Schoenmakerskop Cannon Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/12/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family foundry in Macao, also known as the Miracle Cannon, was salvaged in May 1977 from the Shipwreck site of the Portuguese gallion Sacramento, which ran aground near Schoenmakerskop on her maiden voyage in 1647. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 March 1986. Wording on English commemorative stone:

 

 

 

Wording on English commemorative stone:

 

DONATED BY

COMMANDER C J ALLEN

30 JUNE 1993

 

IN MEMORY OF PORT ELIZABETHAN DAVID ALLEN

AND DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO PERISHED

IN THE PORTUGUESE GALLEON SACRAMENTO

WRECKED ON 30 JUNE 1647

THE 72 SURVIVORS SET OUT TO WALK

THE 1300 KM TO MOZAMBIQUE

NINE PERSONS SURVIVED TO REACH

DELAGOA BAY ON 5 JANUARY 1648

 

THIS CANNON LENGTH 469 CM MASS 2500 KG

COVERS THE SITE OF THE WRECK

IT WAS CAST IN BRONZE BY BOCARRO IN THE

PORTUGUESE TERRITORY OF MACAO, CHINA

IN 1640 AND IS ONE OF 10 SALVAGED BY

DAVID ALLEN AND GERRY VAN NIEKERK IN 1977

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gnxr n frng naq ybbx bhg bire gur bprna. Gur pnpur vf abg ba gur pnaaba.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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