January 24, 2024
Christopher Columbus Bronze Spike Shipwreck Artifact Robert Marx 1503
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In 1503, Columbus was on his last journey to the new world. He was sailing with two ships (caravels) and ran aground in St. Ann's Bay Jamaica. After several weeks with no parties looking for them, Chris Columbus took some of his top sailors and sailed a small vessel to where he could muster a rescue. He arrived at the island which is now Haiti/Dominican Republic but was unable to find the help he needed. Columbus never did return to Jamaica for his ships or men that were stranded. The stranded men used up there supplies and were unable to gather help from the natives. Eventually, they too left the island in small boats and burned the two caravels to the water line never to return again. Robert Marx and company in the late 1950's, found the wreckage of one of Columbus's Ships believed to be the "Santiago", and was granted permission by the Jamaican Government to do salvage. He recovered animal bones, pottery sherds, ships spikes from the wreckage.At auction here is an actual bronze shipwreck spike recovered during that effort. The spike show some coral encrustation and char from the apparent burning of the floundered ships in 1503. Length of spike 9 inches long and 7/8ths inches wide in the middle of spike.Most of the artifacts from these vessels were kept by the Jamaican Government although little else was found possibly due to natives
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