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Search for a Spanish Shipwreck: Celebrating 500 Years of South Carolina History
Date and Time
Thursday Aug 13, 2026
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDTLocation
Winyah Auditorium
1200 Highmarket St.
Georgetown, SCFees/Admission
Free and open to the public; registration required
Contact Information
Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce
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Description
Explore the search for the Capitana, the flagship of Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón’s 1526 expedition. Learn about ongoing underwater archaeological investigations in Winyah Bay and the Santee Delta and what they reveal about one of the earliest chapters in American history.
Featured speaker is James Spireck, South Carolina State Underwater Archaeologist, who will discuss the search of the Capitana shipwreck and the 1526 Ayllón expedition. The program will be introduced by Dr. Chester DePratter, Research Professor Emeritus from the University of South Carolina, one of the nation's leading scholars of 16th century Southeastern archaeology and Spanish exploration.
Sponsored by the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Archaeological Research Trust and the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce, the program is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
