The Emmanuel Point Ships: Florida's Earliest Shipwrecks

Event Details

Time: May 16, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Mildred Sainer Pavilion
Street: 5313 Bay Shore Road
City/Town: Sarasota
Website or Map: http://ncf.edu/events
Phone: 941-487-4888
Event Type: educational
Organized By: New College of Florida
Latest Activity: May 11, 2012

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Event Description

The Florida Public Archaeology Network's Della Scott-Ireton will speak on Tristan de Luna's 1559 colonization attempt at present-day Pensacola and the archaeological investigation of his lost fleet. Ravaged by storms and privation, the ephemeral colony was abandoned and lost to time, known to historians only through a few letters and documents. No evidence of the colony had been discovered until 1992, when Florida archaeologists discovered the remains of one of Luna's sunken ships at the bottom of Pensacola Bay. This presentation will describe the Luna expedition and the archaeological research of Luna's shipwrecked fleet.

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