Upon my recent return from a trip to Florida, I was pleased to find in my mailbox a book sent to me by Allen Balogh (Society member #37) titled A Perilous Journey from Cuba, which is a compilation of previous research by eminent Fleet scholars such as John DeBry, Jorge Proctor, Gene Lyon, and others. …
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Our Cover Coin this time can trace its origins back to the prolific mint of the Andes at Lima, Peru via the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet. This piece is an extremely rare 1703/2 eight escudos … in excellent condition and that beautiful “butter gold” color that we all admire. The obverse (page-1) displays the familiar …
Just a quick note about a few website updates we made this past week that improve the site experience for Fleet Society readers. In particular, we were able to compress images and automatically render them via a content delivery network, resulting in page load times that are 25% faster than before. If you’d like to …
Hi all, Craig here – web admin for the 1715 Fleet Society. We launched the new website five years ago with just a few members and since then the Society has grown by leaps and bounds. Today we have more than 100 lifetime members and the site is visited by nearly 5,000 per month. Our …
Hi Fleet Society Members, this is Craig, web admin, here. Ben asked me to post a quick note about Fleet Society analytics, which this post includes, along with some additional information about recent updates with on-site content. 1715 Fleet Society Web Analytics The number of visitors viewing the site through the first five months of …
Hello Fleet Society Members, Craig here, web admin for 1715FleetSociety.com. You may have recently noticed we put a splash page on the site during which time the website content was inaccessible. That was a temporary measure we put in place while we performed website maintenance. Over the weekend, we took some time to clean the …
Hello Fleet Society readers. This is Craig, web admin for the society. You may have noticed a few changes we recently implemented with the goal of making the site more user-friendly and accessible. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Menu and Header To start, we added a scrolling menu. On desktops and tablets, the …
The 1715 Fleet Society is excited to announce that we’ve added video conferencing capabilities to our digital platform. Using the Zoom platform, the Society will be able to hold online meetings with up to 100 Society members at a time. We’ll also record the meetings and post the recorded video for all to watch on …
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Greetings 1715 Fleet Society members and enthusiasts! This is Craig Grella, web admin. Ben Costello asked me to send a quick note with the updated website analytics. I’ve been managing the technical aspects of the website for just over five years now and it’s been amazing to see how the site has grown in that …
Please join me in welcoming our newest director of the Fleet Society, Jorge Proctor. The Society is extremely honored that Jorge has agreed to become a director. Jorge Proctor was born in Panama City, Republic of Panama, in 1971. After graduating from St. Mary’s School, he was enlisted in the United States Navy in March …
The Real Eight Company makes its first significant recovery of Spanish silver coins at the Cabin Wreck site, near Sebastian, Florida.
Hello, 1715 Fleet Society members and enthusiasts. This is Craig Grella writing you. I’m the designer of the current website and Fleet Society member #22! Ben asked me to write a quick note announcing a few changes we’re making to the website. As of January 2019, the current design of the website will be 4 …
Hello, this is Craig Grella – I’m the website manager for The 1715 Fleet Society. I am also the executive director of OrgSpring, a nonprofit web development and management company based in Pittsburgh, PA. In December 2014 OrgSpring redesigned this website and then re-launched it in January 2015. Now, one year later, we’ve put together a 1715 …
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