Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
NRC341 - 8 Reales (NVD)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Soverign Issuer Carlos IV
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpanish America
Date NVD
Coin Details
Weight 10.80g
Condition VG
Date Found 8/5/2008
Museum Reference
Registration Number 341
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...
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