El Galeón leaves St. Augustine this morning

Jacksonville, Fla. – The authentic replica of a ship that traveled the coast of Florida 500 years ago, will depart St. Augustine this morning.

El Galeón is scheduled to depart its North American home at 8:00 a.m.

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The ship is a 170-foot, 495-ton authentic wooden replica of a Spanish galleon.

El Galeón, is owned and operated by the Nao Victoria Foundation of Seville, Spain.

It first arrived in St. Augustine in June 2013 and has been back on multiple trips.

The first ship like El Galéon to arrive in St. Augustine was the flagship of founder Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 

Named the "San Pelayo", it carried 800 colonists and supplies to St. Augustine.

San Pelayo helped establish the first permanent European settlement in the United States in 1565.