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Nuestra Señora de Atocha. Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Spanish: Our Lady of Atocha) was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. At the time of her sinking, Nuestra Señora de Atocha was heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, and indigo ...
Fisher and Treasure Salvors found remains of several other shipwrecks in Florida waters, including the Atocha's sister galleon the Santa Margarita, lost in the same year, and the remains of a slave ship known as the Henrietta Marie, lost in 1700.
The wreck was found on 20 July 1985 by treasure hunters, who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver. Nuestra Señora del Populo Spain: 1733 A ship in the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet that was wrecked along the Florida Keys. USS Patrol No. 1 United States Navy: 10 September 1919
Santa Margarita was a Spanish galleon of 600 tons, armed with twenty-five cannon. In 1622, as part of a fleet of 28 ships, she was voyaging to Spain with a significant cargo of New World treasures. The registered wealth included 166,574 silver “ pieces of eight ” treasure coins, more than 550 ingots of silver weighing approximately 10,000 ...
Urca de Lima. Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. She was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets sailing between Spain and its colonies in the Americas. The wreck is located north of Fort Pierce Inlet, 200 yards off the shore from Jack Island Park.
The Black Swan Project is the project name given by Odyssey Marine Exploration for its discovery and recovery of an estimated US$ 500 million (£ 314 million) worth of silver and gold coins from the ocean floor. Initially Odyssey kept the origin of the treasure confidential. It was later proved in trial that the recovered cargo was being ...
The most famous Spanish wreck found west of the Florida Keys was the above-mentioned Nuestra Señora de Atocha, found after a sixteen-year search by Mel Fisher in 1985. The value of the ship's treasure has been estimated at $300,000,000.
The following shipwrecks in Monroe County, Florida were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Shipwrecks Multiple Property Submission (or MPS). [1][2] east of Lower Matecumbe Key and south of the wreck of the San Pedro.