A treasure ship arrives...

Item # 683551

October 11, 1726

THE POST BOY, London, Oct. 11, 1726 Among the front page reports is a one noting in part: "...Notice of the safe arrival of the flotilla...at the Havanna...with a treasure from Vera Cruz, valued at above 15 millions of pieces of eight...which obliged the commander of the galleons to land the treasure, it being much more considerable than that of the flotilla, and sent it up to Cruces, ten leagues in the country, till all the sea forces in those parts could be collected together to convoy the gallons in safety."
A single sheet issue, 8 1/2 by 14 inches, two decorative engravings in the masthead, very nice condition.