NRC339
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Province Mint Segovia
Soverign Issuer Unknown
Country of OriginSpain
Coin Details
Museum Reference
Registration Number 339
Province Mint Segovia
Soverign Issuer Unknown
Country of OriginSpain
Registration Number 339
1817 Emilla was dispatched to salvage the Correio da Azia. Capt. Pedro Jose da Silva Loureiro, Pilot Luis Beltrao
The Correio da Azia was ‘coming from Lisbon to Macau against weather, seas and wind, fire, shallows and coastal dangers and errors of maps’ (de Freitas 1816) when it ran aground on Ningaloo reef on 26 November, 1816. Established by the Portuguese in 1557 and returned to...