Record #:

13475

Author(s):

Davenport, Roy L.; Thomas, Cornelius D.

Abstract:

The first documented vessel built in the New World was supposedly a Spanish gabarra. Constructed in 1526, along the banks of the present day Cape Fear River, Spanish settlers attempted to build a vessel to replace the one they lost entering the inlet.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 10, Aug 1952, p1-2, 15, il

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks--Cape Fear River; Shipbuilding--Cape Fear River