Archive for May 19, 2007

Merchant Royal   4 comments

In 1641, the Merchant Royal reached the Western Approaches to the English Channel. Captain John Limbrey and his crew of 80 were nearing the end of a long voyage across the Atlantic from Mexico. Their cargo was reported as “£300,000 in silver, £100,000 in gold and as much again in jewel”, pirated from the Spanish [...]

Posted May 19, 2007 by MRY in History, Isles of Scilly