# On shoals off the kingdom of Aru, south-east of Pasai, on the night of 20 November 1511 (the modern…

> Most likely: On shoals off the kingdom of Aru, south-east of Pasai, on the night of 20 November 1511 (the modern consensus).

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# On shoals off the kingdom of Aru, south-east of Pasai, on the night of 20 November 1511 (the modern…

On shoals off the kingdom of Aru, south-east of Pasai, on the night of 20 November 1511 (the modern consensus).

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The chronicles' landmarks (the channel of entry, the Pasai coast, the point named) resolve to the Aru coast.
- A sixteenth-century Portuguese wreck site lies on the banks there.

## What would rule it out

- The chronicles' route and dates place the loss elsewhere, or the Aru banks are surveyed and empty.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The Commentaries place the wreck on shallows off the coast of Sumatra on the route from Malacca to India,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHKJ068SK/the-commentaries-place-the-wreck-on-shallows-off-the-coast)

Supported

FOR

[Correia, quoted by Birch, has the fleet leaving Malacca on 1 December 1511, after the 20 November date…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHKST6PWQ/correia-quoted-by-birch-has-the-fleet-leaving-malacca-on-1)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where did the Flor de la Mar go down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/questions/QST0D2BHJJR6EAM/where-did-the-flor-de-la-mar-go-down)

Most likelyOn shoals off the kingdom of Aru, south-east of Pasai, on the night of 20 November 1511 (the modern…

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