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AMOUNTS OF TREASURE - CARGO ON UBILLA'S SHIPS

1.        Following was aboard the Capitana. In Mexico the following

       items were put aboard this ship:

               611, 409 pesos in treasure for the King.

               2,559,917 pesos in treasure for private persons in

               coins and bars carried in 836 chests and loose sacks.

               23 chests of worked silver.

               70 copper ingots.

               4 chests of Chinese porcelain.

               One small chest of gold bars, doubloons, and pearls,

               but total value was not stated.

               730 Serones (crates) of fine grade cochineal.

1. (Continued)

               241 Serones of indigo.

               52 boxes of regalos (presents).

               17 boxes of vanilla.

               6 boxes of chocolate

               730 cured leather hides.

               100 quintales (100lb per) of Brazilwood.

               9 boxes of ceramic drinking jugs.

               One small box of "polvo de Oaxaca" (a drug) (He may

               mean oxalato, a salt of oxalic acid? - JH).

               14 jugs of balsam.

The total number of chests of coins carried in this

ship was 1,300 (That would be about 160 tons worth. In fact,

this ship was so heavily laden that it would be doubtful if she

carried more than the minimum amount of ballast, and that may

have been small, compacted river rock. This would account for

there not being much of a ballast concentration at the Corrigan's

site – JH).

Aboard the "C" & "A" a total of 169,111 pesos in silver

was also carried for the wages of the Council of the Indies, but

how it was divided between the ships was not stated.

A chest containing jewels consigned to the Queen was

also put aboard. the Capitana, consisting of two pairs of gold

earrings, three gold rings, 109 pearls, a gold jewel, and a

rosary made of coral and gold.

In Havana more treasure and other items were put aboard

the Capitana, as well as all the other ships in Ubilla's Flota,

but due to the registry books being lost, the nature and value of

these things is not known. (The Spanish kept two copies of the

registry of every ship which departed San Cristobal de la Havana

Harbor. There is a good chance they are there somewhere, it just

remains for them to be found - JH). However, we do know that 36,000

pesos worth of silver reales, gold bars and discs, and silver

bars, which had been recovered from the wrecked Almiranta of the

Armada of Barlovento in 1711, had been placed aboard her.

2. The following was placed aboard the Almiranta in Mexico:

She carried a total of 990 chests of silver, averaging

about 3,000 pesos to the chest. Of this amount, the value

belonging to private persons was 2,076,004 pesos, but some of

this amount also consisted of coins carried in sacks and some

silver bars. The number of chests belonging to private persons

carrying silver specie was 684 chests. The treasure belonging to

the King was valueo at 611,408 pesos. She also carried part of

the unregistered amount consigned for wages of the Council of the

Indies - see above. All the above was put aboard her in Mexico.

In Havana she also

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CARGO ON UBILLA'S SHIPS - TWO

received 36,000 pesos of treasure in silver bars and specie, and

gold bars and discs which had been salvaged from the wreck of the

1711 Almiranta of Barlovento.

In Mexico- Ubilla's Almiranta received the following.

               726 serones of Cochineal.

               1,072 serones and chests of indigo.

               139 discs of copper.

               682 cured hides.

               26 chests of ceramic drinking vessels.

               48 chests of vanilla.

               35 chests of gifts.

               8 jugs of balsam and liquidambar.

               2 crates of escritorios (writing desks?)

               40 chests of Chocolate and powder of caxaca (?).

               2 chests of oil from a certain type of tree.

               30 chests of uncultivated cochineal.

               12 chest of achiote, a vegetable dye.

2. (Continued)

               53 chest of silverware or worked silver.

               14 chests of Chinese porcelain.

               80 bales of purga de Jalapa, a drug.

               3 biombos (Chinese folding screens?).

               9 serones de cocoa.

               25 tons of Brasil wood (a dyewood).

               31 bales of sarsaparilla.

In Havana an unknown amount of Treasure (which probably was

very little) and other goods were placed on the Almiranta, but

due to the registers being lost the nature and value is unknown.

3.        The following was loaded aboard the Refuerzo, also called the

       Urca of Lima.

In Mexico 81 chests of coins plus some loose sacks were

placed aboard, amounting to 252,171 pesos in silver coins. All

belonged to private persons and no treasure belonging to the King

was placed aboard this ship or the Patache of Sotosanchez.

       The following was loaded in Mexico:

               13 chests of worked silver.

               280 serones of cochineal.

               595 serones and chests of indigo.

               3,320 cured hides.

               21 barrels and jugs of liquidumbar.

               257 uncured half hides.

               6 jugs of balsam.

               198 bales of purga de Jalapa (a drug).

               75 chests of ceramic drinking vessels.

3. (Continued)

               30 chests of chocolate.

               19 bales of cocoa.

               22 chests of vanilla.

               25 tons of Brazilwood.

               11 bales of sneeze-wort (a type of snuff).

               136 chests of gifts.

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               77 serones and chests of uncultivated cochineal.

               300 uncured hides.

               3 Chinese folding screens.

               32 chests of Chinese porcelain.

               3 1/2 tons of sarsaparilla.

               2 bales of quinine bark.

               1 chest of sugar.

               2 copper discs or ingots.

               4 chests of achiote (vegetable dye).

               700 pounds of sassafras.

               10 chests of copal (an incense).

4. The following items were carried on Sotosanchez' Patache.

               Private treasure valued at 44,000 pesos in coins,

               carried in 12 chests and several loose sacks.

               63 serones of cochineal.

               169 serones and chests of indigo.

               870 cured hides.

4. (Continued)

               8 alfardas (Duty or tithes).

               10 tons of Brazilwood.

               9 barrels of liquidumbar.

               25 serones of uncultivated cochineal.

               58 chests of gifts.

               81 bales of purga de jalapa.

               18 chests of chocolate.

               51 chests of ceramic drinking vessels.

               4 bales of sneeze-wort.

               4 trunks or chests (contents not stated).

               1 bale of quinine bark.

               7 chests of Chinese porcelain.

               8 bales of sarsaparilla.

               3 bales of Michocan root (a drug).

               7 chests of vanilla.

               11 bales of cocoa.

               12 jugs of oil of beta (betun? - JH)

               16 jugs of copal (incense).

5. Nothing is known of the cargo carried by the small frigate

Ubilla bought in Havana. Most likely it carried a general cargo

as the other ships, and probably no treasure except what belonged

to the officers or passengers on the ship. Duro said: "In the

2nd Patache 12 men drowned." The Vatican document said: "The

small frigate of Ubilla was lost with it's cargo."

6. The total known value of the treasure carried on all five

ships of Ubilla's Flota was 6,388,020 pesos, excluding the worked

silver and the several chests of jewels and gold doubloons.