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Sailor From the Belle Shipwreck

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Sailor From the Belle Shipwreck

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Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Buried in the Texas State Cemetery on February 3, 2004. The 17th Century sailor's skeletal remains were discovered during the 1996 excavation of French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's ship the Belle in Matagorda Bay. His identity unknown, the sailor was given the nickname 'Dead Bob'. A drinking cup, was found near his body,it was inscribed "C. Barange," which might have been his name.
Buried in the Texas State Cemetery on February 3, 2004. The 17th Century sailor's skeletal remains were discovered during the 1996 excavation of French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's ship the Belle in Matagorda Bay. His identity unknown, the sailor was given the nickname 'Dead Bob'. A drinking cup, was found near his body,it was inscribed "C. Barange," which might have been his name.

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