Spanish ships leaving Cadiz, Spain towards the South Sea according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamse courant dated 18 March 1769

An item dated Cadiz, Spain 17 February reported that the Spanish warships Septentrion and Ruse which arrived two months earlier, departed the day before towards the South Sea just like the galleons Princessa and the Galga. The first two were loaded with war ammunition, the others with merchandise for Lima.