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Tabula in naufragio is a legal Latin phrase, literally interpreted as "a plank in a shipwreck". It is used metaphorically, particularly in law , to convey: "when all else has failed, it is the thing that stops (or is intended to stop) you from drowning."
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor (original Spanish-language title: Relato de un náufrago) is a work of non-fiction by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.The full title is The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Who Drifted on a Liferaft for Ten Days Without Food or Water, Was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the ...
The Codex and the Digesta of Justinian I include sections respectively titled De naufragiis and De incendio, ruina, naufragio rate, nave expugnata. They refer to a law of the emperor Antoninus Pius outlawing exercise of the jus naufragii. Around 500 the Breviarium Alaricianum of the Visigoths, probably following Roman law, forbade the custom.
Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Spanish: Our Lady of Atocha) was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622.
The subject of marine tragedy was undertaken by J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), who, like many English artists, probably saw Géricault's painting when it was exhibited in London in 1820. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] His A Disaster at Sea ( c. 1835 ) chronicled a similar incident, this time a British catastrophe, with a swamped vessel and dying figures also ...
WreckSite.eu, worldwide database of + 105,000 wrecks with history, maritime charts and GPS positions (subscription required) (in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish) NOAA Wrecks and Obstructions Database Archived 2021-07-23 at the Wayback Machine; Wreck Diving in the Graveyard of the Atlantic; Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Jerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain.Aguilar was sent to Panama to serve as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya.
The Remains from the Shipwreck (Spanish: Los restos del naufragio) is a 1978 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival . [ 1 ]