Castaways at the end of the world: ongoing archaeological research at Franklin Bay, Isla de los Estados

Ongoing archaeological research at Lacroix Inlet, in Franklin Bay on Isla de los Estados, part of the Atlantic-Pacific sailing route since the early seventeenth century, has provided new information on shipwreck remains and a temporary camp possibly linked with the schooner brig Espora (1873) of the renowned Argentine sailor Luis Piedra Buena.

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Antiquity
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2026-10-15
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10437
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Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
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Abstract

Ongoing archaeological research at Lacroix Inlet, in Franklin Bay on Isla de los Estados, part of the Atlantic-Pacific sailing route since the early seventeenth century, has provided new information on shipwreck remains and a temporary camp possibly linked with the schooner brig Espora (1873) of the renowned Argentine sailor Luis Piedra Buena.

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