Event 10037

Details of the event

Description  
Strong wind from the south and other directions forced them to put in at Gaeta. The 'bad weather' forced them to stay for a whole week.
Event Types and Categories:
Voyage: 10024 (click here to view all of the events on the voyage)
Date (From source): 27-02-1669
Date (Location): Livorno
Date (Extra information from the source):
Date (Normalised): 27-02-1670
Event Location: Near Gaeta
Latitude: 41.214902
Longitude: 13.575299
Approximate range from these coordinates: 75 km(s)
Reliability (of these coordinates): Medium certainty (Click here for an explanation of event reliability)
Recorded by:
Vessel(s): La Madonna delle Gratie (Tartana), Patrone Francesco Micocco di Gaeta
Voyage description:
Grain from Lazio to Genoa. Gets stuck on shoal and must jettison to free itself.
Transcription: Et fattosi il tempo cattivo circa il fare del primo a segno di mezzi giorni et altri venti con gran copia di acqua dal cielo che non si confidò passare con detto tempo avanti ma poggiare con poggiò per pigliare il porto di Gaeta dove si tratenne per aspettare il buon tempo fino alli quattro marzo