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| Slave Ship Sunk and Found Off Florida Coast. |
Remnants of slave ship captured by pirates was found off the Florida coast.
According to historical records, the Isabelita was a slave ship operating in the Western Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea waters.
There is a Spanish Well near the Anclote Key boat ramp that Zsiga believes the French merchant and pirate Louis Michael Aury would take his crew to get fresh water.
"Along comes a slave ship, a trading vessel named the Isabelita, about 110 feet, we believe, from what we saw in archives. The Isabelita anchors up somewhere in this area, and Aury has his three ships. He went after the ship and said, 'Look, you give me the ship, and I will let everybody go. You know, we're not out to kill people. We want the cargo.'"
The ship was too heavy to be hijacked at low tide, so Sziga said the crew started throwing items overboard to lighten the load...
Remnants of slave ship found off Florida coast by treasure hunter
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Aury served in the French Nvay from 1802 or 1803 until 1811 as a sailor on a ship stationed in the French colonies of the West Indies from 1802 he crewed on privateer ships, and by 1810 he had accumulated enough Prize money to become the master of his own vessel. He participated in various privateering and filibuster efforts to overturn governments in East Florida, Mexico, Spanish Texas, the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and South America.
Aury decided to support the Spanish colonies of South America in their fight for independence from Spanish rule In April 1813 he sailed from North Carolina on his own privateer ship with Venezuelan letters of Marquis to attack Spanish ships...
Source: Wikipedia.
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A Large Camp Where Gold Was Mined and Processed in Antiquity, Found in Southeastern Egypt.A Large Camp Where Gold Was Mined and Processed in Antiquity, Found in Southeastern Egypt
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Copper prices have rallied to levels not seen since April 2023. That's led industry players such as Southern Copper and Freeport-McMoRan to pop and reach new highs...
Here is the link for more about that.
Copper Prices Lift Southern Copper Stock To A New High | Investor's Business Daily
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With the small surf and negative low tides, this would be a good opportunity for some shallow water metal detecting, (outside of leased areas of course).
Looks like the possibility of some rougher surf coming up in a few days.
Weather is beautiful for being out on the beach.
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