1715 Treasure Fleet

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, full date 1715, recovered from the 1715 fleet
Rare 8 escudos lima dated 1710, recovered from the 1715 Fleet

The 1715 Treasure Fleet was actually a combination of two

hurricane
along the east coast of Florida. A 12th ship, the French frigate "Le Grifon", had sailed with the fleet. Its captain was unfamiliar with the Florida coastline and elected to stay further out to sea. The "Grifon" safely returned to Europe.

Because the fleet was carrying silver, it is also known as the 1715 Plate Fleet (plata being the Spanish word for silver).[2] Some artifacts and even coins still wash up on Florida beaches from time to time.[not verified in body] According to Cuban records, around 1,500 sailors perished while a small number survived in lifeboats. Many ships, including pirates, took part in the initial salvage. Initially a privateer, Henry Jennings was first accused of piracy for attacking such salvage ships and claiming their salvages.[not verified in body]

Exhibits and preserves

Historical marker designating the site of the Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp - 1715 Fleet

Treasure hunter Kip Wagner's team built an exhibit held at National Geographic "Explorers Hall" in

National Geographic. This was the beginning of a fine collection of 1715 plate fleet treasure that brought hundreds of visitors from around the world.[citation needed] Wagner published his book Pieces of Eight (Recovering The Riches Of A Lost Spanish Fleet) in 1966. This is a detailed account of the finding and exploration of many of these shipwrecks along the Florida "Treasure Coast." An exhibit was set up with a grand opening on May 1, 1967, at the First National Bank of Satellite Beach, Florida.[citation needed
]

In 1987, another ship in the fleet, the

Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserves.[citation needed
]

Mel Fisher's company, Mel Fisher's Treasures, sold the rights to the 1715 Fleet shipwreck to Queens Jewels, LLC.

In 2015, 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC and their founder Brent Brisben discovered $4.5 million in gold coins off the coast of Vero Beach, Florida; the coins come from the 1715 Fleet shipwreck site known as the Corrigans wreck.[3]

List of identified ships

New evidence (see Jorge Proctor, 2021) shows that the Douglass Beach Wreck, long believed to be the "Nuestra Señora de las Nieves", is in fact the "Santa Rita y Las Animas", bought by Ubilla in Cuba and renamed "Nuestra Señora de Regla", like his flagship.

In popular culture

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 the fleet as a prisoner, and manages to escape with the help of his future quartermaster, Adéwalé, recruiting other captive pirates as a crew. The pirates eventually manage to escape the fleet and the hurricane by stealing the twelfth ship, the brig El Dorado, which Edward keeps and renames the Jackdaw, becoming the player's ship for the rest of the game. Edward later makes reference to the event when Blackbeard inquires as to how he got the Jackdaw, and the latter then suggests visiting the site to salvage some of the lost treasure.[citation needed]

In the 1977 movie

Havana, Cuba for repairs but instead sank off the coast of Bermuda."[9][10][11]

The plot of the Starz show Black Sails revolves heavily around the 1715 Treasure Fleet in its first season. The largest of the ships, the Urca de Lima, is wrecked during the hurricane off the coast of Florida, carrying five million Spanish dollars' worth in gold, silver and other precious materials, pursued by Captain Flint and his crew. The treasure, colloquially referred to as "the Urca gold", is an important plot device throughout the series.

See also

References

  1. JSTOR 980786
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  2. ^ "1715 Plate Fleet, Page 10" (PDF). Brevard County Historical Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ "$4.5M in gold found in shallow water - CNN Video".
  4. ^ article at wrecksite.eu
  5. ^ article at wrecksite.eu
  6. ^ article at wrecksite.eu
  7. ^ article at wrecksite.eu
  8. ISBN 0233967931
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  9. ^ "The Deep". 17 June 1977 – via IMDb.
  10. ^ Suissemade. "King Philip V & the Queens Jewels". www.1715treasurefleet.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  11. ^ "The Deep". 17 June 1977 – via IMDb.

External links

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