1681 Spanish ship identified off Panama

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1681 Spanish galleon off Panama investigated by Texan team
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/hays-county/2015/05/12/san-marcos-researchers-identify-sunken-spanish-shipwreck/27188163/
http://smmercury.com/2015/05/12/in-search-of-capt-morgans-lost-fleet-texas-state-team-identifies-sunken-1681-shipwreck-near-panama/

 

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More about the wreck with photos here: Rare Spanish Shipwreck From 17th Century Uncovered Off Panama

 

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Here's what they published in Madrid today:
Hallan un buque español que naufragó en 1681 cerca de Panamá | La Aventura de la Historia | EL MUNDO
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The photo in this article is priceless.

I just rewrote an opening scene in my screenplay that describes the boxes stacked exactly like this, & it's the exact same scenario – Tierra Firme galleons leaving Cartagena for Panama for the great treasure Fair. (But in my story they don't sink...yet.)