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The Geographical Functions of Certain Water-Plants in Chile

1906; Wiley; Volume: 27; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1776375

1475-4959

George Elliot,

Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

CHILE, 451alleged that the 'lorencia was the treasure-ship of the Armada.Of this there is no evidence whatever.All we know of the treasure of the Armada is that it was distributed amongst a number of ships.The great difficulty, however, which the treasure-seekers have to meet is not as to whether the Florencia was one of the treasure-ships or not.There is another much greater.This so-called Florencia came back safe.We know all about her.Her real name was not the Florencia.The mistake arose from her having been usually described in the lists as the " Galleon or Admiral of Florence," which means she was the vice-flagship of the Tuscan navy, which was lent or chartered for the Armada.Her real name was the San Firancisco.She was generally spoken of as the "galleon of Florence," so as to distinguish her from another San Francisco.Now as to what this Tobermory wreck really was.From the correspondence of the Spanish ambassador in Paris, we are able to identify her exactly.He tells us that she was the Sanc Juan Bautista.This ship was not a galleon; she was a nao, or merchantman, of about 600 tons.She had nearly 200 troops on board; she carried 24 guns and about 60 seamen; and we also know she belonged to a man called Fernando Ome.In short, so far from being either a galleon or a treasureship, she was merely a hired transport.The authority for all this may be found by any one who cares to consult Captain Fernandez Duro's ' Armada Espaiola.'The PRESIDENT: It is with unusual confidence I ask you to join in a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer to-night, for this has been one of the most interesting addresses I have ever heard here.