Divers Recover More Than $1 Million Worth of Gold and Silver Coins From 310-Year-Old 'Treasure Fleet' Shipwrecks
In July 1715, 11 ships sailing from Cuba to Spain encountered a violent hurricane off the coast of Florida. The vessels, which were laden with an estimated $400 million worth of coins and jewels from the New World, sank to the bottom of the Atlantic,...
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