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Date: 1647 : 1993 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°02'25.25" S 25°32'01.89" E Alt: 9m

Wording on English commemorative stone: DONATED BY COMMANDER C J ALLEN 30 JUNE 1993 IN MEMORY OF PORT ELIZABETHAN DAVID ALLEN AND DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE PORTUGUESE GALLEON SACRAMENTO WRECKED ON 30 JUNE 1647 THE 72 SURVIVORS SET OUT TO WALK THE 1300 KM TO MOZAMBIQUE NINE PERSONS SURVIVED TO REACH DELAGOA BAY ON 5 JANUARY 1648 THIS CANNON LENGTH 469 CM MASS 2500 KG COVERS THE SITE OF THE WRECK IT WAS CAST IN BRONZE BY BOCARRO IN THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORY OF MACAO, CHINA IN 1640 AND IS ONE OF 10 SALVAGED BY DAVID ALLEN AND GERRY VAN NIEKERK IN 1977 For the full story of cannons with diagrams visit Wikipedia. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.