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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 ...
Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States.She was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets sailing between Spain and its colonies in the Americas.
The West Indies fleet was the first permanent transatlantic trade route in history. Similarly, the related Manila galleon trade was the first permanent trade route across the Pacific. The Spanish West and East Indies fleets are considered among the most successful naval operations in history [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and, from a commercial point of view ...
The History Channel's "Beyond Oak Island" recorded an episode about the 1715 Treasure Fleet in 2021. The crew stayed and filmed at Capt. Hiram's Resort in Sebastian.
A fleet of Spanish ships heading home from the New World didn’t get the moniker Treasure Fleet for nothing. Sunk in a hurricane in 1715, the group of ships now known as the 1715 Treasure Fleet ...
The fleet exhibit at the St. Lucie County Regional History Center in Fort Pierce features rare Chinese porcelain. Local History: Rare porcelain from 1715 fleet reflects Spain’s trading empire ...
July 24 – 1715 Treasure Fleet: A Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships, under General Don Juan Ubilla, leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).
A trove of gold coins reported stolen from the 1715 Fleet Shipwrecks on Florida's Treasure Coast were ... as contracted salvage operators for a company called 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC, in ...