The Great Galleon São João: remains from a mid-sixteenth century wreck on the Natal South Coast

Abstract

Material remains are described from a European shipwreck which on the ceramic evidence is dated to about 1550. The records of Portuguese shipwrecks indicate that this was the São João which was wrecked in 1552.

To cite this article: Maggs, T. 1984. The Great Galleon São João: remains from a mid-sixteenth century wreck on the Natal South Coast. Annals of the Natal Museum 26 (1): 173-86.