Event Details
Friday, Jun 10, 2011
The Emanuel Point Ships: Florida's Earliest Shipwrecks
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Florida Historial Society Library, Cocoa Village
Description: In August of 1559, a fleet of Spanish ships on a colonizing mission were sunk by a violent hurricane in Pensacola Bay. This presentation will describe this little-known enterprise, as well as the archaeological investigations of two of the ships, discovered by the State of Florida and the University of West Florida.
FPAN is hosting this event.
