agreed to all sail together with their prizes until they passed the Cuban capital. The Preston Somers Expedition reached Cabo Corrientes on the 22 July 1595, and there decided to perform a short blockade off Havana in the attempt to make a few small prizes. There is a story that the treasures of the Catedral de Mérida were buried somewhere on the cape in the mid-17th century. Two men, one at the end of the 19th century and the other around 1930 are said to have each returned from the cape with a handful of gold, claiming they had found the buried treasure. Both died before they could return to excavate the treasure. People continue to search for the trove. Very few people live on the cape apart from a few scientists studying the environment and some ecotourists. There is a hotel in Maria la Gorda that may be used by scuba divers. Shipwrecks Notes Sources Corrientes Sandino, Cuba Geography of Pinar del Río Province