7/10/25 Report - Green Cabin Wreck Post Update with New Links. San Martin or Almiranta de Honduras History and Finds.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Annotated Google Maps Image.

My 3/13/20 post is one of those that continues to be read by many people daily even though it is over five years old. There is a LOT of continued interest in that post, but it needs updated.  The old links no longer worked.  The post is about the Green Cabin Wreck, thought to be the 1618 San Martin, also known as the Almiranta de Honduras.  Below are two exceptional links for information on the wreck.

Here are the coordinates.  Lat.  27°51’27.74″N; Long.   80°26’35.25″W 

The Google Maps image above shows the position relative to Wabasso Beach and the Disney resort.

Here is a diagram of the wreck 

Published in the Nautical Archaeology Digital Library.

And here is a brief excerpt from the same source.

The Green Cabin Wreck was located in the early 1960s by treasure hunter Kip Wagner in Florida and first believed to be one of the 1715 fleet wrecks.  Based on the fact that none of the coins found in it dated after 1618, Eugene Lion tentatively identified it as the San Martin, a 300 ton ship built in Vizcaya that left Havana to Spain in September 1618 and disappeared on the coasts of Florida, during a storm.....

The following link to The Nautical Archaeology Digital Library provides a lot of additional information on the wreck in a very concise form.

Green Cabin Shipwreck (1618) – The Nautical Archaeology Digital Library

A great paper on the site was written by Dave Horner and edited by Cori Sedwick Downing.  The title is 1618 Wreck of the San Martin, Almiranta de Honduras.

The San Martin was originally discovered by the Real Eight Company, but they showed little interest in the wreck, but Dave Horner with the encouragement of Lou Ullian, pursued it.

Below are a few excerpts from that excellent paper.

Here is the link for more from the rest of that article.

e 1618 Wreck of the San Martín, Almirante de

There was gold dust that despite much speculation on recovery methods was never captured.

Among the artifacts were lead sheathing with cloth impressions and square tacks.  Some of those were recovered by detectorists and shown in the TBR blog in the past.

I'll post a few.  First a coin found by Jonah and the Capitana crew.  I think it dates to around 1573 - 1579.

And another cool artifact from Jonah and the Captiana guys.

Bell From Cabin Wreck Site by Johan and the Crew of the Capitana.

Here is a link where you'll find more on that find.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/22/14 Report - Land and Sea Treasures: New Finds By The Capitana Crew At The Green Cabin Wreck and Nice Inland Finds.

You'll find more Green Cabin wreck finds and information if you browse the Treasure 
Beaches Report blogs.

For some reason it is often included with 1715 Fleet talk, but it has nothing to do with the 1715 Fleet other than be located close by.  There is some though that the area has intermingled wreck material.

A lot of varied material has been found coming from the dunes in front of Disney including British buttons and native arrowheads.

The Green Cabin wreck is one of the earliest, but not the earliest, Spanish wreck along the Treasure Coast.

Before some new construction, detectorists typically parked along A1A south of the resort and walked through the trees to the beach.

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The Disney Vacation Club resort is where there was once a faded green cabin that gave the wreck its name.

Green Cabin Room in Disney Vero Resort.

Besides acknowledging the wreck and the local history, the Disney resort has a Green Cabin Cafe.  Above is the Green Cabin room.

There have been times when wreck artifacts were on display at the resort.

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Surf Forecast from SurfGuru.com.

There is no tropical activity in the area.  The surf remains small.

There will be a slightly negative low tide.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net