Nuestra Senora de Atocha
A Spanish treasure galleon, rear guard of a 28-ship convoy, sunk in a hurricane off the Florida Keys on 6 September 1622 with all but five of her 265 people. The Spanish never found her in 60 years of searching; the American treasure hunter Mel Fisher's company did, after 16 years, in 1985.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1622 CE mainstream
6 September: a hurricane in the Florida Straits sinks eight ships of the convoy; the Atocha goes down with all but three sailors and two slaves of her 265 people, and all her treasure source - 1969 CE mainstream
Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors begins the search that lasts sixteen and a half years source - 1982 CE mainstream
1 July: after ten years of litigation the US Supreme Court rules for Treasure Salvors against the State of Florida, giving it rights to all treasure from the ship source - 1985 CE mainstream
the main part of the remaining cargo of silver, gold and emeralds is found and recovered source
Where
24.5314° N, 82.8306° W
The point is Wikipedia's position for the wreck west of Key West, Florida; the wreckage of the 1622 fleet lies scattered from the Marquesas Keys to the Dry Tortugas.
Sources
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