Bay of Cadiz Wreck Identified as Italian Ship Sunk by Francis Drake - Archaeology Magazine

Bay of Cadiz Wreck Identified as Italian Ship Sunk by Francis Drake - Archaeology Magazine

CADIZ, SPAIN—El País reports that the so-called Delta II shipwreck uncovered during harbor infrastructure work in the Bay of Cadiz has now been identified as a vessel that sank during a famous 1587 raid by explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake. The sixteenth-century wreck was recently determined to be the Genovese merchant ship San Giorgio e Sant’Elmo Buonaventura. It dates to a time when tensions between England and Spain were rapidly increa…