Name: Sothebys Shipwreck Auction The Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate 1993
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Sotheby's Shipwreck Auction "The Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate" 1993

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Sotheby's shipwreck catalogue for the "The Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate" sale held at their rooms in New York City on March 24-25, 1993, A4 format, softcover, illustrated, un-paginated but 141 pages, with sheet of auction results, condition: very good.

Treasures from the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet (found in East Florida) and Uruguayan treasure from the Rio de la Plata, includes escudos of gold and gold dics, all circa 1750-1751.

All lots are fully described, the catalogue being profusely illustrated with b&w / colour photographs, contains historical information on the shipwreck, coins and ingots.

also 8-page catalogue of the Captain-General's Chain and Badge of Office bound into front of but separate from the main catalogue.

The 1715 Treasure Fleet was actually a combination of two Spanish treasure fleets returning from the New World to Spain, the "Nueva España Fleet", under Captain-General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla, and the "Tierra Firme Fleet", under Don Antonio de Echeverz y Zubiza. At two in the morning on Wednesday, July 31, 1715, seven days after departing from Havana, Cuba, all eleven ships of the fleet were lost in a hurricane along the east coast of Florida.

A 12th ship, the French frigate Le Grifon, had sailed with the fleet. Its captain was unfamiliar with the Florida coastline and elected to stay further out to sea. Le Grifon safely returned to Europe.

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