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The Atocha Star is a 400-year-old emerald, weighing more than 25.87 carats (5.174 g) before being cut to 12.72 carats (2.544 g). [1] [2] The emerald is estimated to be worth between $3.2 and $5 million (USD). [2] [3] It was part of the treasure on board the ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha, also referred to as the Atocha.
The 1715 Treasure Fleet was one in particular that did not make the return home. In July 1715, 11 Spanish fleet ships were destroyed in a hurricane off the Florida coast, according to the National ...
More than half of the fleet's 2000 men including Ubilla and Echeverez died in the storm and some of the survivors later died of starvation, injuries and disease. [5] Urca de Lima fared better than the other Spanish ships, as she managed to steer into a river inlet near Fort Pierce, where she grounded on a sandbank but with the hull remaining ...
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Fisher hired Duncan Matthewson as chief archaeologist during the Atocha period, and Treasure Salvors, Inc.'s employees became experts in recovery and conservation of underwater artifacts. Fisher agreed to sell Treasure Salvors in 1986 [16] and it remained active as of 2009. Fisher's business continued as Mel Fisher's Treasures. [17]
PHOTO: Disney Cruise Line's new ship, the Disney Treasure, docked in its home port of Port Canaveral. Following its initial visit to Florida, the Disney Treasure will sail to New York for a ...
On February 27, 2012, the ship's treasure was flown back to Spain where the coins and other artifacts from the shipwreck are now in the National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology in Cartagena . [5] In 2015 a U.S. district court ordered Odyssey to pay Spain $1 million for "bad faith and abusive litigation."
The ships were loaded with precious metals and similar cargo. A storm off the coast of Cuba blew them across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of Texas. [3] On April 29, three of the ships ran aground with approximately 300 people aboard. The fourth ship, the San Andrés, reached Havana but was too damaged to repair. Few of the survivors made it ...