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  2. Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] In 2014, Nuestra Señora de Atocha was added to the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most valuable shipwreck to be recovered, as it was carrying roughly 40 tonnes of gold and silver, and 32 kilograms (71 lb) of emeralds, [11] although this record has now been superseded by the discovery of the San José in 2015. [12]

  3. Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is located at 200 Greene Street, Key West, Florida.The museum contains an extensive collection of artifacts from 17th century shipwrecks, such as the Henrietta Marie, Nuestra Señora de Atocha and Santa Margarita. [1]

  4. Mel Fisher - Wikipedia

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    The emeralds from the Atocha are some of the finest emeralds in the world. They come from the Muzo Mine in Colombia. The emeralds of Muzo are renowned for their color, fire and geometry. [7] The State of Florida claimed title to the wreck and forced Fisher's company, Treasure Salvors, Inc., into a contract giving 25% of the found treasure to ...

  5. 1715 Treasure Fleet - Wikipedia

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    8 reales Mexican silver cob, full date 1715, recovered from the 1715 fleet Rare 8 escudos lima dated 1710, recovered from the 1715 Fleet. The 1715 Treasure Fleet was actually a combination of two Spanish treasure fleets returning from the New World to Spain, the "Nueva España Fleet", under Captain-General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla, and the "Tierra Firme Fleet", under Don Antonio de Echeverz ...

  6. Mitzi Perdue Decided to Auction Her Emerald Engagement Ring ...

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    The gem was salvaged from the 1622 Atocha shipwreck, ... In the 1960s, diver Mel Fisher and his team uncovered the Santa Margarita shipwreck off the coast of Florida, and in 1985, Fisher and the ...

  7. List of shipwrecks of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Nuestra Señora de Atocha Spain: 6 September 1622 A Spanish galleon that sank 40 miles (64 km) off the coast of Key West. The wreck was found on 20 July 1985 by treasure hunters, who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver. Nuestra Señora del Populo Spain: 1733 A ship in the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet that was wrecked along the ...

  8. Category:Treasure from shipwrecks - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using ... Great Basses wreck; H. List of treasure hunters; L. HMS Lutine (1779) M. SS Merida (1906) N. Nuestra Señora de Atocha; Spanish frigate ...

  9. Woman who visited Titanic shipwreck with OceanGate describes ...

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    One woman tells Sheila Flynn how she finally ended up visiting the famed Titanic wreck at its underwater grave after a near lifelong obsession – and what the surreal journey is actually like