maybe the difference (Expressed as a

delta symbol) in distance 2 versus 3 leagues is that they did

know where the main part of the Capitana was then."

12.        Palacio to Conde de Frigiliana, Havana, 28 Sept 1715.

Mentions that the Capitana broke up and that no

victuals came ashore from it, and that by this time it has been

located.

13.        Casa Torres to Salmon, Havana, 10 Oct 1715.

Mentions that he has learned that they located the hull

of the Capitana and have recovered some treasure from it.

14.        Fernando Prem, who was Ln charge of the salvage operations

       at Palmar de Ayz, to his brother in Havana, 10 Oct 1715.

States that they found the bottom of the ship in two

fathoms of water and have already recovered from said ship 949

chests of silver, and that shortly they expect to complete the

salvage of this shipwreck, taking into consideration what already

had been recovered, there is very little left to recover. (This

is a depth given by a most credible source and it is no doubt

where the majority of the chests were picked up. It would also

account for not being many coins scattered around on Corrigan's

like there are on the Cabin site – JH)

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15.        Casa Torres to Viceroy of Mexico, Havana, 12 Oct 1715.

"The Capitana foundered... (Note: He mentions all other

ships as wrecked)...as of 22 September they have recovered 758

chests of silver from this ship."

16.        Lima to Viceroy of Mexico. Havana, 19 Oct 1715.

"All of the ships, with the exception of mine, broke to

pieces ....we also aided our Admiral Salmon and his people (with

victuals), and same with the survivors of the Capitana, which

wrecked at a distance of ten leagues from my Real ..only my small

boat and another from the Capitana were left after the disaster."

17.        Casa Torres to King, Havana, 28 Oct 1715.

"I have received the happy news that the hull of the

Capitana was discovered in two fathoms of water and that they

have begun diving on this ship with good fortune, and have

already recovered some of it's treasure…”

18.        Armenta to Viceroy of Mexico, Havana, 21 Oct 1715.

"All of our main ships in Ubilla's Flota went to pieces

except that of Lima, which stayed intact but full of

water ...aboard the Capitana over 200 persons drowned.."

19.        Armenta to King, Havana, 28 Oct 1715.

"All of the main ships weer broken to pieces and

wrecked at a distance of 15 or 16 leagues from one another. The

only one that remained intact was that of Lima ...many drowned on

the Capitana because as soon as it hit bottom the first time it

broke up in pieces. The rest of the ships did not suffer as bad

a fate".

20.        News arrives in San Sebastian, Spain.

In the Capitana 36 passenges were lost, among them

Ubilla, plus 170 sailors and marines ...all of the ships were

totally lost, less the silver which they believe a considerable

part of escaped, because the Capitana of Ubilla ran aground in 3

1/2 fathoms and the Almiranta in 3 fathoms.

21.        Viceroy of Mexico to King, 29 Nov 1715.

"The only fortunate thing about this disaster is the

recovery of the treasure, that in the wrecks of the Capitana and

Almiranta of the Flota, which are broken up in pieces and

submerged, they have been able to dive and recover, they tell me,

five million pesos.

22.        Testimony of de la Vega, 13 Jan 1716.

Mentions that the English pirates landed between the

Reales of the Capitana and Almiranta.

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23.        Escobar to Casa Torres, Palmar de Ayz, 4 Feb 1716.

When he arrived on the 2nd of February the English were

diving on the Capitana and Almiranta of Ubilla ...He landed

troops, munitions, and supplies at the Real of Ubilla's Capitana

and the troops will go to the Real of the Almiranta, but this

will be difficult as they have to march 3 leagues. (Question,

why the hell didn't Escobar take them there in his ship? - JH)

24.        Eliza to Casa Torres, Palmar de Ayz, 9 Feb 1716.

He reports that the English only recovered 5 or 6

thousand pesos from the Almiranta and Capitana, and this with

some difficulty as they were unable to find the hulls of both

wrecks.

25.        Duro, Armada Espanola, Vol VI, pp 121.

"Ubilla's Capitana sank and burst apart with the

General and 225 persons drowning .."

26.        Vatican Document.

"Ubilla's Capitana wrecked it's bottom after the 3rd

time it was battered against the land (Italian work also means

sea floor), the waves carrying with them the remaining

pieces ...which sank in 3 1/2 fathoms of water .."