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Researchers Display Shipwreck ArtifactsNews | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post AP | 2007-10-11 In 1559, a hurricane sent up to seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering Don Tristan de Luna’s attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle. Now, almost 500 years later, a second of those ships has been found, helping archaeologists learn about the settlement, which ended in 1561.
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