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Ship runs aground near Cape Florida...
Ship runs aground near Cape Florida...
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December 09, 1695
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Dec. 9, 1695
* Earliest of newspapers top be had
* Early Florida report
* 17th century original
Page 2 has a report noting: "...Capt. Wilmot died some days after; and the Winchester standing off and on between the Bahama Shoals and Cape Florida, had the misfortune to run ashore on the rocks called the Maertiers, lying to the northward of that cape, where she was lost, but all the men saved by the rest of the ships; who afterwards put into Virginia and sailed again from thence the 7th of November..." (see).
Single sheet, 7 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches, wide margins, great condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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