Spanish treasure fleet

The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet, was a convoy system of sea routes organized by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790, which linked Spain with its territories in the Americas across the Atlantic. The convoys were general purpose cargo fleets used for transporting a wide variety of items, including agricultural goods, lumber, various metal resources such as silver and gold, gems, pearls, spices, sugar, tobacco, silk, and other exotic goods from the overseas territories of the Spanish Empire to the Spanish mainland. Spanish goods such as oil, wine, textiles, books and tools were transported in the opposite direction.

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Spanish Plate fleet; West Indies Fleet; plate fleet; silver fleet
sea lane, naval fleet, convoy, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1628	Battle in the Bay of Matanzas	Dutch Republic, Spanish treasure fleet, Hispanic Monarchy, Joost Banckert, Hendrick Lonck, naval battle	Wikidata