Other Projects Portuguese Naus / Iberian Ships / NADL / Italian Seafaring / Treatises / Puerto Rico / Small Craft / Portugal / Other The Playa Damas Shipwreck, Panama   In July 2003 INA was invited to consider the complete excavation of the shipwreck at Playa Damas, located near Nombre de Dios, on the Atlantic coast of Panama. Found in the 1990s, this shipwreck was thought to be Columbus' Vizcaína, a small 50 ton caravel lost near Nombre de Dios during his fourth voyage in 1503. Although we cannot dismiss completely this possibility, its size indicated a larger vessel, about 20 m in length, with scantlings similar to those of the Molasses Reef and the Highborn Cay shipwrecks. Photo: Karl Vandenhole, Spiegel-TV.  Local politics determined that this shipwreck was salvage by a for-profit company between 2004 and 2006. Although in the no artifact seems to have been sold, there is no information on the salvage activity and it is not known whether the hull remains were spared. This project was possible through the generous support of Der Spiegel, Spiegel-TV, Dr. and Mrs. Peter Amaral, the Spain-USA Foundation, and CMAC.