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The income of the Spanish crown from all sources was about 2.5 million pesos in 1550, 14 million in the 1590s, about 15 million in 1760 and 30 million in 1780. In 1665 the debts of the Spanish crown were 30 million pesos short-term and 300 million long-term. Most of the New World production was silver, but Colombian mines produced mostly gold ...
A Spanish galleon described as “the Holy Grail of shipwrecks” is set to be raised from the ocean floor - along with its treasures which are believed to be worth up to $20bn in today’s money ...
Using new scientific research methods, Allen Exploration located a large trove of items smuggled aboard a ship that sank in 1656.
A Spanish galleon that ran aground during a hurricane in Samaná Bay. Diomedes French Navy: A French ship lost in the fierce maritime Battle of Palenque, in the 17th century, in Palenque, Bani. Dolphin United States Coast Guard: A 64-foot-long (20 m) fishing boat, and sister ship of the Hickory. It lies in El Portillo, Las Terrenas, and has ...
In 1654 the Spanish Galleon Jesus María de la Médica Concepción, also known as El Capitan - as it was the lead vessel in the fleet, sank off the cost of Ecuador. The ship was hauling 3 million pesos of silver, 2,212 ingots, 216 chests of coins, and 22 boxes of wrought silver. [3]
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.. Dubbed ...
In 1987, legislation was passed two years after Mel Fisher claimed to have found a galleon off the coast of Vieques. [48] This was, however, mostly in response to an increment in marine treasure hunting within the waters of Puerto Rico. [48] A committee was created within the ICP to study the area.
A US salvage consortium called Glocca Morra claimed to have located the San Jose in 1981, but the Colombian government has disputed this, claiming it independently found the galleon with a team of ...