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I wanted to highlight a few things from the document and highlighted a couple days ago. That includes the above map which show Spanish sites in West Florida Take a look.
Long before the 1715 Fleet sank, the Spanish attempted to avoid the many dangers of the Gulf and Florida east coast. The plan was to transport cargoes overland from the Gulf coast up to Port Royal South Carolina. Below are a couple of brief excerpts from that document.
Notice that both the 1715 and 1733 fleets are listed as being sources of ceramic figurines.
Here is the link for the entire document once again.
(2) Ceramic Figurines in Spanish West Florida
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| Two Bottle Finds. |
I took a walk to look for bottles, and didn't find anything good. I did find the two bottles shown above. When I found them, they were covered with seagrass, mud and shell, so I couldn't tell what they were until I got them cleaned.
Byrrh is an aromatic wine aperitif made of red wind, mistelle and quinine. Created in France in 1866 and trademarked in 1873, it was popular as an apéritif in the early 20th century. With its marketing and reputation as a "hygienic drink", Byrrh sold well. It was even exported, despite the similarity of its name to "beer", complicating sales in English- and German-language speaking regions
Byrrh was sold in the United States until Prohibition. As of 2012, Byrrh has been reintroduced to the United States.
Again, by the look of the glass, it obviously a recent bottle and not worth anything.
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| Source: SurfGuru.com |
We had a west wind yesterday, which often smooths out the surf
Tuesday the surf will be a little higher.
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I've learned that Bing isn't a very good source. I've received a good bit of blatantly incorrect information from Bing.
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Good hunting,
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