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	Spanish treasure fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Caribbean treasure fleets were menaced by storms (the fleets of 1622, including the Atocha, 1715 and 1733 were destroyed by hurricanes in the Caribbean) and by pirates, privateers and foreign navies.
		Treasure fleets were captured by Piet Hein in 1628 and in 1656 and 1657 by Robert Blake.
		The 1702 treasure fleet was destroyed in the Battle of Vigo Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_treasure_fleet (826 words)

	Spanish Treasure Fleets--Reading 1
		The basic Spanish silver coin was the 8-reales piece or "piece of eight", which came to be called a peso.
		By the 1560s, the treasure fleet system was well established and centered on two fleets—the Tierra Firme and the New Spain—sailing to the New World each year.
		In the mid 1560s, a third fleet, called the Manila Galleons, began sailing between the Spanish colony of the Philippines and Acapulco on the west coast of New Spain.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/129shipwrecks/129facts1.htm (1503 words)

	The Atocha Shipwreck, A History Of The Spanish Galleon Lost In 1622
		Spanish expansion in the New World was rapid and by the late 1500's Mexico City, Lima and Potosi had populations that exceeded the largest cities in Spain.
		The fleet departed Spain on March 23, 1622 and after a brief stop at the Caribbean Island of Dominica, the Atocha and the Tierra Firme Fleet continued on to the Colombian port city of Cartagena, arriving in Portobello on May 24th.
		Treasure from Lima and Potosi was still arriving by mule train from Panama City, a port on the pacific side of the Isthmus.
	www.atochatreasurecoins.com /story.htm (1237 words)

	Spanish Gold Fleet
		He was a Spanish naval hero, that unlike most of the Spanish officials, that had little or no military knowledge, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was an experienced naval officer that had escorted several Treasure Fleets in the past and later.
		When the fleet arrived, there would be a large fair, where the Spanish merchants that were part of the fleet, would trade their goods for silver.
		His fleet was spotted by the Spanish and the Treasure Fleet stayed in port in Cartagena and Vera Cruz.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/treasure_fleet.htm (3634 words)

	Mystery Ship of the 1715 Treasure Fleet - TreasureExpeditions.com
		His hold was full of treasure, as was his Almiranta "San Roman", sailing in the rear of his small fleet of 5 vessels.
		The Grifon was allowed to travel with the fleet, rather than leaving Havana earlier and risk capture and leaking information to possible enemy warships that the treasure fleet was about to leave.
		The chart is of the east coast of Florida, with a notation near the inlet at Sebastian " Opposite this river perished the Admiral commanding the Plate fleet 1715...the rest of the fleet 14 in number between this and ye bleech yard".
	www.treasureexpeditions.com /MysteryShip.htm (1178 words)

	1715 Fleet shipwreck silver cob coins - Gold doubloon and escudos recovered by the Real Eight Company
		It was a disaster to the fleet and to the King of Spain Phillip V. His fortunes rose and fell with the arrival or loss of the fleet.
		This fleet was very important because it was the first fleet leaving the new world in four years.
		The rest of the fleet disintegrated on the jagged coral reefs of Florida between Fort Pierce and Sebastian Inlet.
	www.realtreasures.com /the_1715_fleet.htm (1011 words)

	Bob "Frogfoot" Weller Shipwreck Treasure, recovery gold coins and silver coins, seminar 1715 fleet
		But to many of us, treasure is a polished ballast stone serving double duty as a door stop, or a bottle coming alive to create the colors of the rainbow after being submerged in salt water over 100 years.
		He successfully worked the Capitana of the Spanish 1733 treasure fleet, built a museum that thousands have visited in the Florida keys, then began his search for the Spanish treasure galleon "Genovesa" that sank on the Pedro banks in 1730.
		Four of the shipwrecks are 1733 Spanish treasure galleons, one is a British warship that sank in 1695, and the last is an American warship that sank in 1822.
	www.realtreasures.com /bob_frogfoot_weller.htm (1043 words)

	Hurricane of 1715: Spanish Treasure Fleet Disaster, Discovery and Salvage
		The English sank another Spanish treasure fleet in 1708, off Cartagena, Columbia, and in 1711 another one of Philip’s treasure fleets was destroyed by a hurricane off the coast of Cuba.
		The fleet was made up of the Esquadron de Terra Firme, which served South American trade routes out of Cartagena, and of the Flota de Nova Espana which served the trade of Mexico and Manilla Galleons out of Vera Cruz, on the southeastern coast of present-day Mexico.
		Although Wagner had no particular interest in treasure hunting, he was fascinated by the stories he would here from some of the locals, about corroded Spanish silver coins that would sometimes wash up on the beach during strong northeast winds, more particularly during the winter months.
	www.hrd1715.com /1715_Story.html (6102 words)

	Common-place: Treasure City: Havana
		The history of the treasure fleet is one of imperial crossroads.
		It was the final meeting point for all the ships of the Spanish treasure fleet, right before the last and most dangerous leg of their long trip back to Europe.
		Daily life in Havana was determined by the seasonal presence of the fleet, with commodity prices, moral standards, and levels of hygienic tolerance changing along the sharp fluctuations of a service oriented economy.
	www.common-place.org /vol-03/no-04/havana (2922 words)

	History of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet
		The Spanish crown was in dire need of money; so were merchants been unable to make their exotic goods available for sale on the European market.
		The great treasure fleet of 1715 sailed from Havana harbor in the early morning of July 24th, a beautiful and calm day, with a gentle breeze to help the ships find the Florida Current which ran north and up the Straits of Florida.
		Their recoveries from the 1715 fleet are legendary and are told in detail in the books listed in the bibliography.
	www.wreckoverysalvage.com /wreckovery13.html (2308 words)

	The 1622 Spanish Treasure Fleet By Bob "Frogfoot" Weller Page 1
		Coins were picked up over a period of months; when spirits were low and everyone needed a boost, someone would take his salvage boat to the Bank of Spain and make a "withdrawal." Gold bars, a gold cup, jewelry, gold chains, silver ewers, candelabra, muskets, rapiers, and typical 1622 passengers' baggage came off the bottom.
		John Brandon's crew recovered probably the most significant artifact to ever be recovered from a Spanish galleon, the gold belt with 28 sections, each with a precious stone or pearl.
		This was found a section at a time, up on the "Gorgonia Flats" in eighteen feet of water as the bottom steps up to "The Quicksands." Then nine bronze cannon were recovered to the east of the Bank of Spain, in forty feet of water.
	www.atochatreasures.com /1622_spanish_treasure_fleet_by_r.htm (950 words)

	TUSPAIN - Heritage - The 1715 Plate Fleet: Picking up the pieces of a 281-year-old disaster
		This may have contributed to the sense of urgency with which the Crown was anticipating the successful arrival of a treasure fleet.
		The 1715 fleet consisted of a combination of two fleets, the Galeones de Tierra Firme and the New Spain Flota.
		While the Spanish mounted salvage attempts almost immediately after the tragedy occurred, the area over which the wreckage was spread was too large for them to be entirely successful.
	tuspain.com /heritage/gold.htm (2281 words)

	Cob coin update
		Inset on the lid is a reproduction of an old treasure map showing the route of the Spanish fleet, and on the inside is a diagram of one of the galleons showing where the precious cargo was stored.
		This implication also seems consistent with the observation that the box for the BP was just slightly smaller than the one supplied with the FP, a fact that raises the possibility that these boxes were produced in different batches.
		Note how there is no mention of this coin being part of the normal STF BP package, rather it is a bonus for the dealer to put in his order.
	www.addr.com /~parker75/Reference/Spanish_Treasure/Cob_coin_update.htm (814 words)

	FLORIDA'S GOLDEN GALLEONS by Robert F. Burgess
		On July 24, 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet sailed from Havana, carrying a cargo of 14 million pesos in gold, silver and jewels.
		Eleven vessels, more than 14 million pesos of registered treasure, and seven hundred lives were lost in one of the worst sea disasters in history.
		From historical facts long buried in Spanish archives they learned why these two Spanish treasure fleets were fated to be caught off the southeast Florida coast in a hurricane of 1715.
	www.geocities.com /bobsbooks_2000/gold.html (858 words)

	Florida's Story Of The 1715 Treasure Fleet and Kip Wagner
		Laden with millions of gold and silver cobs, ingots, and many other treasures, this fleet had undertaken a much-delayed departure from Havana during what Floridians know to be the hurricane season.
		The main part of the fleet had sailed for the New World in 1712 as the aforementioned War of Spanish Succession was approaching an end, negotiated by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
		An unfortunate series of complications kept the fleet in Veracruz for two whole years before it could rendezvous in Havana with the vessels bearing the South American treasure brought from Panama and Cartagena.
	www.1715fleet.com /1715_fleet_and_kip_wagner_story.htm (1334 words)

	The Plate Fleet of 1715 has left billions of dollars of treasure off the coast of Florida. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Cartagena fleet arrived first at Havana loaded with silver and gold coins from the mints in Colombia, gold jewelry from the Peruvian mines, an Inca king's ransom and 166 chests of emeralds from the mines of Muzo Colombia.
		Now his fleet continued waiting in Vera Cruz for the arrival of pack-mule trains traveling overland from Acapulco -- a route that served as Spain's outlet to the Pacific and the markets of Manila and Canton.
		Because the Plate Fleet had not arrived for the last three years, a mountain of cases awaited shipment in Havana.
	www.wealth4freedom.com /platefleet.html (2354 words)

	rebuttal index
		I believe it is time for the salvagers of the 1733 fleet to step forward and advise the public that there WERE gold coins recovered from these ships and begin documenting those coins that were recovered by the salvors—or were personally seen being recovered by the salvage community.
		It is true that this was not the gold bonanza that we have been able to recover from the 1715 fleet, but keep in mind that the 1733 hurricane was not nearly as devastating as the one that hit the 1715 fleet.
		The 1733 fleet hurricane had only eight- to ten-foot waves that drove the galleons onto the Florida reefs, where they bilged their bottoms but were still pretty much intact after the hurricane.
	www.apex-ephemera.com /treasure/rebuttal (1912 words)

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		The fleet was led by the Capitana, or flagship, and the Almiranta, or vice-flagship.
		Due to delays, the fleet or flota didn't set until the 4th of September, which, to the capt ain's chagrin, was the height of the hurricane season.
		The San Pedro, a member of the 1733 Spanish treasure fleet caught by a hurricane in the Straits of Florida, sank in 18 feet of water one-and-a quarter miles south of Indian Key.
	www.sailblogs.com /member/keywestraceweek2006/?xjMsgID=8333 (9021 words)

	Table of Contents
		When a portion of that treasure was recovered in the early 1960s, the silver coins were of such poor quality that its value to collects was very low.
		No, all Spanish Treasure Fleet 75 FP and BP have the special inscription indicating they are that.
		This is the year the treasure fleet sunk off the coast of Florida.
	www.parker75.addr.com /FAQ/FAQ.htm (2086 words)

	Books on Shipwrecks, Underwater Archaeology and Sunken Treasure - Treasure Divers Research Materials
		Most of the treasure recoveries featured were land finds of bullion buried for security (remember banks were not readily available).
		The in depth activity of the Spanish Treasure Fleets as they carried home the wealth of the New World in the face of Privateers, Pirates and the Perils of the Sea.
		The bulk of the material is on the wrecks of ships during the Elizabethan era corresponding to the Spanish treasure fleets.
	www.buccaneer.net /shipwreckbooks.htm (3148 words)

	Frogfoot at TreasureExpeditons.com: Archaeology, Treasure Hunting & Shipwreck Recovery
		The Weller diving team, "Frogfoot" and Margaret, has recovered some great treasures from the Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet along the east coast of Florida.
		Bob, an ex-frogman from the Korean War, has been actively salvaging treasure in the Florida Keys since1960.
		Soon to be released Bob's most recent book on the 1733 Spanish Treasure Fleet which sank in the Florida Keys.
	www.treasureexpeditions.com /Frogfoot.htm (103 words)

	Pirate Soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was a bold and daring ambush of the famed Treasure Train as it journeyed from Panama toward its destination at Nombre de Dios on the Caribbean coast.
		That city was the strategic port-of-call for both treasure shipped from the Pacific destined for Spain and goods shipped by Spain to her colonies in South America.
		The Spanish treasure fleet known as Tierra Firme would arrive annually in Nombre de Dios to unload the Spanish exports, spend the winter in the harbor of Cartagena, and then return to Nombre de Dios in the New Year to collect and carry the treasure home to Spain in convoys of some seventy ships.
	piratesoul.com /notable_detail.aspx?id=14 (840 words)

	Maritime Heritage Program: Expeditions
		Contact Us The San Pedro, a member of the 1733 Spanish treasure fleet caught by a hurricane in the Straits of Florida, sank in 18 feet of water one-and-a quarter miles south of Indian Key.
		She is the oldest shipwreck on the Shipwreck Trail with the mystique of a Spanish treasure shipwreck to draw divers and snorkelers alike.
		The Spanish treasure fleet, caught off the Florida Keys was ordered back to Havana by their Captain.
	www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov /maritime/expeditions/san_pedro.html (336 words)

	TREASURE COIN BOOKS
		This pamphlet tells the story of the discovery of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast of Florida and describes the gold cobs recovered from a numismatic perspective.
		It is written in Spanish, but easy to use due to the large number of illustrations.
		This pamphlet tells the story of Commodore Anson's capture of a Spanish galleon, and the subsequent mintage of coins in 1745 and 1746 from the silver bullion on board by George II (with “LIMA” stamped on the face of the coins).
	www.sunkentreasurebooks.com /coins.htm (2801 words)

	Enrada Publications
		VOLUME THREE* of three, Shipwrecks and Their Coins: The 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet, is the first in the series to be released.
		The study of such marvelous and significant artifacts is only possible because of the several losses of Spanish ships and fleets in the Americas —and their modern salvage by both private enterprise and archaeological teams.
		From Spanish Archives around the world come the letters and depositions of survivors of the sinkings, bringing that horrible experience vividly to life...and from the pen of an ex-naval officer and noted treasure diver comes the detailed account of fifty years salvaging the various sites of this tragedy.
	home.att.net /~EnRada/books.htm (3966 words)

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