skies. This boat carries a cargo of animals, birds, exotic woods, and wine.
             The second stanza is a Spanish ship, a large sailing vessel, is likely sailing from the Isthmus of Panama back to Spain through the North Atlantic approximately 2,500 years later. This is the period of the Spanish Empire- beginning in the 1500s- when Spain controlled the commerce from much of the Americas. Again the cargo is of luxury goods, especially precious stones, bound for Spanish royalty and nobilit
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