Viva Matanzas (2019)

Name: Viva Matanzas
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-10-15T23:33:13+02:00

Documentary | 50 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 50 minuten

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Dick Verdult

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Viva Matanzas plot

Piet Hein's conquest of the treasure fleet in 1628 still appeals to the imagination to this day. The Dutch admiral took advantage of the lack of wind to lure the Spanish fleet, full of silver from South America to finance mercenary armies in Europe, into the Cuban Bay of Matanzas, where the ships ran aground on sandbanks. After a volley of shots ahead, the Dutch climbed aboard and the Spaniards surrendered, without a single death. The loot was 177,000 pounds of silver, 66 pounds of gold, a thousand pearls, 37,375 hides, 361 chests of sugar, and 3,000 sacks of indigo and carmine.