Shipwreck Identified

Just a few weeks ago in St.Augustine Florida, at Ponte Vedra beach, there was a new discovery on the ground.  Archaeologist Chuck Meide, discovered a ship wreck in the sand that goes back many years ago.  What they find is very eventful and shows what travel was used back ing the 17th century.

Thie ship Meide and his team found was known as a vessel ship.  They found the shipwreck on NewYears day2014 during a nor'easter in Florida.  When the Vessel ship resurfaced, it brought up 42 uncovered ribs for the Archaeologists to study.  What the Archaeologists realized was that the ship was brought from Bermuda and was a Vessel ship.  Vessel ships have the ability to cary and export many items to carry across the ocean.  The ship they found is said to be call the "Deliverance", for a simple reason, because it delivers.  The Deliverance was a regular ship route from Bermuda to Jacksonville Florida, until it sank at an unknown date. After the Deliverance sank, the people of Jacksonville lost a lot of contact with the Bermuda people, until later on a new ship was sailed.  The Deliverance really helped Florida and Bermuda so they both can live to its best ability.

What was on the Deliverance?  The Deliverance was a vessel ship so that means it carried people and goods.  One interesting story about the ship is in the 17th century,  many of the ships in Jamestown Virginia that were built by the Virginia Company, were lost in a hurricane.  Thats when the Deliverance had its reason to be built.  After the building process, it was sent to Bermuda and it was no longer needed in Virginia. Once it was docked in Bermuda, it then became used for its newly intended purpose, which was to use it for goods.  Other than carrying people and goods, it carried gun powder which was a really big exchange item.  Gun powered helped the Floridians in the near future whig they would have to fight in the first and second Seminole War, which was fought for land.  In general, the Deliverance had many purposes and was greatly appreciated as the people of both Bermuda and Florida knew how important it was for both of them.

The Deliverance connects to history class in many ways.  One way is the fact that they shipped people to each other intended to do work under strict force which is also known as slavery.  Bermuda rounded up people from nearby islands and would send them to Florida land owners in exchange for crops.  It is now looked at by unacceptable, but however back then it was very useful for the land owners.  The ship also connects to history class because of the ships heritage.  It was built originally in Jamestown which was where the first American settlement was.  It was also built by the Virginia Company which had a lot to do with the the subject of our class.   The company was a joint stock group that was chartered by James 1.  The last reason that the Deliverance relates to history class is in the topic of mercantilism.  Mercantilism is the belief in profitable trading, which was seen by both the people of Florida and Bermuda.  They each believed that they were getting a good deal out of their trades and made a profit from them.  Out of all these ways does the ship the Deliverance relates to history class.

The deliverance was a huge part of the history of both Bermuda and Northern Florida.  Because of it they were able to accomplish many things because of what was shipped to each other.  They were able to get things imported that they were able to then use in their future such as gun powder, people etc.  The Deliverance was used in many good ways and because of it, the people of both Florida and Bermuda benefited in so many ways.

Pictography/Sources
 http://www.shipwreck.net/pdf/Petitionasfiled.

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