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Additional debris was discovered several thousand meters from the wreck of El Buen Consejo.   Intermixed with wreckage from a 19th-century vessel were several heavily worn cannon, believed to be all that remains of of the second Spanish ship, Jesus, Maria y Jose.



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A formal report detailing the archaeological investigation and findings at the site has been published by East Carolina University.   It is entitled The 1996 Anguilla Shipwreck Survey (B.A. Rogers, F. Cantelas, J. Bowdoin, R. Hayes, L. Hermley, and L. Lentz.   ECU Research Report #15, 2006).



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In addition, at least two graduate theses at ECU have also been derived from these studies.   Further background information be found in Shipwrecks of Anguilla, by D. Berglund, Creole Publishing Co., Anguilla, 1995.

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