Spanish Cob - Shipwreck Santa Maria de la Consolación
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1 reale Spanish silver cob coin, dated 1665, mounted in 14Kt yellow gold pendant. This cob coin was recovered from the shipwreck Santa Maria de la Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador while trying to evade capture by the notorius pirate, Captain Bartholomew Sharpe.
Bartholomew Sharp came from humble beginnings. Born in England around 1650, he began his maritime career serving on a privateer during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. When the war came to an end, so did his privateer commission so naturally Sharp turned to piracy to make a living. His career as a pirate lasted only seven years, 1675 to 1682, but it was what he accomplished during that time which made his exploits legendary.
One such involved the Spanish Armada de Sur (South Sea Armada) galleon, Santa Maria de la Consolación. The Consolación was loaded down with silver, gold and gems mined in Peru when Sharp and his ‘pirate fleet’ encountered her. The captain of the Consolación didn’t wish to allow his treasure to fall into the hands of English pirates, so he made the decision to wreck the Santa Maria de la Consolación upon the reefs surrounding the nearby island of Santa Clara, and set fire to the ship as the passengers and crew fled in various small boats. As the rumor goes, Sharp and his fellow pirates were infuriated by the Spaniard’s actions. Though no treasure was salvaged from the sinking Spanish galleon, the English pirates captured many of the passengers as well as 147 officers and seamen and extracted their revenge by beheading the prisoners.
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