"There are remains of galleons here, but everything that could be used has been looted, with or without permission," says the writer. Maria Oruna (Vigo, 1976) while sailing under a leaden sky through the Vigo estuary, between Corbeiro and Rande, where the sea narrows. 300 years ago, during the War of Succession, in that same place the water swallowed dozens of frigates and galleons during the naval battle of Rande, one of the most remembered by the inhabitants of Vigo. The Anglo-Dutch coveted the full bellies of the Spanish galleons of the Indies Fleet that had just arrived from the New World, and the Spanish-French, without much success, tried to protect them. The sunken ghost ships there even inspired Jules Verne. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Captain Nemo travels the waters of the estuary to supply the Nautilus.