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''El Salvador'' alias ''El Henrique'' was a Spanish treasure ship that ran aground near present-day Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina during a hurricane in August of 1750. She was traveling with six other Spanish merchantmen including the ''Nuestra Señora De Soledad'' which went ashore near present-day Core Banks, NC and the ''Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'' which went ashore near present-day Ocracoke, NC.〔http://northcarolinashipwrecks.blogspot.com/2012/05/dangerous-shoals.html〕 The ''El Salvador'' sailed from Cartagena, Colombia for Cadiz, Spain loaded with a cargo of gold and silver where she was part of the Spanish treasure fleet, a convoy system adopted by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790.〔Marx, Robert: ''The treasure fleets of the Spanish Main.'' World Pub. Co., 1968〕 After taking on supplies in Havana, Cuba the heavily laden ''El Salvador'' headed for Cadiz with six other Spanish ships on August 7, 1750. Around noon on August 25 the ''El Salvador'' and the six other vessels in the fleet were caught in a hurricane Northeast of present-day Cape Canaveral, Florida. The storm forced the ships North along the Gulf Stream where the ''El Salvador'', ''Soledad'' and ''Guadalupe'' were driven ashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Reports found in the Spanish archives indicate that ''El Salvador'' was carrying 240,000 pesos in registered Spanish Treasury funds, made up of four chests of gold coins and sixteen chests of silver coins of varying denominations, plus 50,000 pesos in commercial funds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://yesterday-on-the-outer-banks.com/tag/el-salvador/ )〕 Archival documents confirm that most of the treasure aboard the other Spanish ships was salvaged but that ''El Salvador’s'' cargo of gold and silver was never recovered. During the storm she is believed to have rolled over the bar, broken apart and was soon buried in the sand. Currently Intersal, Inc., a Florida-based company, holds an exclusive permit issued by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) which grants the company the right to search for ''El Salvador''. The permit allows the company to retain 75% of all treasure and cargo it recovers from the ''El Salvador'' site with the remaining 25% going to the State of North Carolina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lat3440.com/index.php/el-sal )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/237650718/NCDCR-13DCR15732-Mediated-Settlement-Agreement-Signed-w-1998-Agreement-pdf#scribd )〕 ==References== * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「El Salvador (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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