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A Spanish silver fleet wreck scattered silver bullion from Tampa Bay to the Keys
Source: Situado and Sabana #82
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CHAPTER 12. EXPANSION, DEVELOPMENT, AND RESISTANCE PROVINCES ON THE GULF Flat as it is, the peninsula of Florida has its watersheds, which played a predictable role in the distribution of population. The Guales and eastern Timucuans were concentrated along the inland waterways behind the Atlantic barrier islands and on the northflowing St. Johns River, which empties into the Atlantic. The Apalaches and western Timucuans lived on rivers and creeks that debouched into the Gulf, although they tended to stay above the swamp line and did not venture far into Gulf waters, which were dominated by the seagoing peoples of southwest Florida: the Calusas, Tocobagas, and Pohoys. Interaction between the Spanish and the maritime tribal groups, interrupted for half a century by the natives' decisive expulsion of Menendez's south Florida garrisons, resumed in 1622, when the disaster to the fleet commanded by the Marques de Cadereyta scattered shipwrecks and silver bullion along the west coast from Tampa Bay to the Keys. The hulk of the admiral's flagship, a rich prize, came to rest off Matecumbe Key, and that island was soon swarming with treasure salvors. They were followed by pirates of many nationalities, who made "el buceo de la almiranta" a favorite rendezvous. (Bushnell SS)
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