KANACKI
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Did I somehow miss this story about the treasure of "Novena Del Candelaria" or did it just get skipped over unintentionally? If you have yet to tell the yarn Kanacki, please do so and thank you in advance!!
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JA
My internet playing up tonight. Yes indeed we did sort of get side tracked from Novena Del Candelaria. It was name that given by Mendena on first voyage of discovery across the Pacific. It was loosely interpenetrated on some maps as Candemas shoals the early description of atolls. These atolls was North east of Solomons. Hover due to the mapping at the time and the trouble finding longatude it was not entirely sure which Atoll was Novena Del Candelaria?
On the second Voyage old 1799 version of Mendena's Voyage claimed the 4 ships spread out on the second voyage searching for Novena Del Candelaria was in effect the sailing mark to find the islands of the Solomons he found before in The first voyage of 1567-1569. Mendana and the other ships strayed south and found Santa Cruz, On September 8th 1595 The Santa Ysabel had disappeared, however, and despite searches by the two smaller vessels, it could not be found. The Santa Ysabel who has lost contact the other 3 kept sail went and stuck one of the atolls north east of the Solomons. Which Mendana was trying to established his colony on Santa Cruz completely unaware of his fellow Spaniards struggle as castaways. The Spanish Survivors was try to survive on the remote atolls as castaways.
If this is what allegedly happened the 1871 story telling of ancient Spanish artifact in possession of a local native chief and the curious rock cairn he found with Skeleton with a copper box with jewels and gold doubloons in side worth 40 thousand English pounds at the time, perhaps 50 thousand dollars 1871 prices, quite a treasure. But more important there was a parchment that allegedly claim the Santa Ysabel was wrecked on Novena Del Candelaria?
The problem we have we are not sure which atoll is Novena Del Candelaria? It could be possibly Ontong Java Atoll or even perhaps Nukumanu Atoll that Mendana on his first Voyage discovered on the voyage of 1567-1569. However there is a story of Copra trader on Nukumanu who allegedly found Spanish Doubloons around 1880. Could he have discovered another grave of one the Santa Ysabel's Crew or passengers?
Perhaps it is clue to an amazing discovery of a 16th century Spanish shipwreck of Santa Ysabel? More exciting still perhaps the sands of the atoll hides more treasure.
Kanacki