San Ignacio

Date
1571Period
16th centuryShip type
GalleonCause
A stormCaptain
Juan de CanavasShipwreck zone
Cabo Cañaveral, FloridaPort of departure
Acapulco (MEX)Destination
Cadiz (ESP)Cargo
RichesThis 300-ton galleon armed with 22 iron guns, carried 2.5 million pesos together with the Santa María de la Limpia Concepción.
Very few managed to survive, some tried to reach St. Augustine in two launches but most of them were massacred by the natives.