La Salvadora

Date
1559Period
16th centuryCause
A stormKey figure
Tristán de LunaCommand
Tristán de LunaCaptain
Vicente FernándezShipwreck zone
Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, FloridaPort of departure
Veracruz (MEX)Destination
SpainTristán de Luna y Arellano, born in Soria, Spain, had been living in New Spain for almost thirty years when Viceroy Luis de Velasco proposed an expedition to explore and connect the territories of Zacatecas with the city of Santa Elena (Tybee, Georgia).