NRC354 - Unidentifiable fragment (Unidentified)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Coin TypeUnidentifiable fragment
Date Unidentified
Coin Details
Weight 1.98g
Composition Silver
Date Found 9/5/2009
Museum Reference
Registration Number 354
Coin TypeUnidentifiable fragment
Date Unidentified
Weight 1.98g
Composition Silver
Date Found 9/5/2009
Registration Number 354
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...