TRFLT : Havana Traditional Cache

Can you find all the caches in THE TREASURE FLEET series? Find them all, and you're half way to finding X MARKS THE SPOT, a fine achievement for a budding buccaneer!

This series is based on a map of the Spanish Main in the Caribbean, with the caches being named after the main cities that pirates plundered on their travels! The location of the caches is intended to relate to the location of the cities on the map, so you are actually walking on the Spanish Main!

Read more about the real Treasure Fleet here.

Havana

The four fortresses guarding the harbor entrance and Havana make an attack difficult if not impossible. They are the Castillo de ha Fuerza (Castle of Strength), Castillo de la Punta (Castle of the Point), Fortaleza de La Cabana (Fortress of the House), and Castillo del Morro (Castle of the Boar Snout). Havana itself is also surrounded by a wall and a battery of large (36 pound) cannons.

Havana is the last stop that the flota, or treasure fleet, makes before returning to Spain. Each August or September, the flota travels up the Mexican coast to Cuba and makes harbor there waiting for the weather to be proper for departure. Despite this, the flota is frequently slowed by autumn storms and threatening hurricanes.

Havana is under the influence of the avaria and all import and export of goods is subject to the duty. Havana has much of the flavor of castillian Spain and many nobles live there to purchase smuggled goods.