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In the 2008 movie Fool's Gold, the protagonists are searching for the location of one of the sunken ships of the treasure fleet (along with its treasure). [citation needed] The treasure fleet was used as the backdrop for a scene in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The main character, Edward Kenway, is aboard one of the ships in ...
Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico include ships which have sunk or otherwise wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico . Subcategories
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates Jesus Maria de la Limpia Concepcion Spain: 1654 Spanish treasure ship also known as the Capitana, lost after striking a reef off Chanduy. Santa Maria de la Consolacion Spain: 1681 Spanish treasure ship laden with gold, silver, and precious gems run against a reef by pursuing pirates. Discovered in 1998.
The Maravillas is far from the only sunken ship in the Bahamas' waters. Researchers looked at archival materials and found 176 shipwrecks near the Bahamas between 1526 and 1976. Most shipwrecks ...
The ships were full of "silver, gold, gemstones, tobacco, exotic spices and indigo." What happened to the ships: The ships remained untouched for about 200 years. Today, they are protected as part ...
It’s as if the vessel was frozen in time at the bottom of a body of water, and thanks to popular culture, we think there’s always the chance of finding some sort of treasure down there.
A few men traveled North in a small boat that was salvaged from the remains of the fleet. Within a week they reached St. Augustine and informed the Spanish authorities about the loss of the 1715 treasure fleet. By the end of August relief ships from Havana arrived at the site of the sunken fleet.
Since 2014, part of the treasure has been on display in several Spanish public museums as part of an extensive itinerant exhibit relating to the sinking of the ship, and the recovery of the treasure. On August 30, 2017, as a follow-up to the project, the Spanish Navy rescued two cannons, named "Santa Barbara" and "Santa Rufina", each weighing ...