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June
20, 1998
The
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society
PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT—
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Former
Leading Cuban Archaeologist
to
Share Insights on Cuban Shipwreck Site
MARINE ARCHAEOLOGIST ABRAHAM LOPEZ OF KEY WEST’S MEL FISHER
MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETY WILL LECTURE ON THE EXCAVATION
OF CUBA’S INES DE SOTO SHIPWRECK ON THURSDAY,
JULY 9. LOPEZ’
LECTURE, PRESENTED IN SPANISH, WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7 PM
IN THE THEATER OF THE MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM AT 200
GREENE STREET.
FORMERLY A LEADING ARCHAEOLOGIST IN CUBA, LOPEZ DIRECTED THE
INVESTIGATION OF THE 16TH-CENTURY INES DE SOTO
WRECK FOR SIX YEARS.
LAST YEAR, HE SOUGHT ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES
AND JOINED THE MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETY STAFF.
SHIPWRECK ENTHUSIASTS, ARCHAEOLOGY BUFFS, AND THOSE
INTERESTED IN CUBA’S RICH MARITIME HISTORY ARE INVITED
TO ATTEND LOPEZ’ GROUNDBREAKING JULY 9 PRESENTATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE MARITIME
HERITAGE SOCIETY AT 305-294-2633 (EXTENSION 17).
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