Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp – 1715 Fleet


Spanish Fleet Survivors and Salvors Camp Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Historical marker
Nearest city	Sebastian, Florida, US
NRHP Reference #	70000186^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 12, 1970

The Survivors' and Salvagers’ Camp - 1715 Fleet is a historic site on Orchid Island, Florida. Survivors of the destroyed 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet established a camp at this location while awaiting rescue.^[2] Salvors also used the site as they recovered sunken treasure from the 1715 fleet.^[2] Currently, the McLarty Treasure Museum occupies part of the area.

Footnotes

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Treasure Coast Chapter NSDAR and Florida Department of State. Site of Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp - The 1715 Fleet Historical marker located near 13180 North A1A, Orchid Island, Florida.

External links

Site of Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp - The 1715 Fleet. Information from the Florida Historical Markers Program website.
Spanish Fleet Survivors and Salvors Camp. Information from the National Park Service website.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.