Treasures of the Spanish Main

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Treasures of the Spanish Main is a historically accurate novel based on the early history of Spanish conquest of the New World. The story chronicles the adventures of a young officer in the Spanish Army. He is assigned to a ship that is attacked by buccaneers, he is involved in the collection of 'treasure' in Columbia and he is shipwrecked in the Florida Keys. The story goes on to portray the hardships endured by the survivors of the shipwreck, as they struggle to reach the Spanish fort at Saint Augustine. The journey is long and dangerous. The tiny group is threatened with hurricanes, capture by slavers and assaults by hostile Indians. Anyone who has an interest in historical fiction will find this book hard to put down.